The Weekly Product Review: Bridging Team Autonomy and Product Success

Empowering teams requires trust. Stream Teams are given the autonomy to achieve the product objectives they’ve been set, and they are accountable for outcomes rather than just outputs. However, autonomy does not mean operating in isolation - effective product development requires ongoing monitoring to ensure teams are driving meaningful impact. This is where the Weekly Product Review (WPR) comes in.

The goal of a WPR is to review the performance of the product. It is not a status update meeting, but one where everyone reviews the key product and business metrics to identify variances from expectations so that quick corrective action can be taken before problems escalate.

Stream Teams are accountable for their product metrics, so they need to have clear justifications for each variance.

By keeping the focus on metrics and particularly customer usage patterns, the WPR helps maintain the customer-focused delivery of each team.

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