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From one piece Product strategy means saying no 3 beliefs · intercom.com

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A real product decision says a proposal is a great idea and still turns it down for something else.

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Real product decisions aren’t easy. They require you to look at a proposal and say “This is a really great idea, I can see why our customers would like it. Well done. But we’re not going to build it. Instead, here’s what we’re doing.”.

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Whether a feature is quick to build is a roadmap question, never a reason on its own to build it.

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The main problem with this argument is that the scope of work should never be a reason to include a feature in a product.

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Building a great product means being great at saying no -- not maybe, not later, no.

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If you’re building a product, you have to be great at saying no. Not “maybe” or “later”. The only word is no. Building a great product isn’t about creating tons of tactically useful features which are tangentially related.

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