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I see the Nadella era rather as the triumph of PM culture, adapted/stolen from the seemingly more competitive Google and Facebook. It's all about demonstrating
by pinewurst 3y ago
I see the Nadella era rather as the triumph of PM culture, adapted/stolen from the seemingly more competitive Google and Facebook. It's all about demonstrating increased "engagement" and the ubiquitous A/B testing because new product deltas get you promoted. It's never about maintaining 'old' stuff or providing real value - only gimmicks to catch the eye of your half-wit leadership.
- midvar 3y agoIf you're referring to Program Management and not Project Management... Microsoft actually created the "PM" role and popularized it. "The PM role is unique to Microsoft and was actually created in response to developing software that is more usable and at the same time pushes the state of the art of technology. So when we talk about PM at Microsoft, we're talking from a perspective of creating and evolving the role over the lifetime of the PC industry." "Program managers got started at Microsoft while developing Excel for the Macintosh. [...] a new role was created in Program Management with the explicit goal of partnering with development and working through the entire product cycle as the advocate for end-users and customers." https://web.eecs.umich.edu/~xwangsd/courses/w23/readings/PM%20at%20Microsoft%20%E2%80%93%20Steven%20Sinofsky's%20Microsoft%20TechTalk.html https://web.eecs.umich.edu/~xwangsd/courses/w23/readings/PM%...