Interview — What's like to work remotely in big-sized product development?
People say that developing products isn’t easy. Neither it is to build long-distance relationships. But, how about doing both, simultaneously?
I’m Bruno Teixeira, Lead Product Owner at Pixelmatters, the guy wearing the red jacket on the photo. I recently invited Andrew Scott, Product Manager, to talk about his experience in working remotely with Pixelmatters, based in Porto, Portugal 🇵🇹, all the way from California, US. 🇺🇸
During our conversation, I’ve asked Andrew a few questions about how it was like to collaborate remotely in the development of a product in such a complex industry like healthcare. The result was the diagnosis of symptoms usually linked to a successful collaboration.
Question #1 — What were your first impressions of Pixelmatters and the team?
The company I was working with was a relatively new startup, so there was a lot that had to be organized very quickly, and the [Pixelmatters] team was very ready to get that going.
It was one of the first teams I met on joining the company I was working with at the time. I had to get going very quickly and when I was introduced to the project, Pixelmatters had only been working with us for a couple of months, but they quickly earned my trust.
The company was growing relatively quickly, there were a lot of people joining us, so there wasn’t a lot of organization at the time. So not only did we need to get the product moving, but we had to stand up the organization and get key processes in place. The Pixelmatters team gave me a solid foundation to build from, not only in building the product but also establishing the processes and norms we needed to accelerate quickly and efficiently.
