How PM frameworks and practices apply within specific verticals (fintech, healthtech, marketplaces, gaming, etc.).
A live-ops calendar is an operations load, not a prioritization problem — and uncapped operations load grows until it fills the team. Google’s 50% cap on operational work, applied to the live-ops treadmill, plus the arithmetic of a capacity floor a studio can actually hold through a launch month.
FinCEN’s 13 February 2026 order did not loosen anything for most fintechs. It gave covered financial institutions the option to loosen — and a neobank, a lending platform, and a card programme manager are not covered financial institutions. What that inherited constraint means for writing Key Results a sponsor bank cannot kill mid-quarter.
Run a RICE score on a feature that needs a validated clinical claim before it can ship, and the model will lie to you. Reach looks huge, impact looks high, confidence feels reasonable, and the score says build it this quarter. Then legal says the feature needs a 90-day regulatory review before it touches a…