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An overview of a survey with over 100 companies represented, plus key takeaways.
Why is the popular framework missing from most of Big Tech, and are there takeaways for companies operating outside this model?
The success of companies and project management approaches is not always correlated and this story is a reminder of this.
The summary of how companies manage projects is “it depends”.
Even within the group of large non-tech companies, some experiment with novel approaches, while others stick to doing the same thing that has been working well enough for years.
I segregated the companies based on whether tech was at their core, and their funding model.
Plan, build, ship: common for public and venture-funded tech companies.
Scrum: common for large, non-tech companies, non-venture funded companies and consultancies.
Kanban: mentioned across all companies.
SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework): mentioned with large, non tech companies and a non-venture funded company.
Shape Up: mentioned for a few venture-funded companies.
How do companies run projects?
Teams with dedicated project managers typically recorded lower satisfaction ratings at public or venture-funded tech companies.
However, at non-venture funded companies and consultancies, several respondents were very happy with project management, and called out these people as a reason for their satisfaction.
Teams being allowed to choose their own way of working was more common at public tech companies and venture-funded scaleups.
Large, non-tech companies and smaller, non-venture-funded companies were more likely to mandate the same approach for all teams within the company.
These kinds of responses were pronounced at companies where all teams were expected to follow the same methodology.
I gathered data by talking with people at well-known publicly traded tech companies.
Most of these companies have Technical Program Managers (TPMs) who step in for large projects involving multiple teams, or run across organizations.
The expectation of developers at traditional companies is to complete assigned work.
At SV-like companies, it's to solve problems that the business has.
In contrast, traditional companies often make it impossible for developers to interact with the rest of the business.
Traditional companies will encourage hierarchical communication that slows down information flow, and results in slower decisions.
Companies that care about engineers solving problems quickly set up various platform teams, which reduce the developer experience churn.
Companies that leverage engineers well, have no trouble paying close to the top of the market, or above it.
These companies hire highly competent and highly motivated people, thanks to the combination of all the above.
Empowered and autonomous teams are the building blocks of all these companies.
They are also the key differentiator between many companies in the tech industry.
The role of product managers at these companies is defining the strategy at the team – the “why” – and the steps to execute this strategy – the “how”.
At large companies, this itself is a full-time job already.
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