Thread 2: PM Boundary Conflict Decision Ownership

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Link

https://www.reddit.com/r/projectmanagement/comments/1shbxiv/i_need_a_sanity_check_here/

Full Post Text (Key Excerpt)

“My boss is both manager of PMs and product owner across several teams… I need a sanity check.”

Why This Matches Ryva ICP

Strong small-to-mid org signal where delivery teams are active but authority boundaries are unclear, causing decision friction.

Underlying Problem

Role overlap between management and product authority blurs escalation paths, so execution decisions are delayed or relitigated.

Suggested Public Reply (Copy)

You're likely feeling governance ambiguity, not just workload stress. When one role carries both people-management and product authority, decisions can bypass normal tradeoff checks. A simple decision-rights map (who decides, who advises, who executes) usually removes most of the recurring friction.

Suggested DM Idea (Copy)

Want a one-page decision-rights template for PM/PO/manager overlap scenarios?