I often use the 80/20 rule to push back against requirements from product managers.
Identify the features that are hard to implement and provide little business value then cut them out. For the things that are important, I see if there are any adjustments to the requirements to make it simpler.
It usually an easy sell because it results in getting out the product faster. We can always do the nice to have stuff as a follow up, but more than half the time, they realize they never needed it.
If done strategically, it can prevent adding tech debt in the system.
Identify the features that are hard to implement and provide little business value then cut them out. For the things that are important, I see if there are any adjustments to the requirements to make it simpler.
It usually an easy sell because it results in getting out the product faster. We can always do the nice to have stuff as a follow up, but more than half the time, they realize they never needed it.
If done strategically, it can prevent adding tech debt in the system.