Stop 08 · Technical Fluency for PMsTopics · 7/11
Estimation & Trade-off Conversations
Part of the Product Management Roadmap
In short
Understanding that engineering estimates are probabilistic, not promises, and that 'can we cut scope' is usually a more productive question than 'can we go faster'.
How to learn this
- 1Practice reframing a deadline conversation around scope trade-offs instead of pure speed.
- 2Learn the difference between an estimate, a target, and a commitment.
- 3Ask an engineer to walk you through why a specific estimate was harder than it looked.
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