Sometimes you need to get creative when saying “no” — on the roadmap or in life. Counterintuitively, saying “yes” to a few small requests makes it easier to say “no” when you really need to. A clever product person will leave some roadmap capacity flexible for “small wins.”
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A key benefit of this approach is that you don’t have to change your overall roadmap. And you can celebrate those wins, increasing trust with your stakeholders while keeping focus on the big picture.
What other tricks do you have up your sleeve? Discuss.
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