The messy side of strategy
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Monday: “Let’s align on priorities.” Tuesday: “We’re blocked on X changes.” Wednesday: “Let’s push this to next week.” Thursday: “Would it be done by Monday? By Monday morning? At 11 am?” Friday: “Can someone summarize this in the tracker?” By the time the week ends, alignment is
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Inside doubts keep it alive. Outside belief makes it matter
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Sometimes Product Teams Trip Somewhere in the Middle
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Ask before it goes "out of order"
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If opening this article would have taken more than 2-3 seconds, you'd probably be annoyed. This is the expectation we have now from anything we use. Whether it’s internet speed, instant Google searches, Netflix streaming, or 10-minute delivery, we demand speed and efficiency. First movers have a
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Imagine taking shortcuts during construction to finish a building faster. While it might be tempting at first, neglecting proper procedures can lead to problems down the line like this: In the product language, these problems are called Technical Debt. For those who don't know what this is. It&
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Every customer's question: What Kind Of Product Are You Building?. But in the early stages, focusing solely on the vision can be a recipe for disaster. How can someone understand your GRAND vision if the product itself is still taking shape? Building for the Wrong Reasons If you
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General opinion: There's a hyped term - go into the user's shoes and you'll make what they would like. Then, you can run campaigns to verify certain hypotheses, take surveys, have interviews, etc. Or see from analytics what could have happened. Or the best
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General opinion: That’s the feature - planned. It will take me X no of days to implement the feature - implementation. For fixing the mess-ups a day more added - buffer. Deadline: X+1 days. Alternate opinion: If my colleagues at GreyB would be your QA. Bye-bye, your deadline.
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Situation: I can access this after being even when my access is revoked. Problem: You missed a check in a function. General opinion: Add the missing condition in that function and push it to production. Time took to fix: A few mins - Quick approach Impact level of the fix: