TEI 031: 4th Annual Study of Product Team Performance – with Greg Geracie

Global Product Management Talk is pleased to bring you episode
031 of... The Everyday Innovator with host Chad
McAllister, PhD. The podcast is all about helping people involved
in developing and managing products become more successful, grow
their careers, and STANDOUT from their peers. Our Guest: I am
bringing back my guest from episode 17, which was about creating
the ProdBOK – The Guide to the Product Management and Marketing
Body of Knowledge and how Greg Geracie led that effort. I also
shared on that episode that he is a co-author of the annual Study
of Product Team Performance and the 2015 report is now available.
Greg joined me to share the key findings from the study and help
all of us better understand team performance and changes that could
improve performance of product teams. Highlights from the
discussion include… 4 new factors were added in this year’s study
that are associated with product team  performance. Strategic
decision-making — product teams that develop their capacity
for strategic decision-making and following strategic objectives
are aligned with higher performance.Standup frequency – teams
that regularly and frequently hold standup meetings are much more
likely to be higher performing.Quick problem recovery – teams
that are nimble and can adapt to unforeseen issues quickly are
correlated with higher performance.UX collaboration – active
and early participation and product development with user
experience professionals leads to more successful product teams.