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176			<p>Every quarter, the same scene plays out in product organizations around the world. A Product leader stands in front of the leadership team with a roadmap. Sometimes a Gantt chart.…</p>
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244			<p>Most Product teams don’t set out to build a bottom-up roadmap. They set out to be practical. The backlog is full, the team is capable, and there’s always something reasonable…</p>
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371									<span><i class="typcn typcn-user"></i> Janna Bastow</span>
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401									<span><i class="typcn typcn-calendar"></i> Feb 26th, 2026</span>
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405									<span><i class="typcn typcn-user"></i> Janna Bastow</span>
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408									<span><i class="typcn typcn-time"></i> 20 min read</span>
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414			<p>Every quarter, a ritual plays out across Product and Engineering organizations: platform teams sit down to write their OKRs, and the discomfort starts immediately. The objectives that honestly describe their…</p>
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435									<span><i class="typcn typcn-calendar"></i> Feb 18th, 2026</span>
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437									<span class="category"><i class="typcn typcn-bookmark"></i> <a href="https://www.simplybastow.com/category/product/" rel="category tag">Product</a></span>
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439									<span><i class="typcn typcn-user"></i> Janna Bastow</span>
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468					<div class="meta">
469									<span><i class="typcn typcn-calendar"></i> Feb 12th, 2026</span>
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