# Escaping the Build Trap

DevFeed: [Escaping the Build Trap](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/escaping-the-build-trap-27866.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://gagor.pro/book/2025/escaping-the-build-trap/>)

Author: Tom

Published: 2025-09-20T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Tomasz Gągor](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/tomasz-gagor.md>)

Topics: [Product Management](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/product-management.md>), [Tech Lead](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tech-lead.md>)

Tags: [book](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/book.md>), [business](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/business.md>), [collaboration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/collaboration.md>), [effective](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/effective.md>), [examples](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/examples.md>), [experimentation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/experimentation.md>), [leadership](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/leadership.md>), [management](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/management.md>), [metrics](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/metrics.md>), [pitfalls](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/pitfalls.md>), [product-management](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/product-management.md>), [team](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/team.md>), [tech-lead](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tech-lead.md>)

## AI overview

A review of Melissa Perri's book Escaping the Build Trap, focusing on its explanation of Product Management, experimentation, metrics, organizational perspective, and creating real value.

## Source excerpt

Escaping the Build Trap How Effective Product Management Creates Real Value Author: Melissa Perri This was the first book on Product Management I've ever read, and I'm glad I started with such a solid one. In my daily work, I collaborate closely with product owners, and I wanted to better understand their role: How do they work? What are their priorities? And how can our collaboration be more effective? What I appreciated most about this book is how clearly it structures the profession of Product Management and breaks down its many facets.