Ask HN: Developers, how do I as a product manager collaborate better with you? Working as product manager, my success depends more on developers & other collaborators. What do you think we as product managers can do to ease your lives and enable better collaboration? |
If product, then I (as a developer) want you to contribute things that I can't do (or don't have time to do):
* detailed market-analysis of competitors/features etc. * stakeholder research * good numerics/understanding of MVT tests and how to evaluate results, avoiding common causes of bias
I don't want us to vote on features, I want you to have a solid evidence-based approach to prioritise product changes.
I also want you to:
* know the product better than anyone else, including me (if things are only specified in code/buried than that needs fixing) * showcase your research/evidence/learnings to the team regularly * collaborate closely with devs/leads/dev manager to balance tech tasks with new features
Eg. Event storming tries to solve this in a non-remote world.
But it's harder to apply this on a remote world.
( And some people just went to be less involved too. So it's not like i have a definitive answer, just a suggestion according to personal experience)