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Product-engineering alignment

Align engineering efforts with product strategy

Create strong alignment between product and engineering teams. This activity helps ensure technical work directly supports product goals.

45 minutes
collaboration

Overview

Create strong alignment between product and engineering teams. This activity helps ensure technical work directly supports product goals.

Learning objectives

  • Map product to technical strategy
  • Identify alignment gaps
  • Create collaboration processes

Instructions

Align strategies:

1. Review product roadmap 2. Map to technical initiatives 3. Identify misalignments 4. Create joint planning process 5. Define success metrics

Steps

1

Strategy review

15 minutes

Understand product direction

2

Alignment mapping

20 minutes

Connect tech to product goals

3

Process design

10 minutes

Create ongoing alignment

Pro tips

  • •Create shared vocabulary
  • •Establish regular sync points
  • •Measure shared outcomes

Example outcome

Alignment map with collaboration processes and shared metrics

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