Kindle Launch: Date vs. Scope Trade-Off
Overview
This question evaluates a product manager's competency in launch planning, scope-vs-time trade-offs, stakeholder prioritization, and quantitative feature prioritization under constraints such as hardware certification timelines and over‑the‑air update capability.
Product Decision: Kindle Black Friday Launch vs. Scope
Context
You manage a new Kindle with eight planned features (5 software, 3 hardware). The project is running four months late, threatening a Black Friday launch that drives the majority of annual sales. Hardware changes require earlier freeze and certification than software; some software can be shipped later via over‑the‑air (OTA) updates.
Tasks
- Make the strongest case for delaying the launch to keep the full feature set.
- Make the strongest case for shipping on time with a reduced scope.
- Using a table of feature progress, user value, cost, and complexity, decide what to cut or keep to meet Black Friday, and explain your prioritization in order of importance.
Assume you can score features and estimate remaining effort. If the original table isn’t provided, state your assumptions and show your decision framework and a worked example.
Solution
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