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G: If you don’t follow the PDLC (Product Development Life Cycle). Do not let others dictate your Product Development process. These guidelines/steps are imperial in achieving success, and every small step is important.

F: If you don’t track your Product Metrics on a regular basis. Constantly read your product feedback and take it constructively, and derive as much value as possible.

E: If you wait to define your Success Metrics post the launch. You need to have researched all the parameters and anticipate the response, and set your goals accordingly.

D: If you don’t do at least a low-fidelity wireframe yourself.You need to share a rough idea of what's expected and let them go around with their magic.

C: If you don’t use data to make decisions. You need to get as much data as you can before making a decision. Be paranoid with data.

Remember, a solution that works in one scenario may or may not work in another, depending on the problem statement and how your initial research findings work out.

B: If you love the solution and not the problem.

As a Product master, you need to ask the stakeholders for a Problem statement and ask a simple question, “WHY”.

A: If you let Business Stakeholders dictate How to build features.

There are a number of managers who claim to master products but eventually do not understand Product concepts in detail.