# The Product Book  ## Metadata - Author: [[Product School, Carlos González de Villaumbrosia, Josh Anon]] - Full Title: The Product Book - Category: #books ## Highlights - Product managers are like the conductor in an orchestra. The conductor never makes a sound but is responsible for making the orchestra as a whole sound awesome to deliver a great performance to the audience. Great conductors understand and engage with everyone in the orchestra, using the right vocabulary with each section, diplomatically moving everyone together toward the shared goal of a great performance. Project managers help keep all the rehearsals organized so that the orchestra will be prepared for the concerts. Program managers are involved in planning the entire season’s schedule for the concert hall, setting things up so that the project managers can make each performance successful. ([Location 78](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B071HFBGXR&location=78)) - Tags: [[product management]] [[favorite]] - High-value, low-complexity stories will have a high score. High-value, high-complexity stories will have a mid-range score. Low-value, high-complexity stories will have a low score. This approach is especially useful if your team is responsible for multiple products and you have to balance each product’s needs during sprint planning. ([Location 2949](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B071HFBGXR&location=2949)) - You’ll also find that scrum requires more attention to the balance between building the right thing (what PMs want), building the thing right (what engineers want), and building it fast (what scrum masters want so they can get feedback quickly). ([Location 2954](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B071HFBGXR&location=2954))