Product trios are collapsing globally, with teams facing imbalances like one designer supporting multiple product managers or engineers.
Product trios, consisting of a product manager, designer, and engineer, were meant to facilitate cross-functional collaboration.
Design leaders from different countries and industries have highlighted the dysfunctionality in design teams due to imbalanced product trios.
To address the breakdown of product trios, designers can focus on strategies to navigate situations where there are fewer designers compared to other team roles.