A parks Product Owner orders a free citywide swim-lesson expansion as if budget were unlimited. Finance notes the product is funded by class fees, a youth-equity grant, and a city subsidy—each with different rules. What should the Product Owner do?
Select an answer to reveal the explanation.
Short Explanation
Free swim for everyone is a lovely poster until the grant, the fees, and the subsidy disagree. Money rules are part of the product, not a scolding from Finance after the fact. Order lessons in a way those three pipes can actually pay for.
Full Explanation
Business-model realities—fees, grants, and subsidies—constrain viable civic product strategy. Ordering a free citywide expansion that none of the funding pipes can legally or financially support is not maximizing value; it is ignoring the model. The Product Owner should treat those constraints as inputs to order, including who can be subsidized and what the grant requires. Pretending order is only delight, or waiting for a new tax, avoids a decision the current model already frames.