How Do You Measure Impact?

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As you sort of move your way up in that ladder, we expect you to understand more of the why. It is not sufficient to be incredibly technically talented, but just execute orders. So we look for that when we interview and we also, we try to like that in our cur progressions. You put a lot of emphasis on the impact on product an the business. How are you currently communicating this with the engineering org? What are you using to define what impact really means?

We welcome Jonathan Nolen, Senior VP of Engineering and Product at LaunchDarkly, to talk about his 100+ people Product Delivery team - a term coined by the company, where Engineering, Product, and Design come together.

Key Takeaways:

Tech companies should shift their mindset from building and shipping software to delivering services to customers.
Having Engineering, Product, and Design as one team with shared goals is key for all companies delivering services.
Impact is not just about visibility. Your teams need to articulate what their impact is, preferably in one sentence.
Structuring your orgs right is necessary for scaling, but finding the right individuals is essential for success.

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