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Feature Team

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SVPG · Marty CaganSep 20, 2022

Changing How You Solve Problems

Sep 20, 2022 · 7 min

The authors argue that many companies become efficient feature factories: most roadmap features fail to generate a positive return, often estimated at only 10-20%. The root cause is feature teams that serve internal…

SVPG · Marty CaganJul 9, 2021

Discovery vs. Design

Jul 9, 2021 · 3 min

Marty Cagan asks whether product discovery applies to feature teams, which are handed a list of features rather than problems to solve. At a simple level, discovery is irrelevant there because the solution is already…

SVPG · Marty CaganApr 27, 2021

Product vs. Project Teams

Apr 27, 2021 · 4 min

Marty Cagan revisits the distinction between product teams and project teams, which he says he should have written about sooner, after hoping the problem had faded. A product team is durable and owns an outcome over one…

SVPG · Marty CaganDec 27, 2019

Coaching – Integrity

Dec 27, 2019 · 7 min

Marty Cagan argues that integrity is the foundation of trust in empowered product teams, and that trust rests on both competence and character. He acknowledges that integrity is hard to maintain, since product managers…