Comments on: Phased Rollouts – What 7 Product Leaders Want You To Know https://www.prodpad.com/blog/phased-rollout-strategy/ Product Management Software Thu, 09 Feb 2023 16:46:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 By: Brian Piercy https://www.prodpad.com/blog/phased-rollout-strategy/#comment-177 Mon, 12 Dec 2016 17:03:03 +0000 http://www.prodpad.com/?p=4400#comment-177 In reply to Janna Bastow.

Hi Janna,

You’re very welcome!

]]> By: Janna Bastow https://www.prodpad.com/blog/phased-rollout-strategy/#comment-176 Mon, 12 Dec 2016 10:23:38 +0000 http://www.prodpad.com/?p=4400#comment-176 In reply to The Real Brian Piercy.

Hey Brian, thanks for adding your take on phased roll outs! Always interesting to hear about what different (or not) with the hardware product management space.

]]> By: The Real Brian Piercy https://www.prodpad.com/blog/phased-rollout-strategy/#comment-175 Wed, 07 Dec 2016 16:41:32 +0000 http://www.prodpad.com/?p=4400#comment-175 I live in a (mostly) hardware world, so here’s the variables that I see in a phased rollout:

* A phase often describes whether your product is fully ready for production. (in other words, whether all quality regressions are complete. This has warranty / replacement implications.) Some designers can tolerate this ambiguity if they know which ones are still in flux. Purchasing folks are usually less tolerant of “preliminary” specs.

* Some products – think “Swiss Army Knife” platforms – may have a subset of features with 1) squishy demand signals and 2) substantial dev time requirements. You may want to risk-manage a rollout by phasing the riskier items for later.

* If your product is a natural replacement, consider a phased introduction if you have a significant inventory of existing SKUs. Your operations and financial peers will thank you.

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