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Delivering a roadmap a few weeks into the PM job

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In today’s edition, we’re going to dive into a topic that a lot of new PMs entering organizations as their first product hire are grappling with. Companies that are uninitiated in the “ways of product” demand a roadmap as the first deliverable of a newly hired PM a few weeks into the job, affording them limited time for due diligence. We’ll explore what PMs can do in such situations. Let’s get into it. I get messages like the following on my LinkedIn DMs: “I just joined a company. The founder wants me to create a product roadmap in the next 2-3 weeks. How am I supposed to do this?” It’s a tough ask. A lot of PM content out there focuses on building a roadmap in more favorable conditions where the org affords the freedom to the PM to research, analyze, and deploy processes. What makes matter more complex is that there isn’t one school of thought around roadmaps: some pundits hate them because they force product teams to become requirement managers and focus on output rather than outcome

Delivering a roadmap a few weeks into the PM job Step by step process to create a solid starting point Aatir Abdul Rauf Sep 23, 2023 47 8 4 Share Hey BPL fam, In today’s edition, we’re going to dive into a topic that a lot of new PMs entering organizations as their first product hire are grappling with. Companies that are uninitiated in the “ways of product” demand a roadmap as the first deliverable of a newly hired PM a few weeks into the job, affording them limited time for due diligence. We’ll explore what PMs can do in such situations. Let’s get into it. Building a roadmap as a new PM on a

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