--- title: Every Product Requirement is a P1 | daily.dev description: A satirical but relatable account of how product backlogs never truly stay frozen. Despite formal prioritization frameworks, every stakeholder treats their... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/every-product-requirement-is-a-p1-m00ycz1iv twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Every Product Requirement is a P1 | daily.dev og:description: A satirical but relatable account of how product backlogs never truly stay frozen. Despite formal prioritization frameworks, every stakeholder treats their... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/every-product-requirement-is-a-p1-m00ycz1iv og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/M00Ycz1iV.png og:image:alt: Every Product Requirement is a P1 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Every Product Requirement is a P1 **[Medium](https://daily.dev/sources/medium_js)** · 4 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A satirical but relatable account of how product backlogs never truly stay frozen. Despite formal prioritization frameworks, every stakeholder treats their request as a P1, leading to scope creep, overloaded sprints, and engineering teams stretched beyond capacity. The piece highlights how 'small changes' are rarely small, how exceptions multiply, and how real prioritization frameworks collapse into 'different categories of panic.' ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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