The arguments worth having are about certainty versus speed, how public internal roadmaps should be, and whether PMs should own a KPI or the quality of the decision process around it. Those are structural questions, not personality tests.
Three questions worth debating:
- when to optimize for speed versus certainty
- how much roadmap detail should be public inside a company
- whether PMs should own the KPI or the decision process
Background reading before you take a strong stance:
- Continuous discovery overview: producttalk.org/continuous-discovery/
A durable foundation for teams trying to make research continuous instead of episodic.
- SVPG article archive: svpg.com/articles/
Useful for strategy, product operating models, and decision quality.
- Lenny's Podcast video archive: youtube.com/@Lennyspodcast/videos
Product conversations that tend to stay practical instead of drifting into slogans.
When you respond, include the environment you are optimizing for. Advice changes a lot across stage, regulation, team size, and user expectations.
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