Sometimes, Product Managers Need to Say “Yes”

Don’t let a world of deadlines and distractions drown out the magic of disrupting your roadmap

Abby Allen
Product Coalition
Published in
4 min readJun 6, 2023

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As a Product Manager, sometimes a thought or idea will make you pause. An opportunity arises that requires deviation, but would truly delight your customers or solve a critical problem in your business. In a deadline-driven organization, it can take courage to say “Yes” and rearrange your roadmap to accommodate these audacious ideas, but some ideas are worth deviating from your roadmap for.

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Abby Allen is a user-focused product manager, engineer, entrepreneur, and mom based in Minneapolis, MN.