Division of responsibilities between product managers and project managers __ Products

Understanding of products and projects

Product managers and project managers

Product managers are concerned with doing the right thing, focusing on the product lifecycle, focusing on whether the product can make money, and whether it can continue to make money. Therefore the Product manager must be able to plan the entire product structure and the development route, can determine the product localization and the audience, can anticipate the product real value and the benefit.

The project manager needs to do the right thing, that is, to do things correctly according to the project goals set out in the product plan. Projects can be completed according to the objectives of the project is successful, if the project's products can not be real profit is often the product planning errors.

Product Lifecycle and Project lifecycle

The product lifecycle focuses on the entire process from planning to manufacturing to eventual maintenance and extinction. A product is often implemented by multiple projects, or it can be implemented in multiple iterative cycles. Because the project has a specific goal, the general product is manufactured through the acceptance of the project life cycle is completed. The product life cycle is different, including the pre-research, evaluation and feasibility studies before the project starts, and also includes the maintenance and abandonment of the products after the project is completed.


Product Management and project management

The goal of product management is product life cycle, and project management is the realization of project life cycle and project goal. Product management is concerned about the product can really make money and create benefits, so the earlier project analysis decision, later promotion are very important, and product management corresponds to the combination of project management. IPD Integrated product development is a common methodology of product management, two of which focus on portfolio project management and research and development process management.

Project management is concerned that the project can be successfully completed in accordance with established objectives. The product should plan which feature is not the project management thing, but the project management scope input. Project management is always concerned with the progress, quality, cost and scope of four elements, to do the project well first need to ensure the stability of the process. In the software project management need to consider the project, project management and support process three aspects of the content, so the implementation of CMMI or some other Agile project management methodology is to ensure that the project management results of an important method