What practice helps PMs progress without extensive planning?

Most answers emphasize starting small and learning through direct action or testing, rather than relying on detailed upfront planning.

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  • Tulsee Doshi

    Sr. Director & Product Lead, GenAI & Gemini Models · Google

    Give time and space

    Tulsee Doshi says the biggest thing needed to get better at these things is giving people the time and space, since constantly sprinting makes it hard to step back and learn the tools well.

    Lenny's Podcast · Watch on YouTube

  • Itamar Gilad

    Author, Keynote speaker, Coach · Product Front

    Get PM and designer on board first

    Itamar Gilad says the smallest first move without authority is to get your PM and designer on board first, because you can't run this alone.

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  • Marty Cagan

    Partner · Silicon Valley Product Group

    Watch a user use the product

    Marty Cagan says watching a user use the product with the whole engineering team made it obvious what users were trying to do and how the product fell short, letting them improve it drastically within two weeks.

    Mind the Product · Watch on YouTube

  • Angelique Taylor

    Founder · Addmaple

    Design a small test

    Angelique Taylor says you can design a small test to evaluate what you want to do, which takes away some of the risk overhead, and advises designing something small and doable enough that you cannot not do it.

    Greenbook · Watch on YouTube

  • Coco Mao

    CEO & Co-Founder · Openart Ai

    Start small

    Coco Mao says you just need to start with something small and will eventually see the full picture, so you don't need to force yourself to see the whole path clearly.

    Luba Yudasina · Watch on YouTube

  • Tara Seshan

    Member of Product Staff · Openai

    Define a core hypothesis

    Tara Seshan says the key is being as pointed as possible about your core hypothesis, calling defining that hypothesis the most important thing, because you have to try stuff and learn rather than write long theoretical plans.

    Lenny's Podcast · Watch on YouTube

  • Srinivasan Raghavan

    Chief Product Officer · Freshworks

    AB testing

    Srinivasan Raghavan says his team uses AB testing across cohorts of users to compare functionality and see which version wins out, rather than making a judgment call, then rolls out what gets engagement.

    DataCamp · Watch on YouTube

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