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Ideally a product manager solves or assists with many of those problems- 1. Reduce the ambiguity of what features to work on and what are the priorities. This
by orky56 11y ago
Ideally a product manager solves or assists with many of those problems-
1. Reduce the ambiguity of what features to work on and what are the priorities. This involves being the barrier from other manager and team members trying to pull a fast on and changing what should be worked on.
2. Stay on top of what the latest estimates are in an honest and transparent way. Product managers as project managers should be able to translate what a particular developer says into what estimation might be in reality. They can acquire or release resources, or even change scope accordingly or at least make the case.
3. Product managers should provide developers a constant opportunity to break down tasks into components that can be tracked easily in Asana or another task management tool. This takes discipline as a product manager to enforce a system onto developers in ways that make sense.
Disclaimer: Product manager here.
- Gratsby 11y agoTheoretically yes, and if you're the unicorn, then I'm sure you are very appreciated (and probably under-compensated). Seriously. I'm not mocking you. With a person who's job is to help you and who is not above you on the food chain, you are more likely to have an honest self assessment. Also, with a third party in place, fairness becomes part of the equation. When a developer has to defend his timeline it's personal and can be very stressful. When a third party has to defend the same timeline it's just a matter of business. Conversely, when a third party is in play that is told that a developer needs to produce more, their instinct is to prioritize accordingly rather than simply add more hours to the work day (which is a common instinct among developers).