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Product Driven

Product Driven

著者: Matt Watson
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Building software products requires caring more about the product than it does the technology used to build the product. On this podcast, we discuss bringing a product driven mindset to every step of the product development process.Copyright 2025 Matt Watson マネジメント・リーダーシップ リーダーシップ 経済学
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  • Inside 'Product Driven': Why This New Book is Every Engineering Leader's Must-Read
    2025/07/17

    Product Driven: Building Software Teams That Ship Value 🚀

    In this special book launch episode, we dive deep into the intersection of engineering leadership, product thinking, and the transformative impact of AI on software development. Join Matt Watson and Craig Ferril as they explore the revolutionary "Product Driven Model" and why traditional development approaches are becoming obsolete.

    🔗 Essential Resources:

    Get the Book: https://a.co/d/100RmwC

    Newsletter: productdriven.com

    Connect with Matt: https://linkedin.com/in/mattwatson

    Full Scale Ventures: https://fullscaleventures.com

    Get the Offshore Hiring Guide: https://hirefullscale.com/offshore-hiring-guide

    Key Discussion Highlights:

    🎯 The Product Driven Model (Five Core Components)
    • Vision: Understanding the "why" behind every decision
    • Focus: Keeping customer outcomes at the center
    • Clarity: Providing just enough context without overwhelming
    • Shared Ownership: Distributing responsibility across teams
    • Courage: Creating psychological safety for innovation

    🤖 AI's Leadership Challenge

    • Engineering bottlenecks are shifting from throughput to direction
    • Teams going "2x faster in the wrong direction" create bigger problems
    • Leadership must evolve from requirement-feeders to vision-communicators
    • The rise of "low-code thinking" in traditional development

    🎯 From Individual Contributors to Leaders

    • The transition from "doing" to "enabling others to do"
    • Four types of engineering leadership: Strategic, Operational, Technical, and Product
    • Why most leaders aren't good at all four (and shouldn't try to be)

    Chapter Timestamps:

    00:00 - Book Launch Introduction & "Find Your Craig"

    08:16 - Why AI Makes Product Thinking Critical

    15:03 - The Death Spiral of Internal Focus

    18:07 - Creating Cultures of Courage vs. Fear

    23:14 - The Five Components of Product Driven Model

    32:40 - Future of Engineering Leadership

    37:22 - Closing the Feedback Loop with Introverted Teams

    💡 Key Takeaways:

    For Engineering Leaders:

    • Stop being the bottleneck - build teams that don't need you
    • Create environments where "calling the baby ugly" is celebrated
    • Focus on making other people more productive

    For Product Teams:

    • Shift from feature factories to outcome-driven development
    • Embrace the "win or learn" mentality
    • Connect every technical decision to customer value

    For Organizations:

    • AI won't solve leadership problems - it will expose them
    • Culture and strategy must work in tandem
    • The future belongs to teams that think like product owners

    The conversation reveals a fundamental shift happening in software development. As AI democratizes code creation, the competitive advantage moves from "how fast can we build" to "what should we build and why." Teams that master this transition will thrive; those that don't will find...

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    42 分
  • The Engineering Leadership Book That Actually Shows You How to Build Product-Minded Teams
    2025/07/15

    Product Driven: The Book Launch - A Software Leader's Journey to Creating High-Performance Teams 📚

    After months of intensive writing and years of industry experience, Matt Watson unveils his groundbreaking book "Product Driven" - a comprehensive guide for engineering leaders seeking to build teams with a genuine product mindset. This isn't just another business book; it's a practical roadmap for transforming how software teams think, work, and deliver value.

    In this revealing first look, Matt shares the personal journey that led to creating this essential resource for the tech industry. Drawing from his extensive career building and scaling software products, he addresses a critical gap in leadership literature - how to actually build and manage teams that think like product owners, not just code executors.

    🔗 Essential Resources:

    Get the Book: https://a.co/d/100RmwC

    Newsletter: productdriven.com

    Connect with Matt: https://linkedin.com/in/mattwatson

    Full Scale Ventures: https://fullscaleventures.com

    Get the Offshore Hiring Guide: https://hirefullscale.com/offshore-hiring-guide

    Key Discussion Points:

    • The evolution from developer conference speech to comprehensive leadership guide
    • Why product mindset separates high-performing developers from the rest
    • The cultural transformation required for sustainable team success
    • Practical frameworks for engineering leaders to implement immediately
    • The 500-hour writing journey and lessons learned

    Chapter Timestamps:

    00:00 - The Big Reveal: First Look at Product Driven

    00:22 - The Origin Story: From Conference Speech to Book

    01:30 - The Culture Revolution: Why Leadership Matters

    02:38 - The Writing Process: 500 Hours of Insights

    Ready to Transform Your Team? Share your biggest leadership challenge in the comments - what's preventing your developers from thinking like product owners? Let's discuss practical solutions that actually work in real engineering environments.

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  • Rethinking Requirements When Engineers Are No Longer the Bottleneck with Chris Rickard
    2025/07/10

    Breaking Through Requirements Hell: How AI is Revolutionizing Software Development 🚀

    In this compelling exploration of technological transformation, host Matt Watson connects with Chris Rickard, founder of UserDoc, broadcasting from Vietnam. Their conversation unveils a profound shift happening across the software industry—one where artificial intelligence is fundamentally reshaping the relationship between business stakeholders and development teams.

    What emerges is a fascinating paradox: as AI accelerates coding capabilities, the critical constraint shifts from "how do we build it?" to "what exactly should we build?" Chris's journey from software engineer to product innovator illustrates this transformation, revealing how traditional bottlenecks are being reimagined through AI-powered requirements management.

    🔗 Essential Links (Start Here!):

    Full Episodes: https://product-driven.captivate.fm/episodes

    Connect with Matt Watson on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattwatsonkc/

    Subscribe to our Newsletter: https://fullscaleteam.com/newsletter

    Get our FREE Ebook: https://fullscaleteam.com/productfirstteams

    Powered by Full Scale: https://fullscale.io/

    Download the FREE Offshore Hiring Guide: https://hirefullscale.com/offshore-hiring-guide

    UserDoc: https://userdoc.com

    Chris Rickard on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrickard/

    Key Discussion Points:

    AI-Powered Requirements Creation: How UserDoc accelerates requirements by 50-70% while maintaining human oversight

    Reverse Engineering Legacy Systems: Converting complex source code (including COBOL) into understandable business features

    The Shifting Development Bottleneck: Why clarity becomes paramount when AI makes development faster

    Integration with Modern Workflows: Connecting requirements directly to AI coding tools like Cursor and GitHub Copilot


    Chapter Timestamps:

    00:00 - The Universal Developer Dilemma

    02:28 - Genesis of UserDoc

    07:57 - Beyond Product Managers: Who Really Needs This

    14:40 - Technical Challenges of Code Analysis

    22:44 - The Great Bottleneck Shift

    27:04 - Pricing and Market Accessibility


    Ready to break free from requirements chaos and accelerate your development workflow? The conversation with Chris Rickard reveals a pivotal moment in software development—where AI amplifies human potential rather than replacing it. 

    Share your own requirements management challenges in the comments below. How has AI changed your development process? What bottlenecks are you experiencing as coding becomes more automated?

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    31 分

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