Standing Together: 7 Principles for Great Product/Engineering Relationship-

Miri Curiel on the explosive relationship between Product Managers and Engineers. If you are a Product Manager or an Engineer/Developer, or a Manager in a tech company, this is the event for you!

Engineers and Product Managers can have fruitful work relationships, yet quite often they don’t. If you’ve never participated in a Product-Engineering blame game, you’re probably new to the tech industry.

Engineers may accuse product managers of user stories that are not detailed enough, lack of familiarity with the product internals or decision making not based on data.

Product managers may complain that engineers slow down delivery with unnecessary demands, that they are not transparent enough and don’t understand the business needs. These are just some examples of work relationships which are not based on mutual trust.

It is easy to recognize companies with bad Product-Engineering vibes – these organizations usually suffer from frequent arguments, a finger-pointing culture, slow delivery and quality issues.

In this session, we will review the many ways broken Product/Engineering relations can look like, and the reasons behind them (hint - these are often related to factors outside of the delivery team’s control). We will then learn how healthy Product/Engineering relations look like. Finally, we will explore the key factors to reach mutual respect, trust, and fruitful cooperation between the Engineering and Product teams.

This webinar is in Hebrew.

About Miri Curiel
Miri Curiel, a senior tech management consultant, leads engineering and product teams beyond the blame game and into the realm of effective work practices.

Her experience as VP R&D, in early stage startups as well as large companies, shaped her vision: to help hi-tech companies scale up their management teams, delivery processes and work culture.

Miri is also a passionate advocate for women in senior technology roles, and a popular speaker on the subject of management and diversity. When she doesn’t speak, she sometimes sings in a classical choir.
Miri holds a degree in Computer Science from The Technion, Israel Institute of Technology.

Agenda:

17:00 - Networking - BYOB (Bring Your Own Beer)
17:10 - Opening - Lior Zadicareo, StarVision
17:20 - Standing Together: 7 Principles for Great Product/Engineering Relationship, Miri Curiel
18:05 - Discussion and Q&A

18:20 - News and Upcoming Events
18:30 - End of Event