The PM’s Dilemma: Influencing Execution Without Direct Control
Effective Techniques for Steering Projects From the Sidelines
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7 min readApr 30, 2024
During a video call with a senior PM friend from my Google days, we discussed his struggle with a project delay. Despite ‘handing off’ a mini Product Requirement Document (PRD) to his team three months ago, a feature estimated to take a few weeks was still incomplete.
In the chat before our call, he asked,
“When do you know it’s time to expand your engineering team?”