87: An exercise in stakeholder alignment

I’m writing about 100 things I’ve learned the hard way about product management. You can catch up on the previous entries if you like.

One of the more uncomfortable scenarios I’ve spoken about before is when your stakeholders each have their own interpretations of the product strategy or broader corporate strategy. This lack of stakeholder alignment will cause you no end of problems.

These may range from simple misunderstandings of what you’re doing and why, to outright opposition, bec...