7 Questions to Ask When Designing a Solution

Lonnie Pacelli is an Accenture/Microsoft veteran with four decades of learnings under his belt. He frequently writes and speaks on leadership, project management, work/life balance, and disability inclusion. Reach him at [email protected] and see more at ProjectManagementAdvisor.com.

  Product Management  

In this series, I am outlining 42 questions that a product manager should ensure are answered across the following SDLC phases:

• Product Strategy – The reason a product exists, and its intended goals.
• Product Roadmapping – The broad timeline in which future product capabilities are slated for release.
• Initiative Planning – The definition of a project to deliver capabilities within a budget and schedule timeline.
• Solution Design – The people, process, systems and policy designs required to deliver the required capabilities.
• Solution Development – The people, process, systems, and policy capabilities have been developed and are ready for testing, training, and deployment planning.
• Solution Readiness – All solution aspects are accepted and ready to be deployed.

In the prior article I focused on seven product manager’s accountabilities when planning an initiative. This article focuses on seven questions to be asked when designing a solution.

1. Has the development team confirmed that requirements are understood for development? Whether it's a technology, construction, or some other initiative, there is likely a team specialized in the construction of the initiative separate from those who’ve defined it.

The product manager sits at the hub of the customer and the developer, ensuring that the customer's…

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