2205. How do you decide what to build?

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Could you walk me through your process or criteria for deciding what products or features to build in your role as a Product Manager?

Skill Assessed
  • 1. Decision-making : The ability to make informed, effective, and timely decisions regarding product development priorities.

  • 2. Strategic thinking : The capability to understand market trends, customer needs, and business goals to guide the product roadmap.

  • 3. Prioritization : The skill to prioritize product features based on various factors such as impact, feasibility, and alignment with company vision.

  • 4. Stakeholder management : The ability to balance and address the concerns and motivations of various stakeholders when deciding what to build.

Purpose
  • 1. Evaluating decision-making criteria : To assess your ability to establish clear, data-driven criteria for making product development decisions.

  • 2. Understanding strategic alignment : To gauge your capacity to align product features with the strategic goals of the organization.

  • 3. Assessing prioritization techniques : To understand how you prioritize tasks and features, and how you handle constraints such as time and resources.

  • 4. Determining collaboration and negotiation skills : To see how you work with different teams and stakeholders and how you negotiate what must be built in alignment with multiple perspectives.


Hints
  • 1. Discuss frameworks : Mention any specific frameworks or methodologies you use for decision-making, like the RICE scoring model (Reach, Impact, Confidence, and Effort), Kano Model, or others, if applicable.

  • 2. Highlight user-centric approach : Emphasize your focus on user needs and feedback in the decision-making process, showcasing your customer-centric mindset.

  • 3. Mention collaboration : Elaborate on how you collaborate with other teams such as engineering, sales, and customer service to inform your decisions.

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Topics: 
Problem Solving
Leadership
Roles: 
Product Manager
Companies: 
Cisco
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