I did enjoy this article and agree with almost everything.
One piece of advice I’ve learned the hard way, however, is if the road map doesn’t make sense, it’s unlikely that making noise is going to make your life better.
I was reminded by this article of the time when my role as a PM was stymied by a lack of clear corporate strategy - I was told to make a road map without the support of any kind of goal or vision, told even that having a strategy would take “11 weeks” (yeah, an oddly specific number). Of course, I pushed back - but the outcome of doing so was very poor for me.
A road map doesn’t need to perfectly align with the very good points in your article, but there is a point at which it’s probably just better to cut and run.
One piece of advice I’ve learned the hard way, however, is if the road map doesn’t make sense, it’s unlikely that making noise is going to make your life better.
I was reminded by this article of the time when my role as a PM was stymied by a lack of clear corporate strategy - I was told to make a road map without the support of any kind of goal or vision, told even that having a strategy would take “11 weeks” (yeah, an oddly specific number). Of course, I pushed back - but the outcome of doing so was very poor for me.
A road map doesn’t need to perfectly align with the very good points in your article, but there is a point at which it’s probably just better to cut and run.