I have been in the workplace for many years, and I have been very happy as a software engineer in the past few years. Recently, there have been some personnel changes on the product side, which made me think about what role the product manager plays in the business.
If the business is a big ship, I think the product manager should be regarded as the captain. The captain needs to control everything, but I think the most important thing is: need to know what the goal is and where the ship needs to sail . The speed of sailing, whether the hull is sturdy, how to navigate in strong winds and waves, this is what programmers need to do.
It is too difficult and too important to set the right goals. This requires product managers to have rich experience, sufficient sensitivity to the industry, and extreme familiarity with their products. This kind of person is very difficult to meet, but I am still very lucky. I have met many such colleagues in my work. They have plans in mind. You can find that our products are constantly improving and everyone can work very well. sense.
Sometimes I feel that product managers are not fully familiar with their own products, and the projects they do are all independent and scattered. After a year of hard work, I don’t know what accomplishments I have done, whether it is for product managers or R&D. Classmates are all very sad things.
Products have a life cycle. In different life cycles, we need to do different things. This is the same as cultivation. At a stage, we must change the way, otherwise we will not be able to break through. This requires constant analysis of one's own products and constant comparison with competing products, but this kind of thing seems to be done less and less.
The most important thing in the business group is the product manager. If you can, you must find a suitable captain to ensure that the product may succeed.
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