The Product Manager
How to Succeed in a Feature Factory as a Product Manager (with Aakash Gupta, The Product Growth Guy)
May 14, 2024
Product Leader Aakash Gupta discusses strategies for success in a 'Feature Factory' for product managers. They cover challenges faced, embracing the factory setting, key practices, relationship building at Epic Games, and avoiding common pitfalls.
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Quick takeaways
- Product managers in Feature Factories often prioritize feature delivery over user-driven product development, leading to a lack of meaningful impact.
- Navigating Feature Factories requires PMs to understand organizational dynamics, adapt to the environment, and strategically influence outcomes.
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Impact of Feature Factory on Product Managers
Product managers at Feature Factories are tasked with constantly building and releasing new features, often overshadowing the importance of user-driven product development. These PMs can feel trapped in a cycle of feature delivery without meaningful impact. Akash Gupta, a product expert with experience at companies like Epic Games and Affirm, sheds light on the challenges faced by PMs in these environments, urging them to navigate the delicate balance between feature output and user-centric innovation.
