The MVP Journey: Engineering-Product Collaboration for Iterative Success | Gisela Rossi (Technology Leader)

The Product Development Podcast

Gisela Rossi is a technology leader, public speaker and mentor, and currently working as Engineering Manager at HSBC.
She was previously Engineering Manager at Pollen, WISE YP Board Member and a Software Engineer at Facebook, among other roles.
In today's episode:
• What a great Engineering Management and Product Management relationship looks like
• Building trust in a development team
• How to successfully launch and iterate on a Minimum Viable Product (MVP)
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Gisela's contact info:
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/giselacrossi
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/gise_rossi
• Blog: https://giselarossi.co.uk/
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Where to find the host, Adam Wakeling:
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/adamjwakeling
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-wakeling-26494b35/
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In this episode, we cover:
(00:00) Podcast Introduction
(00:39) What will be covered in today's episode
(01:09) Engineering Manager and Product Manager relationship
(05:04) Importance of trust in a team
(11:44) Tactics on improving alignment
(14:05) What is an MVP?
(16:23) Trimming an MVP
(21:56) Who defines success of an MVP?
(25:00) Building MVPs in challenging financial conditions
(33:11) The value of OKRs
(33:33) Common mistakes in MVP builds
(38:44) Experience working as a mentor
(42:29) Outro

Follow the podcast on Twitter: @proddevpodcast
Get in touch with the host, Adam Wakeling, on Twitter: @adamjwakeling and LinkedIn: @adam-wakeling