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Can you walk me through your process for prioritizing product features and making decisions on what to develop?

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Anonymous

8 months ago
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I would first  gather information from the team on level of effort for all product features. From there, I would gather key stakeholders together to determine what would make a minimum viable product. The product features needed to meet minimum viable product would need to be accomplished first based on resource availability. Once minimum viable product is met, we would move on to items that would enhance the product while keeping enough time for quality testing of the product before product launch.
  • Can you walk me through your process for prioritizing product features and making decisions on what to develop?
  • What steps do you take to assess the impact and feasibility of a feature?
  • What criteria do you use to evaluate the feasibility of a feature?
  • How do you balance the trade-off between delivering new features quickly and developing them thoroughly?
  • What is your process for considering the user impact of a feature when making a decision?
  • How do you involve stakeholders in the process of prioritizing features?
  • Can you describe a time when you had to make a trade-off between delivering a high-priority feature and maintaining product quality?
  • How do you handle situations when a stakeholder has a different priority for a feature than what the rest of the team believes is best for the product?
  • What steps do you take to stay up-to-date with industry trends and competition?
  • How do you ensure that the features you prioritize align with the overall product strategy?
  • How do you measure the success of a feature once it has been launched?
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