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How can a PM effectively manage the product roadmap?

A PM can effectively manage the product roadmap by defining product specifications, running analytics to understand customer requirements, and prioritizing features based on these insights. They also make time/benefit tradeoffs on features to ensure that the product hits the market on time with the right features. When product development hits a snag, they make decisions on tricky edge cases.

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PMs must define product specifications to bring clarity on what to build. To do this, they run analytics to understand customer requirements, how current features work and what features to prioritize in the product roadmap. PMs make time/benefit tradeoffs on features to ensure that the product hits the market on time with the right features. When product development hits a snag, they take a call on tricky edge cases.

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