{"id":178,"date":"2022-08-24T10:52:45","date_gmt":"2022-08-24T17:52:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nwlights.com\/?p=178"},"modified":"2022-08-24T12:18:33","modified_gmt":"2022-08-24T19:18:33","slug":"product-thinking-vs-project-thinking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nwlights.com\/?p=178","title":{"rendered":"Product Thinking vs Project Thinking"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A primer from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shreyas\">Shreyas Doshi<\/a> &#8211; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote custom is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>How is it that we all say we want the same thing i.e. to create tremendous value for our customers, to grow the company\u2019s business and its positive impact, and yet we end up with such conflicting versions of \u201ctruth\u201d in the throes of the inherent complexity of our work?<\/p><p>At least part of the answer lies in the observation that we are often speaking to each other in different languages, but are unaware of it. We litigate the minutiae of a decision, without recognizing that one of us is engaged in Product thinking &amp; the other in Project thinking.<\/p><cite>Shreyas Doshi<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote custom is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong>Project Thinking:<br><\/strong>Project Thinking is about understanding expectations, formulating plans, marshaling resources, and coordinating actions to meet those expectations.<br><strong>Product Thinking:<br><\/strong>Product Thinking is about understanding motivations, conceiving solutions, simulating their effects, and picking a path based on the effects you want to create.<\/p><cite>Shreyas Doshi<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/FGxXgZbUYAAkP9M.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/FGxXgZbUYAAkP9M.jpg\" alt=\"Product Thinking vs Project Thinking\" width=\"675\" height=\"380\"\/><\/a><figcaption>(c) https:\/\/threadreaderapp.com\/user\/shreyas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/threadreaderapp.com\/thread\/1471650411341750273.html\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A primer from Shreyas Doshi &#8211; How is it that we all say we want the same thing i.e. to create tremendous value for our customers, to grow the company\u2019s business and its positive impact, and yet we end up with such conflicting versions of \u201ctruth\u201d in the throes of the inherent complexity of our &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nwlights.com\/?p=178\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Product Thinking vs Project Thinking&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_theme","format":"aside","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-aside","hentry","category-product-management","category-user-needs","post_format-post-format-aside"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nwlights.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nwlights.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nwlights.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nwlights.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nwlights.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=178"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.nwlights.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":237,"href":"https:\/\/www.nwlights.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178\/revisions\/237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nwlights.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nwlights.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nwlights.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}