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I think the strongest Product Designers wind up taking on responsibilities that PM's might traditionally hold (and vice versa). I'm fairly biased here, but I'd
by bobbygoodlatte 8y ago
I think the strongest Product Designers wind up taking on responsibilities that PM's might traditionally hold (and vice versa).
I'm fairly biased here, but I'd argue that product vision is often best executed in the hands of product designers rather than PMs. Having a design leader who takes the product or feature from high level goals, to flows & interactions, and finally down to the pixels often leads to a less-compromised end result. I usually find that singular vision beats design-by-committee.
Of course, this rarely happens due to company politics, which PMs tend to excel at versus designers.
- ASpring 8y agoI agree with this but with a strong caveat. I believe product designers excel in B2C applications but aren't often as successful in B2B and Enterprise focused applications.
- hbosch 8y agoAs much as I want this to be true, there is (in my experience) an observable difference between product designers and product managers when it comes to understanding technical and business problems... especially in communicating with engineers. As egotistical and tyrannical as PMs can sometimes be, I have learned to appreciate their function... however, they love to believe that they are miniature CEOs which is hilarious and incredibly annoying at the same time. Designers in lead roles don’t seem to have this problem. Maybe it comes with the MBA.