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Explain in excellent way

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thank you

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Nice article! Something similar happened to me in the last few years.

In my case, I also struggled with stakeholders' expectations. Trying to set clear boundaries to what were the expectations for the solution helped me to find a balance of what I had to do in some situations. But, it is not as easy as it sounds.

Thanks for the article!

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Thanks, Juan. Glad this resonated with you. Would be curious to learn more about this experience, were you trying to manage stakeholder expectations to define clear scope for the work?

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Yes, to define a clear scope and a clear timeline. For example when we needed to launch a product for a special day (e.g. mothers day). Or in projects with fixed release cycles, product managers helped us to define what is most important to include in each cycle. It seems that having conversations with someone that is not interested in over-engineering can help us to find a balance.

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Ah, that’s a good way to solve that half of the problem!

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Could relate to it so much! Great article Akash!!

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Thanks, Pratik. Glad you could relate, all of us go through this in cycles.

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I loved the personal examples Akash! They are great to learn from.

Personally, I never fall into the over engineering trap, but quite often into the under engineering 😅

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Thanks, Anton.

Coincidentally, I'm finding myself more on the under engineering bucket more lately, haha.

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It’s an important topic, thanks for covering this in detail, Akash

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Glad you agreed to the importance of the balance.

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nice article and thanks for the mention.

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thanks, neo

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Great advice on striking a balance between immediate needs and future-proofing.

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Thanks, Roop. Knowing when it's too much or too little has been the biggest career booster for me.

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