back with a “5 minute Friday” audio edition (but on a Saturday!)

key concepts I cover in this snippet:

storytelling is critical to aligning the org

a product team should think in bets

metrics can make or break your plan

dependencies are a fact of life

a poor planner blames staffing

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further reading / references

reminder that storytelling is a critical PM skill, and all about pitching your PoV

and a great storytelling technique for product work is highlighting how prior releases combine with future bets to compound value for customers

obligatory reminder that there are more types of bets than just feature work

focusing on metrics can go sideways, so some thoughts on avoiding that

if you use OKRs as part of your planning / alignment process, review these myths

this episode of the Build podcast also highlight 7 Qs for better priortization

childish drawing / interpretation

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