…s they don’t really teach in school and there’s no formal training program when you get on the job. When you’re trying to get better at something, it’s helpful to have a basic recipe, a pattern to fall back on when you’re in over your head. This is that recipe, and there are three ingredients:
Great product managers spend most of their time doing research, discovering opportunities in the market, defining the vision, keeping teams aligned, socializing ideas, and getting buy-in and agreement from stakeholders. They are the glue between teams. However, most product managers are terrible.