Product management conversation practice
Train product managers to align engineering and design teams, handle sales roadmap pushback, and communicate product changes.
Srinivas Reddy
Tech Lead
Launch Deadline De-scoping Negotiation
- Listen to Srinivas's tech-debt concerns without dismissing them
- Collaboratively negotiate a lean scope targeting the Beta launch date
- Commit to a dedicated refactoring schedule post-launch
- Scope Negotiation
- Stakeholder Alignment
- Roadmap Prioritization
- PRD Clarity
- Trade-off Communication
Scenario catalog
Sales roadmap pushback
Negotiate with a sales leader who demands a custom feature for a single client.
Skills scored
Explaining trade-offs & defending the roadmap
Engineering scope cuts
Align with an engineering lead to trim feature scope to meet a tight deadline.
Skills scored
Agreeing on a minimum viable product (MVP) scope & finding a compromise
User feedback interview
Interview a frustrated customer to discover adoption blockers.
Skills scored
Blocker discovery & empathy for the customer
What Dehurdle measures
Strategic prioritization
Grade PMs on defending roadmap choices using data and strategic goals.
Collaborative scope negotiation
Check that you propose workable trade-offs when cutting scope.
Active user discovery
Evaluate question quality during customer interviews.