<aside> 📌 At Cityscoot the product culture is constantly evolving and growing. Our tool stack is diverse and depends strongly on the preference of the PM / squad. That being said, the only strong requirement is the knowledge management across all functions (product, UX, tech, marketing…) being centralised, so whatever the tool used, there is transcription and only a single point of truth. Today the knowledge management tool at Cityscoot is Confluence.
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How do we ensure productivity (i.e. quantity/speed and quality/value of final outputs that maximise the desired outcome)? What tools and methods do we use at each step of the product life cycle?
Before diving deep into our processes and tool to ensure Product Management efficiency, here are some quick insights about our organisation, because a badly organised company will never achieve efficiency, regardless of the tools 😉
We are still learning and evolving organisation-wise, but as Ralph Emerson said more than 100 years ago: “All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better”!
<aside> 💡 Iteration and continuous improvement are key, this is a view as of today (October 2022).
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Alignement company-wide
We combine well known frameworks like OKRs and inspirations from others like SaFe (without implementing its full rigidity) to set up a coherent and aligned atomic strategy.
Composition of teams
Pluridisciplinarity and team autonomy are at the heart and the building blocks of our entire organisation.
Typical squads are composed of: