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Who is involved in assessing the problems you choose to tackle?

Tammy Hahn
Ignition SVP, Product | Formerly Cornerstone OnDemand, Groundswell, Skilljar, GainsightApr 9
tl;dr: The core assessment happens within a small team of product builders but it’s shaped by broader company priorities.What’s changed:Small, high-context teams own the ...
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Liron Deutsch
Atlassian Principal Product Manager, Global Experiences5mo
At Atlassian, assessing which problems to tackle is a deeply cross-craft and strategic process.When we propose a new strategy or explore a meaty new problem space, it typ...
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Lizzy Masotta
Shopify Senior Product Lead | Formerly Salesforce, Google, Nest, Cisco Systems3y
It is the Product Manager’s job to identify, prioritize and shape the problems the team is tackling. We’ll break this into two parts 1) finding problems 2) shaping proble...
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Aleks Bass
Typeform Chief Product Officer3y
There is an interesting tension here between looking at problem spaces from a variety of angles to make sure you have a sound and differentiated strategy that is worth pu...
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Mike Flouton
Boxford Capital Managing Partner | Formerly Barracuda, SilverSky, Digital Guardian, OpenPages, Cybertrust3y
Product management is accountable and responsible for assessing which problems to tackle. But I strongly believe it works best when it’s a process where everyone can prov...
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Preethy Vaidyanathan
Matterport VP of Product5mo
The required approach is contingent upon the scope and potential impact of the issue. For minor or more isolated concerns, I typically collaborate directly with my engine...
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Sirisha Machiraju
Level AI VP of Product2y
Let’s break this down into 2 workstreams - 1) how to create the complete opportunity space & 2) the process to select the right opportunities to go after. Creating t...
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C. Todd Lombardo
Co-author Product Roadmaps Relaunched | Formerly Openly, MachineMetrics, ConstantContact, Vempathy, Fresh Tilled Soil2y
Depends on the problem! Who has the best knowledge to help assess? This could be a product manager, an analyst, a designer, or an engineer!It is likely a team of people, ...
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