It’s hard to talk about this without sounding judgemental.
Every team building a product has some of this, product managers see this: Dysfunction.
So here are a few verses to deliver an otherwise sharp message, in a softer tone:
Visionary’s Mirage
Leaders envision grand designs,
Yet confusion reigns in shifting lines.
Priorities shuffle, goals obscured,
A puzzle of objectives, shipping deferred.
Scope Creep Symphony?
Requests pour in, a never-ending stream,
Boundaries dissolve, like a fading dream.
The product swells, a scope untamed,
Composing symphony, cacophony unveiled.
Agile Antics
In agile sprints, a circus unfolds,
Chasing the wind, as the story’s told.
Timelines shrink, plans go awry,
Burndown or burnout, teams go crazy.
Post-Launch Tango
Product out in the wild, applause in the air,
Yet post-launch tango brings a different affair.
A dance of updates, bugs and patches anew,
In the tango of post-launch, challenges accrue.
So let’s acknowledge these quirks, not in judgment’s embrace,
But with a knowing smile, as we navigate this space.
In every team’s journey, dysfunction may play its part,
Yet it’s in the attempt at building, PMs must play their part.