Engineering Collaboration

📚 Table of Contents The Day Everything Changed (Or Didn’t) The Roadmap Your Engineers See The Three Lies We Tell About Fixed Roadmaps The Big Bang Release: Your Greatest Enemy Enter CI/CD: The Relationship Repair How CI/CD Actually Works (In Plain English) What This Means for Your Roadmap (And Your Relationship with Engineering) The Naked Truth About What Your Engineers Really Want The Business Case: Why CI/CD Makes You Better at Product Management Real-Time Feedback Loop Lower Risk Faster Time to Value Better Resource Allocation How to Make the Transition (Without Losing Your Mind) Step 1: Start Smaller Than You Think Step 2: Release the Grip on Dates Step 3: Focus on Outcomes, Not Outputs Step 4: Invest in Automation The Real Relationship Change The Drip-Feed Strategy: Your New Roadmap The Hard Conversations (Because They’re Real) The Day Everything Changed Again Your Roadmap Doesn’t Have to Be the Enemy The Final Truth Ready to Transform Your Release Strategy? Let’s Connect & Keep Learning Why Your Engineers Hate Your Roadmap (And How CI/CD Can Save Your Relationship) The Day Everything Changed (Or Didn’t) I remember sitting in a quarterly planning meeting in early 2022. ...

Table of Contents The $47K Lesson: Why This Guide Exists Why Understanding This Actually Matters The 5-Phase Journey (It’s Not Just “Deploy”) Phase 1: Planning - Where Most Disasters Start Phase 2: Development - What “Code is Done” Actually Means Quick Check-In: Where We Are Phase 3: Build & Package - The Automated Safety Net Phase 4: Testing & Validation - Before Users See It Phase 5: Deployment - Going Live Deployment Strategies: Which One Actually Works For You Build Failure Troubleshooting Guide Deployment Disasters I’ve Witnessed When Things Go Wrong: Incident Response Real Timelines: Stop Guessing, Start Planning Your Role as PM in This Entire Process PM’s Incident Response Playbook Questions to Ask During Sprint Planning Measuring Success: These Are the Metrics That Matter Your Action Plan: Start This Week Final Thoughts The $47K Lesson: Why This Guide Exists Two years ago, I made a mistake that cost our company $47,000 in one weekend. ...

Table of Contents Introduction What You’ll Learn Understanding and Managing Technical Debt How to Ask Better Questions During Sprint Planning Collaborating Proactively With DevOps Teams Using DevOps Metrics for Product Decisions Real-World Scenarios: Applying DevOps Knowledge Common Mistakes Product Managers Make With DevOps Essential Questions to Ask Your DevOps Team Wrapping Up: From Knowledge to Action Introduction You understand CI/CD. You know the difference between Kubernetes and containers. You can hold your own in technical conversations. ...