Chapter 10: Moving from Linear Products to Platforms

In the previous chapter, we discussed the ongoing backlog prioritization for features and capabilities in a platform. We understood the difference between backlog prioritization for the linear product and the platform. We also learned about the importance of metrics-driven prioritization and understood how to execute it for a platform. We discussed a new prioritization framework and its implementation. We also discussed some of the common mistakes and challenges that product managers make and face while prioritizing the platform backlog. In the end, we concluded our case study by creating a prioritization framework for the educational content sharing platform Escola.

The previous chapter was the last chapter covering the end-to-end platform life cycle. Throughout this book, we have mainly discussed building and designing a new platform from scratch, but there are so many existing linear businesses that are good candidates to be...