FORCES and CONSTRAINTS on Product Line Flows
Pulls, Pushes, Blocks, Hindrances, and Influences
The following list suggest many forces at play on a product line system. It’s the product line team’s responsibility to manage these force… to gain from positive forces and to mitigate negative forces.
- Deliberate Strategy Guidance
- Needs, Wants and Desires
- Jobs to be Done, Desired Outcomes
- Disruptions
- Black Swan Events
- Regulatory Demands
- Ability Gained from New Technologies
- Uncertainty
- Perceived Risk
- Quality (Real and Perceived)
- Attribute Matches
- Competitive Push, Moves
- Leverage
- Scale
- Flexibility
- Reuse
- Knowledge and Insights
- Money – Finances
- Alignment – Misalignment (on Assumptions and Beliefs)
- Conflict – Agreement
- Resources
- Synergy
- Skills and Talent
- Complexity
- Overhead
- Insights and Knowledge
- Brands