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How do you balance the need to experiment with the need to ship features quickly?

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  1. Sheila Hara
    Sheila Hara

    Barracuda Networks Sr. Director, Product Management • 9mo

    This is a tricky question, because experimentation and shipping can feel at odds — and it really comes down to ruthless prioritization. It’s always a tension — teams want to learn and move fast at the same time. I remind my team: experiment when it helps you avoid costly mistakes, but don’t let perfect testing delay delivering real value to customers I expect my team to ask: what’s the decision we’re trying to make, and is an experiment the fastest way to get there? Sometimes the answer is yes — ...Read More

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  2. Julian Dunn
    Julian Dunn

    Chainguard Senior Director of Product Management • 9mo

    I am firmly in the camp of shipping features quickly as the highest priority! (Well -- shipping the highest incremental customer value possible as expressed through features or improvements. Not features for features sake.) So I would say that we want to save our experiments for scenarios where we really need to de-risk them before building, e.g. even building the MVP is costly for whatever reason; getting it wrong could result in reputational damage; the decision is a one-way door (not easily r ...Read More

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