Graeme Smith - scaling product and engineering teams

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1. Scaling Product & Engineering Teams Graeme Smith
3. 1996 present future Startup Financial Services & Consulting Big Tech Scale Up My scaling journey
4. Getting Started (first 50)
6. “Culture eats strategy for breakfast” - Attributed to Peter Drucker, management author
7. Basic roles & structure People Directory Simple hiring process
9. 50+ Changes in people, process and structure
10. Explicit feedback Implicit feedback Surveys (follow Leah Melvoin) Back channels
11. Goal setting and review Planning Lightweight reviews Demos Knowledge sharing (talks & rotations) Information dissemination
12. Lightweight reviews Weekly, monthly or quarterly. Set a page limit. 1. Team mission (re-stated) 2. Executive Summary 3. What went well / not so well 4. Workstream updates 5. Discussion topics 6. Appendices
13. 1. Stream-aligned, cross-disciplinary, durable teams with single threaded leadership. 2. No structure is perfect, and you will inevitably have a mix. 3. Consider adding accelerator teams e.g. engineering excellence. 4. Keep a high bar for true “platform” teams. 5. Minimise layers.
14. Career paths Onboarding Sleek recruitment & interview process Performance management
15. https://www.linkedin.com/in/graemensmith/