Joined new company a month back as SPM (title bump!) I’m still learning a lot about team dynamics, the politics and the processes. I’m driving PO meetings, collaborating to keep things on track, managing backlog. But I feel I can’t contribute to discussions yet because I’m not SME or don’t have the history of knowledge and constantly asking others to validate.

Any feedback on where I should be by now and advice on how to improve?

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I mean I think a month is 100% reasonable to be in that position...I would make notes personally, and try to ask people for background reading etc so you can catch up first. But I wouldn't worry too much, the first 1-3 months is literally just getting up to speed

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A month is nothing! Sounds like you are contributing a lot. I’d use the product as much as possible and look at older features and notes to see how things have been documented in the last year or so.

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As you said, you're still a month in. But I understand why you want to kick your position up a notch, you're a hardworker. I won't be surprised if you advance in the next couple of months. But take things easy. I agree with making personal notes. Study behind the scenes.

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What do you feel like you need to start feeling like a SME in your domain? Perhaps you need to do user research or dig into metrics?

Does your company have a resource library on the intranet? That would be the best place to start!

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