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21 Oct, 6 tweets, 4 min read
Tips and tricks to building a platform team and creating healthy coordination with product teams from @skamille at @twosigma.

Check it out: codingsans.com/blog/managing-…

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Here are some takeaways about communication channels:

1. Coordinate planning

You want to start coordination as early as possible. Send a platform engineer to join the planning sessions of product teams, and see if they have requests or advise them on currently available options
2. Use product managers

Using product managers in platform teams is an unconventional but useful idea. They can help with communication on every level, make it smoother and take some load off management - but definitely can’t replace them.
3. Direct communication is best

The most efficient communication happens when product teams reach out to platform teams directly. They can discuss their needs, current options and potential future options the platform team may be able to build to meet their needs.
Do you want to take a deep dive into leading platform engineering teams?

Check out the full interview: codingsans.com/blog/managing-…
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