Marlon Guerios
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As a product person, the main challenge is to come up with appropriate estimations and timelines. Lots of negotiation with stakeholders, dev team, and rarely there's an easy agreement between all the parties (understandable). What's your experience and do you have any tips? #productmanagement
08:24 AM - Feb 20, 2023
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STEM TheBleeding
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In response to Marlon Guerios.
My best tip is to start at the deadline and work backwards.

For some reason, people seem to understand that when you do that it means there isn't any flexibility in it, and it creates not just one but two solid walls of time to plan within.

Manages expectations on all fronts.
08:31 AM - Feb 20, 2023 (Edited)
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Marlon Guerios
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It's a good one. I see this could also help business stakeholders understand the limitations and either postpone the deadline accordingly or reduce scope. In my experience, reducing scope is often how they choose to go if possible at all.
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09:26 AM - Feb 20, 2023
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STEM TheBleeding
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In response to Marlon Guerios.
Yep, because stakeholders make nothing while a product is in development.

So they're far more likely to say "cut this feature and we'll patch it later or devise a workaround" rather than "delay the project for 3 months".
09:28 AM - Feb 20, 2023
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