How to Deal with Product Messes

+ What Every Product Team Needs

If you join a product team and see several obvious product messes, don’t just point them out.

Ask them why:

90% of the time everyone already knows about the obvious messes. There are just real reasons the team hasn’t pursued fixing them.

Asking has a few benefits:

1. You learn a whole lot about the limitations and constraints in the product and industry.

2. You ar…