Product Management playbook/Module 7 · Engineering

Day 63 / 100 · Engineering · Slicing

Ship the thinnest slice that works.

Slice work vertically, through every layer, so each piece is something a customer can actually use.

A Vertical Slice Cuts Through All Layers

INTERFACE

BUSINESS LOGIC

DATA

The green column is usable on its own. Building one whole grey row first gives customers nothing.

Thin slices. Real value. Often.