{"id":83047,"date":"2024-10-15T12:23:51","date_gmt":"2024-10-15T11:23:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prodpad.com\/?p=83047"},"modified":"2025-01-13T16:49:35","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T16:49:35","slug":"product-trio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prodpad.com\/blog\/product-trio\/","title":{"rendered":"The Product Trio: Why Three is the Magic Number"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Good things come in threes. You get three wishes from a genie, The Three Little Pigs, The Three Musketeers, the three flavors of Neapolitan ice cream, I could go on. There\u2019s a lot to back up De La Soul\u2019s claim (or technically, Bob Dorough\u2019s claim if we\u2019re citing our sources properly), and the product trio is another of these magic three-ways.\u00a0\u00a0

In the product world, there are a lot of concepts and ideas revolving around thirds. There\u2019s the best roadmap format Now-Next-Later<\/a> (fun fact: created by our very own Co-founders), not to mention the Build-Measure-Learn<\/a> process. Well, let us introduce you to another that\u2019s gotten a lot of play in recent years: The product trio.\u00a0\u00a0

The product trio is one of many product team structures you can adopt. A formation of how to piece together the key roles within your product team. It\u2019s a format designed to help boost collaboration between traditionally siloed roles, leading to better outputs and more synced-up product development.

It\u2019s become super popular, having been used by the likes of Spotify and Airbnb and talked about heavily by one of the great Product Leaders<\/a>, Teresa Torres<\/a>. Here\u2019s a detailed look at the product trio to help you understand how it works, why you should use it, and how to implement it properly within your team.\u00a0

If you\u2019re keen to explore more about your product team structure, we\u2019ve got an article that helps you nail it, covering multiple types of team configurations and sage advice from Product experts. Check it out below \u2b07\ufe0f:
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What is the product trio? <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The product trio is the deliberate coming together of three key roles related to product discovery<\/a> and development: The Product Manager, the Engineer, and the Product Designer. In the product trio, these cross-functional roles work collaboratively to help inform decisions and ideation that lead to a much better product.\u00a0

See, before the product trio, each of these roles would usually operate in a more isolated way. Each would be focusing on their area of expertise with little crossover, aside from a weekly stand-up where more often or not you learn that your efforts were misaligned.\u00a0

By creating the product trio, you give every role visibility of the product development at every stage. Each role is involved from the very beginning. The Engineer and Designer have access to product discovery, the Product Manager is clued up about the build stage, and in general, there\u2019s more accountability and collaboration in this model.\u00a0

This close collaboration means that decisions are made faster, roadblocks are cleared more efficiently, and everyone stays on the same page. It\u2019s not just about building great products; it\u2019s about building them with less friction and a whole lot more fun.

Each role typically champions one of three core product concerns:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n