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Long Backlogs and Unmeasurable Work
From my experience, there are two common reasons why I see product backlogs become long and unmanageable.
A lack of strategy and, therefore, backlogs become a dumping ground for any and every idea.
Working big, breaking down big solutions, rather than breaking down the outcome (refer to my last post)
Decision Velocity & Drag
Companies that move fast make decisions fast.
What takes one company a week, they do in a day. Compound that over time, and it’s a landslide.
The Optimization Problem (trap!)
The optimization problem is the problem of finding the best solution from all feasible solutions.
But what does the optimization problem look like in companies?
What Product-Led Companies Look Like
Let’s start with what being Product-Led is not… It’s not: Product Management-led, Product Managers are the boss, Where product makes all the calls, Something that only engineering and product do…