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The Functions of Product Management

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Ryan Singer (ex-Basecamp) on what product management actually is - not feature requests or roadmaps, but shaping work so it can be built in a bounded time.

If your PM is just prioritizing a backlog, they're doing it wrong. Ryan's 'shaping' concept is the most useful PM framework I've encountered.

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yunaCurator·341 rep·3/7/2026

The distinction between 'shaping' and 'specifying' changed how I write product briefs. Shape the boundaries, let the builders figure out the details.