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[Onboarding] Courtney True – Product Designer, Design Systems
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Our Rituals

Good executional rituals help us collaborate efficiently across disciplines.

Product Team

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Product Weekly Planning

Cadence
Weekly on Monday / 30min
Goal
Start the week by planning our work. Discuss weekly priorities and goals.
Participants
PM, PD
Agenda
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PM Weekly

Cadence
Weekly on Tuesday / 1h
Goal
Review progress on goals, work in progress, and any problems or opportunities that have arisen.
Participants
PM
Agenda
white pendant lamp

Product Workshop

Cadence
Weekly or Bi-Weekly on Wednesday / 1h
Goal
Run workshops to kick off big projects with the broader team; plan new features, run through use cases, and untangle a problem together.
Participants
PM, PD, and Engineers (optional)
Agenda
orange, yellow and blue papers

Design Weekly Review

Cadence
Weekly on Friday / 1h
Goal
Walk through the early stages of a design project with product managers and any other relevant stakeholders to get feedback and thoughts.
Participants
PD, PM, and Engineers (optional)
Agenda
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Product Pods

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Quarterly Roadmap Planning

Cadence
Quarterly
Goal
Align on team priorities and roadmap
Participants
PM, PD, ENG
Agenda
blue curved track field at daytime

Sprint Planning

Cadence
Bi-Weekly
Goal
Plan the goals and priorities for the next sprint
Participants
PM, PD, ENG
stainless steel scissors and hair comb

Backlog Grooming

Cadence
Bi-Weekly
Goal
Define and assess upcoming work based on priorities
Participants
PM, PD, ENG
Agenda
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Sprint Retro

Cadence
Bi-Weekly
Goal
Discuss what worked well and what didn’t during the sprint and identify areas of improvement
Participants
PM, PD, ENG
Agenda
pink and gold glitter nail polish

PM / Design Sync

Cadence
Weekly
Goal
Sync product and design team members, ensuring that both are on the same page and aware of each other’s priorities
Participants
PM, PD
Agenda
turned-on smartphone

Standup

Cadence
Daily
Goal
Sync up on project status and remove blockers
Participants
PM, ENG, PD (optional)
black and white glass vase

Project Kickoff

Cadence
Adhoc (at the onset of a project)
Goal
Review PRD, align on scope, discuss milestones
Participants
PM, PD, ENG Team Lead
Agenda
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GTM / Launch Planning

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GTM Planning

Cadence
Bi-weekly
Goal
The broader product development team comes together to review progress on goals, work in progress, and any problems or opportunities that have arisen.
Participants
PM, PMM, CS Ops, Sales Ops
Agenda
closeup photo of yellow paper boat

End-to-End Launch Review

Cadence
Adhoc (-2w before launch for T1 & T2 projects)
Goal
Holistic review of the end-to-end experience of what we’re about to ship
Participants
PM, PMM, CS Ops, Sales Ops
PD, ENG (optional)
Agenda
assorted-color chair lot

CS/Sales Training

Cadence
Adhoc (-1w before launch)
Goal
Train Sales & CS team on value prop, use cases, and capabilities
Participants
PM, PMM, CS, Sales
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Leadership


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Product Strategy Meeting

Cadence
Quarterly
Goal
A deeper dive into business and product strategy; discussions around business needs and planning new goals and initiatives to address them.
Participants
Leadership, PMs
Agenda
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