Product Breakfast Club (Virtual)

Topic: Break the Build-First Habit: How Learning Early Prevents Shipping Garbage

Too many product teams are racing to output — features, tests, roadmaps — before they’ve slowed down to ask the most important question: Are we solving the right problem? In an era of idea overload from leadership, stakeholders, AI, and internal brainstorming, it’s easy to appear productive while building half-baked ideas.

This Breakfast Club session tackles the hidden cost of skipping problem alignment. We’ll explore how to push back against a culture obsessed with speed and appearances, and make a real case for Learning-First Development. You’ll leave with tactics to uncover stakeholder assumptions, build alignment without slowing momentum, and spot the “busywork builds” that waste time, resources, and credibility.

Breakfast Club is virtual. Put on your favorite robe and grab a cup of joe. It's a good time to share your experiences and learn from other product people.

Agenda:
7:50 - 8:10am: Join, Network, Introductions, and Announcements
8:10 - 9:00am: Discussion of the monthly topic
9:00 - 9:15am: Wrap-up/network

The Breakfast Club, which meets the first Friday of every month, is an informal gathering of product people interested in talking/learning about product development and networking with other product development professionals. You do not need to be a registered member of the PDMA to participate and there is no cost. Just RSVP and join the conversation. Log on/off anytime.

Join us on Zoom.