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What is your advice for creating and/or improving the product management process when joining a small but growing team? Particularly for a small company with no or little structure?

Rosa Villegas
Zynga Senior Director of Product, Central Technology3y
Be adaptable to change - don't be afraid to try different things or change a process that is no longer working for the team. For a team that is growing quickly oftentimes...
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Ashka Vakil
strongDM Sr. Director, Product Management3y
When joining a small company with no or little structure or joining a small but growing product team, it is essential to understand the current state of the product manag...
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Janet Brunckhorst
Aurora Solar Director of Product Management3y
I'm a strong believer in "just enough" process, so my answer to questions like this is always some version of "it depends"! The one piece of process that every team must...
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Orit Golowinski
JetBrains Head of Product | Formerly GitLab, Jit.io, Cellebrite, Anima3y
As someone who has recently joined a small and growing team, I can relate to the challenge of creating and improving the product management process in a company with litt...
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Omar Eduardo Fernández
GitLab Director of Product Management2y
You can spend too much time setting up "product management processes" and covering a lot of ground. Instead of focusing on creating a product management process, focus on...
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Nicolas Liatti
Adobe Senior Director of Product Management, 3D Category11mo
Product Management is not about structure or process, it's about the mindset.I would hence spend all my time on ensuring the company and team has the right mindset:we are...
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Julian Dunn
Chainguard Senior Director of Product Management1y
In these situations, I hope you've aligned with leadership on the reasons for them to hire a PM (sometimes their first PM) before you join the team, whether that's as an ...
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Leo Sadeq
Lead Product Manager and GTM Specialist | Formerly Mailchimp - Caspian - Zeda.io1y
Id say the main key things to do is to focus on agility and results over rigid frameworks.1. Start with outcomes, not inputs. Align the team around clear measurable outco...
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