This one company posted their handbook on hackernews a while back. It described a system where there software was developed in small squads: an engineer, a desi

This one company posted their handbook on hackernews a while back. It described a system where there software was developed in small squads: an engineer, a designer, and a product person. The engineer's job was to lead the implementation, which meant they were the ultimate decision maker as the person actually implementing the feature. The one thing I don't like about PMs is that I think the title manager confers too much power or authority. The people with the business context should be making decisions, and that should be everyone. Product managers are (should be?) more like product analysts or product researchers.