Podcast: Bridging the Product/Engineering Gap
I was thrilled to join Marcus Blankenship for this episode of his podcast. Marcus is a long-time coach and champion of software engineering managers with an emphasis on processes / culture / leadership. We talked at length about the adjacencies and differences between developers and product managers…
Topics:
- Differences in design principles between product and engineering management (1:35)
- Understanding the conflict between makers and marketers (6:22)
- How Rich helps marketers/sales develop a more useful frame for engineering (10:01)
- The “Innovation” Misconception (15:36)
- The culture gap between sales and development/product teams (21:46)
- Where does product management fit between sales and development? (26:31)
- Helping clients make effective organizational change (32:48)