🤝 Devs vs. PMs: Understanding Each Other (Without Losing Your Mind) 🧠

+ A Call for Speakers: Share Your Insights with the World!

Hey everyone,

Let’s talk about something that comes up all the time: the gap between developers and product managers. If you’ve ever been in a meeting where one side is throwing around “feature flags” and “progressive delivery” while the other is focused on “time to market” and “business impact,” you know what I mean. This week’s articles dive into that exact space—how to understand technical decisions from a product perspective and vice versa.

🚀 Software Releases: Technical Tips for Product Managers

Ever wonder how Netflix can roll out a new feature without breaking anything? Or why your app sometimes gets an update you didn’t even notice? Spoiler: it’s not luck. Feature flags, canary releases, and blue-green deployments are all part of the magic. This piece breaks down these strategies in a way that makes sense for product managers, so you can actually have a conversation with your dev team without feeling lost.

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🤝 Why Developers Question Product Managers (and How to Find Common Ground)

Let’s be honest—developers and PMs don’t always see eye to eye. Devs want clean, scalable code; PMs need to ship features fast. Who wins? (Hint: It’s neither.) This article digs into why developers push back on product decisions, why PMs don’t always prioritize tech debt, and how both sides can work together without losing their minds.

📖 Check it out

🎤 Call for Speakers: Online Scrum Master Summit 2025

This one’s for all the Agile folks out there. The Online Scrum Master Summit is happening June 17-19, 2025, and they’re looking for speakers. If you’ve got something to say about Agile, Scrum, or coaching teams, now’s your chance.

🔥 Session options:
🔹 Full talks (45-60 min)
🔹 Hands-on workshops (45-60 min)
🔹 Lightning talks (7-15 min) — perfect if you’re new to speaking

And if you need another reason to apply—speakers get free access to the entire conference, a Premium All-Access Pass (with recordings), and a profile on Agile Gatherings for a year. Basically, it’s a great way to build your reputation in the Agile space.

⏳ Deadline: February 23, 2025. Don’t overthink it—just apply! Worst case, you get some feedback and try again next year.

📝 Submit your talk here

🔜 What’s coming next?

Next week, we’re tackling:
📌 How Data Structures Organize the Chaos of Modern Apps (Yes, even non-devs should care about this.)
📌 What Are Developers Even Talking About? (A guide to translating tech jargon into human language.)

Any Agile friends who’d enjoy this? Pass it along. The more, the merrier. 🚀

See you next week!

- Yanet