Re:More product, fewer product managers
by phillipcarter on Sunday December 17, 2023 @10:50AM
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Careful here!
> not solutions
Often yes, solutions. When you're still in the "what are we building" phase you want a good PM deeply involved in the process. I think you may have implied that, but solution creation happens before code gets written.
You also sometimes want a PM to get involved in technical tradeoffs when they impact the user experience. I've found that this happens more often with a technical product (API capability or SDK interface) than a UI screen, but it comes up. When your PM is the expert in your userbase and how they expect to use something, they need to be involved a lot.
> not solutions
Often yes, solutions. When you're still in the "what are we building" phase you want a good PM deeply involved in the process. I think you may have implied that, but solution creation happens before code gets written.
You also sometimes want a PM to get involved in technical tradeoffs when they impact the user experience. I've found that this happens more often with a technical product (API capability or SDK interface) than a UI screen, but it comes up. When your PM is the expert in your userbase and how they expect to use something, they need to be involved a lot.