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Four Big Risks

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SVPG · Marty CaganAug 25, 2021

Discovery vs. Documentation

Aug 25, 2021 · 5 min

Marty Cagan argues that during and after the pandemic, teams are sliding back into heavy requirements documents (PRDs) because remote collaboration is tiring. He reframes the core of strong product work as three things…

SVPG · Marty CaganJan 28, 2020

Coaching – Ethics

Jan 28, 2020 · 5 min

Marty Cagan argues that ethics deserves its own explicit place in product decisions, proposing a fifth risk alongside value, usability, feasibility and business viability: 'Should we build it?' He notes ethics often…

SVPG · Marty CaganSep 3, 2019

What is a Product?

Sep 3, 2019 · 4 min

Marty Cagan argues that a product succeeds only when it is solved simultaneously for the customer, the business, and the technology, which he frames as a multiplicative equation: if any one factor is zero, the product…

SVPG · Marty CaganDec 4, 2017

The Four Big Risks

Dec 4, 2017

Marty Cagan revisits his earlier framing of product success as valuable, usable, and feasible, arguing that the single word 'valuable' hid serious business risk and let product managers overweight customer value. He…

SVPG · Marty CaganMay 2, 2016

Product Success

May 2, 2016 · 10 min

Marty Cagan follows up his earlier talk on why product teams fail by describing ten attributes of strong product teams operating under a Continuous Discovery and Delivery model. He argues that empowered, durable…