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How do you push for design quality when speed is the top priority since you’re in a startup?

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Product and Design Alignment
  1. Jacqueline Porter
    Jacqueline Porter

    IBM Product Management • 6mo

    My favorite way to think about shipping fast is the cost we will incur needing to redo something if it doesn’t work or fails to deliver on the promised outcomes. By focusing on results that are expected to be rendered from shipping a product it becomes clear that what PM needs to deliver are positive outcomes for users and not just putting code into production. When that shift happens it becomes easier to have the discussion with the business on “do we just want this in the public domain or are ...Read More

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  2. Arun Janakiraman
    Arun Janakiraman

    Zoom GPM: Head of Zoom Apps & Marketplace • 1y

    First, recognize that while speed matters, design is a powerful growth lever. Early in my career at Slideshare, I learned to connect design decisions directly to metrics and business outcomes. Even when moving fast, I’d set design principles that are non negotiables, ensuring we’re not shipping a confusing or clunky experience just to meet deadlines. At Zoom, where product, design, and engineering operate as a triad, we agree upfront on the user/customer problem, then decide on the design detail ...Read More

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