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We are often met in the Internet industry, all kinds of abbreviations PM, PD, QA, for those who enter the Internet industry practitioners often confused these definitions refer to those who work content and positions, so
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I think designers should know some of the company's other departments work content, at least find someone to discuss will not catch the wrong object. This article sort out the more common various abbreviations and definitions. Mainly for the designer to see so a brief explanation, you can refer to the depth of understanding SA / SD / RD / PG / PM / DBA / MIS this Wiki, there are many articles on the Internet to introduce the job content of each job.

PM

Product Manager, Product Manager

For one or a certain type of product planning and management personnel, is mainly responsible for product development, manufacturing, marketing, channels and so on.

(Pipe schedule, communication and coordination of various departments, scolded by the client, nailed higher.)

SA

System Analyst, System Analyst

Through demand analysis to confirm the needs of the system, and thus the formation of system product design people. Usually they also involve feasibility assessment, project management, pre-development assessment, requirements verification and so on.

(Abbreviation: What should this system do?)

SD

System Designer, system designer

According to the domain model, combined with the physical platform, consider its performance, stability, decentralization and security, etc., built by the software specifications.

(Abbreviation: How to make this system?)

PG

Programmer, programmer

Engaged in software writing, program development, maintenance professionals. Using a programming language as a tool, give the program in this language. Including analysis, design, coding, testing, troubleshooting and other stages.

(Often referred to as a farm or program ape profession.)

RD

Research & Development engineer, R & D Design Engineer

Generalized: is a type of work, all those who research or development are counted, including SA, SD, PG.

Narrow sense: the real research and development unit, engage in innovation, it is burning money, still can not determine the output.

(My husband: "The RD should be about the role of research and development of new things, simply put is impossible things possible.")

(Me: "Do you be Tom Cruise yourself?")

MIS

Management Information System, network management staff

The scope of work includes the use of computer hardware, software and Internet devices for information collection, delivery, storage, processing, finishing system to improve the operating efficiency of the organization and so on.

(Commonly known as pipe machine, as large as the host breakage as small as the blue and white screen of personal computers will be dispatched them four languages.)

QA

Quality Assurance, Quality Assurance Engineer

There is no problem in ensuring product quality by establishing and maintaining a quality management system.

The purpose of a QA is to use the right method in the process of producing the product. The purpose of the QA is to check if the product is correct when the product is completed.

(I'm not familiar with the QA QC and occasionally receive the flaws they find to correct.)

(Mike Su Supplementary fix: Reference: QA, QC, stupidly divided! Test work is to check whether the finished software product is correct is QC.)

Planner

Planning

Responsible for the conceptualization, analysis of the current situation, induction of direction, to determine the feasibility, until the formulation of strategies, implementation of programs, tracking results and evaluation results.

(Many people do not have to work overtime if they understand technology and practice.)

Sales

business

Specialized sales and marketing workers, responsible for the company's products sold to customers.

(It's going to be exaggerated to sell the product at some point, and then the worker is crying.)

F2E

Front-End Developer, Front-end engineer

Mainly responsible for writing Html, CSS, Javascript, then API ... and so on.

(To work with designers, often want to turn over the designer's desk, and occasionally get the PS out of HTML, miserable than the table layout ...)

(For the above reasons, the cut chart often becomes a F2E job.)

UX

User Experience Designer, User Experience Designer

The design process includes: target user set-up, scope and theme setting of satisfaction level, user demand function, interactive research, system feedback and final report and result.

(It should be a group of people who play with the data all day, experiment, and write reports, but mostly focus on Flow and Wireframe.)

UI

User Interface Designer, UI Designer

Should be drawn Flow and Wireframe, design interface people.

(Often mixed with VD, UX, few people and companies can be clearly defined and differentiated.)

VD

Visual Designer

Embracing Photoshop, Illustrator, Sketch ... People with drawing software, retreat modifications and staying up late are basic.

(The most commonly called art group ...)