While good product owners have a natural ability to guide product vision, failing to communicate with engineers during the initial ideation phase is a waste of time, opportunity and talent. And it may eventually cause a project to combust.
Too often, developers carry out their work with the mindset that everything will go perfectly. This type of blind optimism can have disastrous consequences.
Platformization makes a system seem simpler by delegating how much complexity any one engineer must understand at one time. This lowers the barrier to productive contributions.
AI can be a powerful tool, but, ultimately, it’s just that: a tool. Make sure you understand its processes so that you’re the one in control of making product decisions.
