How can product managers win the respect of a program ape?

Product Manager is a hard work, in addition to the most love products, exercise meditation research user experience, but also with a lot of people to deal with-write code, do design, engage in operation, do the market. The first two categories of people is an artist, nature will bring a point artist unique exotic temperament, the first category of people and product managers to deal with the most intelligent, a careless, may be the process of apes into the "idiot" ethnic groups, as a gossip despise object.

So how much technology does a product manager have to know to deal with the apes?

In Gevin's view, a successful product manager must be respected by the program ape. Although the level of the program ape and the quality of the mixed, but to be a successful product manager, must assume that the face is a bunch of the best program ape, so as not to be used as an idiot to scold. So the program ape should be such a group of people, they are intelligent, resolute, the courage to overcome difficulties, there are no lack of literature, art, or pay attention to experience, or care about the humanities. Product managers also do not have to be able to communicate with various programs ape to make themselves exhaustive, but at least to their own to have a clear positioning, and their own positioning in front of the program ape.

Gevin will divide the product manager into two categories:

A: A sea thief who changed the world

B: Self-sufficient farmers

A class is those who really love the internet, have their own dreams, hope in the ocean of the Internet adventure Gallop, constant innovation, continue to explore forward, the fancy is the spirit of adventure, enjoy the joy after the success of the adventure, they may fail, but even if they succeed, they will bring about revolutionary things, Even change the world. Class B is just the people who survive on the internet, they do not love the Internet, if there is a better survival platform, they can give up the Internet; they will rely on the data to do some analysis, the actual reliable elements into the product, as long as the money on the line, innovate and explore these unreliable things, try not to touch.

The product manager needs to be clear about whether he or she is a class A or B before starting to do something, communicating with the program ape by language or action. If you are a Class A, good program apes will become your powerful assistants, if you are Class B, good program apes will also help you with the mantle full. But if you have a kind of heart, but do B class things, not be scolded idiot is strange; if you communicate with the program ape according to Class B requirements, but you have a kind of ambition, the arrogant program ape will think you are playing with him.

Category A product manager, the technical requirements of high, ability to cover a wide range of program apes to B-class product managers, just a subset of a class. The product manager mentioned below, if not specifically stated, refers to class A.

The program ape also knows that product managers are dealing with people of many responsibilities, to have a strong comprehensive ability, not in the technical field of their strengths and product managers, but they also think that a good product manager to have some ability, the ability of the product manager is not enough to be respected by the program ape. These capabilities include:

Understanding of Technology

The cultivation of aesthetics

Strong ability to learn

Unlimited enthusiasm

Understanding of Technology

Product managers do not know technology, of course not, but the product manager does not need to master technical details. The product technology realization is by the program Ape completes, the product manager as long as understands the procedure ape, as far as possible and the procedure ape does "the lossless communication" can.

Non-tech product managers are tough because you have to do a lot of technology. Technology is not simple, many kinds, each has characteristics, the development of each passing day, is the product manager and the program ape to always pay attention to the subject. Even the overall macro grasp of technology, is not a person who does not understand the technology will be able to integrate 1:30. Non-technical product managers must first step through a technical hurdle, so that people who do not understand the technology, you are an expert in the field of technology. Technology-born product managers, the understanding of technology is not a problem, but when communicating with the program ape, it is easy to obsess over details, especially the product manager who has a lot of expertise in the field of technology. Product Manager is not the product to do technology implementation of the person, the technology update so fast, technical details themselves even the concept of technology implementation, will quickly update the iteration, product managers and procedures ape die knock technical details outweigh the gains.

The aforementioned "lossless communication" refers to the product manager and the program ape in the communication of each other fully understand, there is no omission and misunderstanding. This is impossible, but it must be the goal of communication between the two.

When the product manager communicates with the program ape, two aspects are particularly important:

A: the need for communication

B: Communication to technology implementation

The need for communication is mainly used in product managers to describe the needs of the program ape scene. The program ape realizes the product function, it is based on the understanding of the requirement, the change of the requirement may bring the disaster of the product realization after the realization of the function and the completion of the implementation. If the program ape can not accurately understand the product manager's description of the requirements, it is likely to achieve the function of the product manager and the idea of a very different, wasting everyone's time; if the product manager's idea is not clear enough to cause the demand to change, is undoubtedly a malicious attack on the program ape. Any small change in the requirements, in the implementation of the code can cause great trouble, and even shake the overall structure of the code. From the program Ape's point of view, although the program ape in the technology to achieve the goal of building a stable system, as flexible as possible to respond to changes in demand, so that the system easy to expand and maintain, but this is also based on the program ape on the needs of understanding, as well as the potential change in the If in the communication process can not make the program ape accurately grasp the needs, then do not consider the satisfaction of product implementation.

The communication of technical realization is mainly used in the scene where the ape communicates with the product manager. If the product manager is not understanding the technology, it is difficult for the program ape to explain to the product manager the status of his work, when the product is ideal to change the demand or to add new features for the product, also can not accurately understand the program ape of the various reactions.

Only by relying on sufficient technical basis can the product manager understand the description of the work and task of the ape, grasp the difficulty of technology realization, and make a more suitable plan. As to how much technology is "sufficient", the need for product managers and procedures ape slowly in the running-in.

Finally, please believe the program ape, please let go of technology!

Aesthetic accomplishment

Why is the program ape likely to be concerned about this? Although program apes don't discuss product design and interaction with product managers like designers, they also focus on the user experience, and excellent program Ape is also an artist, maybe still a real painter, want to win the respect of the program ape, aesthetic self-cultivation is less than the program apes?

Learning Ability

Product managers and program apes are the most frequently accepted and knowledgeable people on the Internet. New knowledge of the new concept of slow acceptance, who trust the product to such a product manager? What's more, the product manager should communicate with the Intelligent Program Ape, the product manager with poor learning ability will encounter various difficulties in the process of communication, all kinds of incomprehensible, in the process of work can not be the program Ape's respect.

Unlimited enthusiasm

This is the most important quality of the product manager, and it is the most necessary element for the program ape to obtain from the product manager. Product Manager is the most love their own products, if the product manager can not pass out their enthusiasm, the program ape will not sincerely do product realization, to achieve a passion for the product manager's idea, is not a very cool thing!

Summary

Product Manager to work with the program ape tacit cooperation, the most important thing is to win the respect of the program apes. Product managers do not understand the finer the better, but to the macro technology has overall grasp, in the micro know to let go, believe that the program ape, and exercise their other several abilities.

Be a product manager standing at the intersection of technology and humanities! With their dreams and passion to change the world, there will be a bunch of excellent program ape help you!