Article 4: The 4Ps Framework for Building, Aligning, and Coaching High-Performing Product Teams

Series: "Inside the Trenches of a Real Startup - The CPO’s Journey from 0 to 1"

Have you ever thought something like the following:

“She came from a top-tier tech company. Strong resume. Smart thinker. But now I realize she is applying a different playbook than the one we need. It isn't wrong, it just isn't how we build products here.”

If you lead a team of product managers, you’ve probably experienced this. Every PM walks in with their own habits, terminology, and assumptions that are shaped by their last company’s version of Agile, their favorite prioritization method, or how they define “discovery.”

But when you have a growing team, inconsistent foundations lead to uneven performance.

What many leaders do in response is fall back on instinct:

• Trust the PM to figure it out

• Focus 1-on-1s on firefighting, not development

• Hope strengths outweigh the gaps

The problem? You can't create and scale an effective product organization without being intentional.

That’s why I developed the 4Ps Framework, a simple, structured approach to help product teams; align around the process and practices used in your organization, build a shared foundation, and support consistent development for every product manager, regardless of where they start…

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