“when we were doing scrum when I did it with my team back in Open Sky”
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“when I was at OpenSky, you know, in early days of my product management career”
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Decide whether to hire an experienced product ops person or train one, based on time and coaching capacity
Hiring Profiles by Product Ops Pillar
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Keep vs. Offload: The PM Decision-Rights Boundary
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One Product Ladder (Kill the PO/PM Split)
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The 'Can You See What Good Looks Like?' Staffing Test
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The Four-Pillar Product Operating Model
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The Product Owner Escape Ladder
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The Three Pillars of Product Operations
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The Value-Framed Product Résumé
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Which Product Ops Pillar to Start With
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