"One challenge that I faced when working with sales was managing unrealistic expectations. As a developer, I often had to work with sales teams to define the scope and timeline for projects. However, it was not uncommon for the sales team to promise clients certain features or deliverables that were not feasible within the allotted time and budget.
To address this challenge, I learned to be proactive in clarifying the limitations and constraints of the project with the sales team, and to work wit"
Anonymous Flamingo - "One challenge that I faced when working with sales was managing unrealistic expectations. As a developer, I often had to work with sales teams to define the scope and timeline for projects. However, it was not uncommon for the sales team to promise clients certain features or deliverables that were not feasible within the allotted time and budget.
To address this challenge, I learned to be proactive in clarifying the limitations and constraints of the project with the sales team, and to work wit"See full answer
"Assumption: This restaurant space already exists in Business campus. Hence assuming that necessary electrical, security and plumbing works are already completed.
I will use the following approach
Discovery: Understand the number of employees, their demographic profile (age/location/gender), food preferences, rush hours, and preferred mode of payment etc. This information can be gathered through an online survey.
Planning: Finalize the staffing, restaurant layout, develop food catalog/"
Saket S. - "Assumption: This restaurant space already exists in Business campus. Hence assuming that necessary electrical, security and plumbing works are already completed.
I will use the following approach
Discovery: Understand the number of employees, their demographic profile (age/location/gender), food preferences, rush hours, and preferred mode of payment etc. This information can be gathered through an online survey.
Planning: Finalize the staffing, restaurant layout, develop food catalog/"See full answer
"Clarifying questions:
Are we trying to determine impact of changing timeline on Project?
Assuming Project scenario.
I need to take a 360 degree view and hence I would list down all the stakeholders and work with them to understand impact of changing timeline:
Internal Stakeholders
Business: Does this change impact the revenue/profitability
Engineering: Do we foresee any technological risks due to change in timeline
Sales: Does this impact our sales forecast
Marketing:"
Saket S. - "Clarifying questions:
Are we trying to determine impact of changing timeline on Project?
Assuming Project scenario.
I need to take a 360 degree view and hence I would list down all the stakeholders and work with them to understand impact of changing timeline:
Internal Stakeholders
Business: Does this change impact the revenue/profitability
Engineering: Do we foresee any technological risks due to change in timeline
Sales: Does this impact our sales forecast
Marketing:"See full answer
"depending on project phase, apply various methodologies.
scrum for app dev, waterfall for data migration, Testing (TDD for dev, FUT FiT for manual, UAT) , OCM has it own methodology ."
Sayee M. - "depending on project phase, apply various methodologies.
scrum for app dev, waterfall for data migration, Testing (TDD for dev, FUT FiT for manual, UAT) , OCM has it own methodology ."See full answer
"As a product manager, my focus is to bring the what and why of the product and deliver the product in the promised timeline. With that said, I typically work closely with my engineering and onboard them during the planning sessions to have a say on the design and feasibility. I try to keep an idea where PMs are not the only responsible folks for ideation and engineering is free to pitch in their two cents. In addition, I typically try to do daily/weekly standup check-ins with my Developers and D"
Vibhor R. - "As a product manager, my focus is to bring the what and why of the product and deliver the product in the promised timeline. With that said, I typically work closely with my engineering and onboard them during the planning sessions to have a say on the design and feasibility. I try to keep an idea where PMs are not the only responsible folks for ideation and engineering is free to pitch in their two cents. In addition, I typically try to do daily/weekly standup check-ins with my Developers and D"See full answer
"The moment we realise that it's become somewhat unachievable or it's leading on a negative outcome and direction, following the below steps we took. P.S ( I worked for Amazon for 3 years on PMO)
These below will be my Initial plan
Quick sync up on hurdles and current project and why it seems this way discussion with my team
gathering all the data points (pain points) to note down and break them into smaller parts for further resolution
Review and retrospect the ongoing project, why it"
Manisha J. - "The moment we realise that it's become somewhat unachievable or it's leading on a negative outcome and direction, following the below steps we took. P.S ( I worked for Amazon for 3 years on PMO)
These below will be my Initial plan
Quick sync up on hurdles and current project and why it seems this way discussion with my team
gathering all the data points (pain points) to note down and break them into smaller parts for further resolution
Review and retrospect the ongoing project, why it"See full answer
"Think about 3 types of users -
1) User who only uses Google photos and no other Google product. What is the value that Google gets out of such user?
2) User who uses all the google products including photos but does not spend a penny on google photos (think of storage fee, buying photo albums etc.). How do photos increase the value provided by that user in conjunction with other Google products?
3) Use who spends money on Google photos.
The value provided by the first user is through their pho"
Joohi M. - "Think about 3 types of users -
1) User who only uses Google photos and no other Google product. What is the value that Google gets out of such user?
2) User who uses all the google products including photos but does not spend a penny on google photos (think of storage fee, buying photo albums etc.). How do photos increase the value provided by that user in conjunction with other Google products?
3) Use who spends money on Google photos.
The value provided by the first user is through their pho"See full answer
"Yes, I have had to make the difficult decision to terminate an employee for low performance.
As a manager, my primary goal is to build a high-performing and cohesive team. While I believe in providing ample support and opportunities for growth, there are instances when an employee’s performance does not meet the required standards despite multiple interventions.
There was a data engineer on my team, let’s call him Mike, whose performance had been consistently below expectations for several mon"
Scott S. - "Yes, I have had to make the difficult decision to terminate an employee for low performance.
As a manager, my primary goal is to build a high-performing and cohesive team. While I believe in providing ample support and opportunities for growth, there are instances when an employee’s performance does not meet the required standards despite multiple interventions.
There was a data engineer on my team, let’s call him Mike, whose performance had been consistently below expectations for several mon"See full answer
"1) Have a common goal
2) Have a clear and fair accountability between teams
3) Ensure conflicts are resolved in time on common issues
4) Promote common Brain-storming , problem solving sessions
5) Most important , Have clear and effective communication established and practised"
Saurabh N. - "1) Have a common goal
2) Have a clear and fair accountability between teams
3) Ensure conflicts are resolved in time on common issues
4) Promote common Brain-storming , problem solving sessions
5) Most important , Have clear and effective communication established and practised"See full answer