What is a PM’s job? Here’s what I got from the reading:
- To be a liaison between not only members of different teams, but also of business interests and the physical product
- Be prepared to be very versatile and willing to take on busywork.
- Always facilitate very clear communication with all stakeholders.
- Has lots of responsibility not only to ensure a successful launch but of keeping other people on track and expressing common goals.
- Not wait for explicit instructions.
- Broker information and act as a channel between many stakeholders.
- Not sabotage the quality of their work for recognition, work hard regardless of recognition.
- Define their success as the success of their team.
- Prioritise your team’s tasks and your own time well.
- Make it clear what you do know and don’t know.
I feel like this gives the most more clear answer to describe my takeaways.
I was also relieved to see the difference between a product manager, a product owner, and a project manager being addressed. Sometimes I do see job postings with both while describing very similar responsibilities, so it was nice that the author of this book acknowledged how the descriptions are often confusing and variable.
Question for the author: How do you think the nature of the contemporary workplace (remote work especially) changes the role of the PM, if at all?
