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Jen Phillips April's avatar

Can relate!

Yeah, the execs want certainty but the best you can do is create best case scenarios with wiggle room. I lean on the conservative estimate side because I’d rather underpromise and overdeliver but sometimes others don’t like that approach.

I think loose projections with monthly and quarterly reviews is the way to go.

Arttu (Euro Product Edge)'s avatar

Yes, agree that under promising is always better. However, this becomes challenging when the financial targets are set extremely high, and every initiative potential need to deliver to the max. It is a problem in the system.

Jen Phillips April's avatar

It’s definitely systematic and doesn’t account for all the potential variables.