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How do you foster a culture of innovation within your team or organization?

Paresh Vakhariya
Atlassian Director of Product Management (Confluence) | Formerly PayPal, eBay, Intel, VerizonJuly 12

Innovation is a collaborative exercise between PM, Design and Engineering.

Engineering:

  • Engineers assess the tech feasibility of new ideas and concepts.

  • They might create prototypes, spikes, conduct tests, and provide tech input on design and product requirements

  • Eng. might also have architectural input to make sure the solution is feasible within given timeframes and constraints

Design:

  • Designers often lead efforts to gather and analyze user feedback on proposed UX via usability testing or other means

  • Both engineering and design teams are involved in creating prototypes and conducting user tests.

My fav method is a hackathon where all functions work together to come up with an idea and get scrappy about implementing an MVP.

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