What is the relationship between product manager and technology?

Foreword

Some students talked about the topic of "the relationship between the product manager and the technology is a big one" through our blog, WeChat public account GauinBlog, and I recently talked about my views on this topic.

Relationship between product manager and technology

problem

Product manager and technology, is the most typical hard-pressed enemy of Internet companies. Product managers afraid of encountering weird technical engineers, technical fear encounter often need to change the product manager.

Although there are many examples of enjoyable experiences with product managers and technology, there are many examples of tension or embarrassment between product managers and technology in my experience and examples.

analysis

I found that the relationship between product manager and technology can be roughly divided into: trust, distrust.

trust

Product managers and technology trust each other skills, the relationship between the two nodes often occur in the following aspects:

1, working methods. A few years in the circle will grow and develop their own way of working.

If the project's various processes, nodes in the company is not clear now, it will happen product manager and technology in the work style need each other to recognize their own, according to their own way.

In more serious cases, technology unconsciously became the project leader, and the product manager did not exist for a moment.

Therefore, the cooperation between product manager and technology must be based on the work done by the company or both parties.

2, the way of communication. How many products die in this ah!

Classic Case:

Say one: "You help me to do this function!"

The second argument: "Do you think this function how to achieve this?"

This case shows that technology requires product engagement rather than writing code.

Product managers and technical communication as far as possible not to talk about product terminology and technical terms. Terminology is to say to the industry or the white user to hear, so that others think you are Niubi! Products and technical communication, the best talkative!

The product manager who will communicate will embrace change happily even when changing needs.

Do not trust

Product managers and technology do not trust each other's skills, the two nodes are often strained relations in the following areas:

1, Kaihua technological thinking, the product has its own opinion.

Technology may talk to you about the product's presentation outside of the product logic level and then take a variety of technical PRs to deal with you. This time the product manager needs to be controlled, is to make the technical advice or euphemistically rejected. If the product manager to make technology cool, everything behind it easy to handle.

2, product manager Fudge capacity not.

Technology may think that the product manager designed the product version is too small or product trial and error is not worth doing. That time the product manager will need to draw a cake, flicker technology worthwhile to do. Of course, this flicker process, often drinking together, "coax" is indispensable.

to sum up

Product managers and technology should be a good pair of friends instead of a pair of hard-pressed friends. The two sides should communicate more and know more about each other's languages ​​so that technology can become a member of the product and eliminate the tension between the two sides in completely protecting themselves and avoiding risks.

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