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Product Strategy & Portfolio Performance

Product Specification: If You Don't Have a Destination, No Route Will Get You There

This article treats the product specification as a business blueprint, not merely a technical requirements document. It connects customer and market…

Doug Ringer ·

Doug Ringer

This published work explores a practical product-business question through the lens of Product Strategy & Portfolio Performance.

This article treats the product specification as a business blueprint, not merely a technical requirements document. It connects customer and market evidence, commercial conditions, product goals, and company strategy so that development begins with a coherent definition of what success must mean.

Original publication: Product Design & Development

Why it still matters

The underlying leadership question remains relevant: connect customer and market evidence, clear decision rights, and disciplined execution to the business outcome.

Publication context

Originally published by Product Design & Development. The date associated with the source record is November 18, 2015.

Publication context

Product Strategy & Portfolio Performance

Doug Ringer

Product management is a business role.

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