Aligning Product and Engineering: Avoiding Dissent, Disappointment and Despair

A slide talk with real examples of where product teams are hindered by a lack of alignment between product and engineering

Key Takeways:

1. Key role of product managers is to ensure alignment with engineering through great product strategy. This cannot be separate from the technology strategy (in fact, I would argue product strategy includes tech strategy)
2. Dissent between engineering and product is often a result of product management being too focussed on execution and process
3. Best in class teams ensure engineering and product teams are aligned through shared OKRs, clear product vision and deep understanding of the trade-offs between pace and reliability