Readers know I’m a big fan of platform thinking and have a lot of respect for platform PMs, which is why I was excited when Waqas Sheikh (of Waqas’s Musings) reached out to collaborate on a post on that topic.
Great cross-over. Elevating global prioritization over local optima resonates. It takes skillful communication to do so without being perceived as dogmatic about platform PM or as launching into a righteous tirade.
Well written and well played. I've provided a product manager's view from a slightly different narrative approach:
https://open.substack.com/pub/deanpeters/p/dig-like-an-arms-merchant-deal-like
Great cross-over. Elevating global prioritization over local optima resonates. It takes skillful communication to do so without being perceived as dogmatic about platform PM or as launching into a righteous tirade.
I Was recently trying to understand how platform PM domain differs from traditional PMs, this was a great article.
I would even say hardware PMs are a type of platform PM (along with infrastructure PMs, tools PMs, data PMs, etc)
Glad you found it helpful! Yes it’s different in nuanced and often complicated ways. But also very impactful when done well!