Sniffing your Product Orientation Maturity using Team Names
A low-cost diagnostic: what your team names reveal about product orientation maturity, and how to use naming patterns as a starting point for broader operating model conversations.
Persistence Pioneers
UI Architects
Embedding Engineers
Refactor Rebels
Sprint Sprinters
Integration Innovators
Audio Overview Creators
Mind Map Builders
YouTube Insights Team
Scalability Savants
Podcast Summarization Squad
Knowledge Connectors
Can you guess which product these teams are working on?
Which of these team names helped you more than others?
Let’s say your organization has more “UI Architects” or “Persistence Pioneers” than “Knowledge Connectors” or “Youtube Insights”. What does it mean about your Product Pyramid?
Here’s a party trick for you: Want a quick sniff test to determine whether your teams are empowered to focus on and deliver outcomes? Look at their names.
(Still wondering which Product these teams are working on? NotebookLM)
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