"Roadmaps, stakeholder requests, and daily fires create a whirlwind that can mask inefficiencies and unnecessary complexity. Without a deliberate approach to cutting through the chaos, small process bottlenecks and hidden dependencies quietly pile up, slowing teams down and consuming valuable resources. Not long ago, we ran an ECRS (eliminate, combine, rearrange, simplify) workshop with our internal customers, engineering, and business teams."
"Complexity is a hidden tax on time, resources, and focus in product management. Even carefully crafted roadmaps can give the illusion of clarity, but without regular prioritization and customer feedback, they can lead to wasted effort and solutions that don't solve real problems. As a PM, your responsibility isn't just fast delivery - it's identifying unnecessary processes, cutting complexity, and designing workflows that scale efficiently."
Product managers face complexity from roadmaps, stakeholder requests, and daily fires that create hidden bottlenecks and dependencies. A structured ECRS workshop with internal customers, engineering, and business teams can eliminate redundant steps, combine related tasks, rearrange workflows, and simplify handoffs to uncover waste and streamline delivery. The method reduces unnecessary processes that accumulate as workarounds, clarifies dependencies that delay projects (for example replatforming and domain dependencies), and produces clear, actionable improvements. Regular application of ECRS during planning and project analysis leads to better prioritization, faster delivery, and workflows that scale with reduced resource consumption.
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