Roadmap Amnesia: How to Say "No" as a Product Manager

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Maintaining the ability to say no while maintaining respect is a challenge. Instead of saying no, the goal is to prioritize higher-priority tasks. Roadmap amnesia is a common issue where new requests wipe out previous priorities. Showing the current list of projects helps others understand the importance of existing tasks. Sales teams may not be interested in other deals if it affects their personal commissions. Trade-offs and prioritization are key. There is limited capacity, so existing plans must be considered. It's important to involve stakeholders in the decision-making process.

Lou has Rich Mironov, CEO of Mironov Consulting, as his guest. Rich runs a blog and has been writing for over 20 years about business and the psychology that goes into product management. Together, they discuss ways that Product Management and UX can work more fluidly together. They dive into how you can bring your team together so everyone is working on the same page. Rich brings some nuggets of advice he has collected over his many years in the industry and touches on the talk he will be giving at Rosenfeld Media’s Design in Product Conference. https://rosenfeldmedia.com/events/futures/