Dear Melissa: Answering Questions About Advocating for Resources, Bottom-Up Transformation, and Setting Expectations
November 30, 2022
In this Dear Melissa segment, Melissa answers subscribers’ questions about advocating for resources in a non-leadership role, whether or not a bottoms-up transformation can really work if leadership isn’t immediately on board, and how to effectively communicate with teams outside of product in order to set realistic expectations and get them on your side.
Q: As a product manager that is not in a leadership role, how do you recommend advocating for additional resources on your development?
Q: Have you ever seen a product transformation work from bottoms-up, work at the team level first, and then improve at the executive level? If so, what do you think were the deciding factors?
Q: How do I work with non-product teams who have no regard for prioritization or respect for the actual product team’s process?
Resources
Melissa Perri on LinkedIn | Twitter
MelissaPerri.com
In this Dear Melissa segment, Melissa answers subscribers’ questions about advocating for resources in a non-leadership role, whether or not a bottoms-up transformation can really work if leadership isn’t immediately on board, and how to effectively communicate with teams outside of product in order to set realistic expectations and get them on your side.
Q: As a product manager that is not in a leadership role, how do you recommend advocating for additional resources on your development?
Q: Have you ever seen a product transformation work from bottoms-up, work at the team level first, and then improve at the executive level? If so, what do you think were the deciding factors?
Q: How do I work with non-product teams who have no regard for prioritization or respect for the actual product team’s process?
Resources
Melissa Perri on LinkedIn | Twitter
MelissaPerri.com
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