Comment by ungreased0675

A problem I haven’t cleanly solved as a PM is permanently killing feature ideas. A coder or maybe even the CEO has a light bulb moment, and they want to add something that doesn’t fit with what the product is. I can say no, and explain why, but the idea will keep coming back. Brainstorming session? They raise it again. Sales call? They float the idea to the potential new customer. I take a two week vacation? It ends up in the sprint. How do other product leaders nicely say “No, we are never ever building that?”