Quarterly Planning Tips
back with a “5 minute Friday” audio edition (but on a Saturday!)
key concepts I cover in this snippet:
storytelling is critical to aligning the org
a product team should think in bets
metrics can make or break your plan
dependencies are a fact of life
a poor planner blames staffing
I’d love to hear from listeners about their planning tips - please chime in via comments👇. And if you enjoyed this post, please consider subscribing.
further reading / references
reminder that storytelling is a critical PM skill, and all about pitching your PoV
and a great storytelling technique for product work is highlighting how prior releases combine with future bets to compound value for customers
obligatory reminder that there are more types of bets than just feature work
focusing on metrics can go sideways, so some thoughts on avoiding that
if you use OKRs as part of your planning / alignment process, review these myths
this episode of the Build podcast also highlight 7 Qs for better priortization
childish drawing / interpretation
Quarterly Planning Tips
Nice one and good luck! Resource estimates are tough, because priorities are tough. I wrote about the cone of uncertainty applied to product 👇🏽 which mentions bets in a slightly different context. Also allows PMs to communicate uncertainty and make resource requests in a structured way. https://leadproduct.substack.com/p/ed2
Some thoughts....
https://medium.com/hackernoon/surviving-quarterly-planning-7d571fb5b034