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Six scripts for the conversations that go wrong.
What it gives you
Word for word, what to say in the six exchanges that damage product–engineering relationships — including the new one where everybody assumes AI made it faster.
What is inside
- The estimate conversation: ranges, confidence and what a commitment actually is.
- “We need to refactor” — and how to price it in a language a CFO reads.
- “Can we just…” — the four things that happen next.
- Saying no, later, or smaller.
- The escalation: the four things you must bring.
- The slip: telling someone early, which is the only version that helps.
Who it is for
- Product managers and engineering managers who work together and dread these six.
- Tech leads newly responsible for the conversation rather than the work.
- Anyone who has ever said “it depends” and watched the room deflate.
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