In May 2024, we introduced our take on Shape Up as our framework for discussing ideas and deciding what to work on. Below is the recording from the town hall where Niklas introduced the concepts.
https://www.loom.com/share/be997fb0256b45da8ddca40ee966a053
Pitches are our common language for product ideas. They're how we express and present potential bets we could take. Pitches help us make informed decisions at the betting table.
Pitches aren't product requirement docs or user stories. Instead, they're concise descriptions of a problem coupled with a low-fidelity illustration and description of a solution.
Anyone in the company can draft a pitch, but only a product triad can own and bring a pitch to a betting table.
All pitches brought to a betting table will be listed here for everyone to read and comment on at least 24 hours before the betting table.
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Before each new cycle, we hold a betting table for each team (Deal, Consumer, DevOps, and Data Engineering) where leadership agrees on priorities for the upcoming cycle.
Attendees at the betting table include:
At the betting table, we review and discuss the submitted pitches. The outcome is a plan to drive the biggest impact on our OKRs using the submitted pitches. The meeting follows an open format, allowing for feedback, changes, and occasional iterations.
It's crucial that the team triad brings enough pitches to the betting table. This enables hard prioritization to happen here, rather than in the team's pre-work.