Ask HN: How do I navigate horror of requirement gathering in product management?
souravpradhan Sunday, December 14, 2025Every other day I face challenges while gathering requirements from various clients.
1. When everything becomes priority number 1 2. When the stakeholder goes back on the discussed requirements 3. Requirements change after every single meeting 4. During UAT a new stakeholder appears out of nowhere and says "This is not what we wanted" 5.You rely on SME for inputs who actually doesn't have a clue 6. Two clients from same team give you opposite requirements 7. Scope creep is the new fashion 8. THE BIGGEST OF ALL - The client doesn't know what they want
How do you navigate the horrors of the requirement gathering process to make yourself a better product manager?
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