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Effective Engineering and Product Relationship
The relationship between engineering and product teams can be complex, with common pitfalls including the order-taking dynamic where engineering simply does what product requests, fear of raising issues, and the tendency to let specialists work independently without considering broader context. Successful relationships involve shared responsibility between engineering and product leaders for both outcomes and improvement, frequent communication, and awareness that decisions have wider implications within the system.