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Lenny's Podcast · January 12, 2023 · 75m
Empowered product teams vs. feature teams | Marty Cagan
Marty Cagan on the difference between empowered product teams and feature teams. Most companies say they have product teams but actually have feature teams that just execute roadmaps. True empowerment means giving teams problems to solve, not features to build.
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Cagan: when you give a team a feature to build, they build exactly that feature. When you give them a problem to solve, they discover better solutions. The assignment IS the environment — and different assignments produce radically different behaviors.
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Cagan: the hardest PM skill is saying no to a stakeholder who wants a specific feature. This requires courage — the stakeholder is usually more senior — and that courage is built through practice and framework.
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