The first says it is owning the backlog and keeping the team supplied with clear, ready work. The second says it is working out which problem is worth solving, then finding a solution customers will choose and the company can support.
The first says it is owning the backlog and keeping the team supplied with clear, ready work.
Cagan half agrees, noting that a candidate's answer "reveals so much about the product model they've worked in." One step further and the question stops ranking people.
The second says it is working out which problem is worth solving, then finding a solution customers will choose and the company can support.
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The first says it is owning the backlog and keeping the team supplied with clear, ready work. The second says it is working out which problem is worth solving, then finding a solution customers will choose and the company can support. Over the years he has seen " at least one hundred different definitions of the product role." His framing: "Asking a product person how they define their role can serve as a form of Rorschach test." I would swap the metaphor.
Image Two candidates, same question, same afternoon. Both answers were honest, and each described a job that person had held.
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