In this episode Maria shares her most recent roadmap planning experience from Wolt, and Janika joins the discussion on what has been causing her stress around planning. Both share tips on how they have managed to reduce anxieties and share the load of decision making.

Questions that are discussed in this episode:

- What activities take place during quarterly planning?

- Who do we need to involve?

- Should planning be solely the product manager responsibility

-What can be some of the challenges PMs face during planning?

- Should you wait for company goals to be defined before planning?

Janika Liiv has 20 years of experience in the tech industry. She started off as a software engineer and currently works as a Product Manager at Katana. Janika has also been a founder of her own startup, a non-profit to get more women into tech, and an international product management conference called Refresh.

Maria Lasprilla has been a product leader over 10 years. She spent 7 years at Pipedrive and during that time managed to be both Head of Product and Head of Research. Most recently she worked at Wolt and now has started her own product consultancy Imblue. She is passionate about creating environments where product managers can thrive.

Referenced:

Janika Liiv at LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/janikaliiv/

Maria Lasprilla at LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marialasprilla/

Refresh Conference: https://www.linkedin.com/company/refreshrocks/

Wolt: https://wolt.com/

Pipedrive: https://www.pipedrive.com/

Imblue: https://imblue.ee/

Katana MRP: https://katanamrp.com/

Teresa Torres: https://www.producttalk.org/

The Product Trio concept: https://www.producttalk.org/2021/05/product-trio/

Alan Watkins, 4D Leadership: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25855338-4d-leadership

Richard P. Rumelt, Good Strategy Bad Strategy: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11721966-good-strategy-bad-strategy

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