Slides for Trade-offs[](https://www.prodpad.com/product-management-resources/avoidingagencytrapslides/) Product development requires trade-offs, but just like a deal with the devil, the devil is in the details of how you make those trade-offs. And your choices can be devilishly hard. This demonic themed talk looks at various techniques for easing the burden of the bargains you make.
People
Lucy Spence
Methods
RoadmappingRoadmapping helps a team agree which problems to address and how work should progress over time. Start with the intended outcomes and the scope of the team’s responsibility, then organise initiatives into themes and broad time horizons. Discuss priorities with the people who will deliver or depend on the work. Maintain the roadmap as evidence and circumstances change. Use it to communicate direction and trade-offs, rather than treating every item as a fixed delivery promise.