Happily Married Product & Engineering Teams with Macs Dickinson (LHV, ex Flutter, SkyBet)
Description
This episode of byProduct Live is with Macs Dickinson, Lead Engineering Manager at LHV.
LHV are an Estonian based FinTech who’s platform you have probably used, but just don’t know it. Their tech powers platforms such as CurrencyCloud, Wise and Coinbase.
In the UK they have established a new bank, and Macs head up their engineering teams. His teams underpin LHV’s banking operations which recently included a major migration to a new platform.
This platform migration will form the basis of our discussion - Happily Married Product & Engineering Teams - and how that drives success in product development.
00:00 Introduction to Macs Dickinson and LHV
01:45 Overview of the Migration Project at LHV
06:31 Alignment between Product and Engineering
08:00 Importance of the Relationship between Product and Engineering
11:01 Building Strong Relationships within the Team
13:08 OKRs and Prioritization for Alignment
14:35 WSJF - Weighted Shortest Job First
17:49 Data Supporting Decision Making
18:26 Key Takeaways
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