In this episode of the How to Succeed in Product Management Podcast, marketing professor Jeff Shulman and The Product Management Center advisory board members Red Russak and Soumeya Benghanem welcome Saumil Shrivastava (UiPath) and Mark Cramer (Meta) to talk about the death to PRDs. What is a PRD and can it be removed from a company? How can this tool help a PM’s job and what is its relationship with backlogs? A PM should be able to understand the importance of PRD and how it can be a starting point to get anything done. 
 
*Disclaimer: “All opinions of the speakers are their own.”
 
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What to Listen For:
00:00 Intro
05:13 What is a PRD?
08:15 PRDs are the starting point to get anything done
09:25 Have a goal
11:41 Format doesn’t matter
12:28 Strategy documents
14:55 A part in PRDs that can be removed
17:20 Backlogs
19:16 Strategy depends on the size of the team
21:22 Relationship between PRDs and backlogs
24:59 Shifting focus from PRD to backlog overtime
27:18 Purpose is different
29:31 Backlogs are a PMs domain
30:43 Project managers and engineering manager on backlogs
33:46 Sometimes effectiveness is more important than efficiency
36:30 Advice for beginners in PRD
39:13 Find a mentor
40:39 Your job is not about the tool
42:42 Final thoughts