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Winning Your Case for More Resources: How PMs Secure Engineers and Designers

Winning Your Case for More Resources: How PMs Secure Engineers and Designers

Update: 2025-09-08
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In this episode of The Product Handbook, we explore how product managers can successfully make the case for more resources — whether that means engineers, designers, or funding for their team.


You’ll learn:

  • How to frame requests in terms of ROI and alignment with company goals
  • The role of data, metrics, and storytelling in convincing leadership
  • Why pre-meetings, stakeholder alignment, and fallback plans increase your odds of success
  • How to handle pushback and build credibility over time
  • Tactics for scaling your team incrementally while keeping collaboration strong


If you’ve ever felt your roadmap was bottlenecked by too few hands on deck, this episode gives you the playbook to advocate for resources with confidence and win management buy-in.

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Winning Your Case for More Resources: How PMs Secure Engineers and Designers

Winning Your Case for More Resources: How PMs Secure Engineers and Designers

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