Maxim #1: If you are going to lose the battle, don't fight it
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Product Managers are bombarded with asks both from internal stakeholders and customers. The volume of asks always exceeds available resources, so most of the time, the answer to asks is going to some polite form of no. When evaluating asks, product managers should determine if saying no to an ask is a losing battle. For most asks, the end result of saying no or not now is going to be that ask isn't fulfilled.
Maxim #1: If you are going to lose the battle, don't fight it
Maxim #1: If you are going to lose the…
Maxim #1: If you are going to lose the battle, don't fight it
Product Managers are bombarded with asks both from internal stakeholders and customers. The volume of asks always exceeds available resources, so most of the time, the answer to asks is going to some polite form of no. When evaluating asks, product managers should determine if saying no to an ask is a losing battle. For most asks, the end result of saying no or not now is going to be that ask isn't fulfilled.