Product Management
7 Reasons Why Product Management Fails
A deep dive into the reasons why the PM function is unintentionally set up for failure by businesses and how they can avoid it.
Many product managers I speak to have similar complaints about support from business. While most of those voices hail from corporate PM functions, there are a few from the startup world too. Add to that the PM function is usually pushed under technology or marketing, support issues would inevitably creep up eventually.
There are things that business or management does wrong by the PM functions. They range from slight oversights to blatant or intentional errors in the ways of working of the organization.
This article, therefore, is a prioritized list of these errors committed by business leaders/management, setting the PM function for failure. If you are a PM, you can use this list to categorize your pain points and highlight them to upper management.
Additionally, this list applies to both large & small-scale PM teams — the distinction being that in large-scale PM teams, there are hierarchies within the function that have a lower execution to strategy ratio, the higher you go. This can also be used by operations, marketing, and other…