[webosdude]

I like Will Larson’s most of the articles but this one seems all over the place. Shouldn’t engineering strategy be defined by 1. Customer’s needs first and then 2. Internal stakeholders like developers, marketing, product, analytics etc. needs 3. Company values and principles could be the next guiding principle.

I think if you work backwards engineering strategy should become more clear. That’s the part I found strongly missing in that article.

[Terretta]

The tail shouldn't wag the dog.

But if you don't let the tail wag the dog you'll find you have a very disaffected tail.

Turns out putting those three circles at the same table solves this.

Much easier said than done.

[ravagat]

What you described is as close as possible to product strategy and not engineering strategy.