Developing Native Product Vision in Teams and Individuals
summary
JetBrains runs a flat, 1,001-person company where product management is shared across teams and roles; core qualities emphasized are professionalism, self-management, creativity, involvement, shared vision and mutual trust. Examples: Rider is a cross‑platform .NET IDE combining IntelliJ and ReSharper with subsystem owners, 3–4 major release plans per year, public issue tracker, Unity hackathons and EAP builds for external feedback; YouTrack uses yearly planning plus two‑week sprints and sprint demos. Company practices include 20% side projects, annual hackathons (result: internal hiring app Toby), and vigilance about burnout.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Start
- 1:10How We Work
- 7:47Rider Team
- 8:14Product Manager Role in Rider
- 9:08Release Planning
- 10:32How Rider forms their backlog
- 12:42Feedback
- 14:30YouTrack Team
- 15:02Product Manager Role in YouTrack
- 25:49How we try to solve these problems
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