{"id":188382,"date":"2023-07-11T16:36:58","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T16:36:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.rm.gfolkdev.net\/?page_id=188382"},"modified":"2023-07-17T01:22:17","modified_gmt":"2023-07-17T01:22:17","slug":"product-management-for-ux-people-frequently-asked-questions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rosenfeldmedia.com\/books\/product-management-for-ux-people-frequently-asked-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"Frequently Asked Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"

These common questions and their short answers are taken from Christian Crumlish\u2019s book\u00a0Product Management for UX People: From Designing to Thriving in a Product World<\/em>. You can find longer answers to each in your copy of the book, either printed or digital version.<\/p>\n

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  1. Can I become a product manager and continue to do a lot of design work every day?<\/strong>
    \nUnlikely. Maybe in a small start-up where they need you to do two jobs at once, but product managers are not designers and the day- to-day work of the two roles differs significantly, as explained in Chapter 2, despite the large overlapping areas of shared concern.<\/li>\n
  2. Do UX people make good product managers?<\/strong>
    \nThey absolutely can. It\u2019s no guarantee, but the best product managers I\u2019ve worked with had a sophisticated understanding of user experi- ence research, strategy, and design principles, an abiding obsession with the needs of customers and other users, and a deep respect for UX practitioners. Chapter 3 identifies some of the key UX strengths the provide a strong foundation for product success.<\/li>\n
  3. If I become a PM, will it mean that I can boss around the engineers (finally)?<\/strong>
    \nNot really, but you cannot succeed as a product manager without learning how to effectively organize and focus the efforts of your colleagues on the engineering team. Chapter 4 explains how you can use your UX \u201csuperpowers\u201d to become your developers\u2019 best ally.<\/li>\n
  4. Is \u201cgrowth hacking\u201d the enemy of good user experience?<\/strong>
    \nKinda. Certainly the cancerous \u201cgrowth for its own sake\u201d ethos driven by capitalism and its Silicon Valley derivative, venture capitalism, makes short shrift of most UX ideals, but \u201cgrowth\u201d itself is not a dirty word. Every organism must learn how to grow if it is to thrive. See Chapter 6 for a rundown on how to optimize your product\u2019s growth in a healthy way.<\/li>\n
  5. Are product and UX teams always stuck in turf wars?<\/strong>
    \nNo, but poorly designed org structures and weakly articulated role responsibilities from leadership are a recipe for conflict, strife, and wasted effort. This is why, whatever side of the table you sit on, you need to negotiate the gray areas and the distinctions between \u201cinvolved\u201d and \u201chas the final say\u201d for each critical aspect of the work, as discussed in Chapter 9.<\/li>\n
  6. How many information architects does a product leadership team need?<\/strong>
    \nAt least one, as explained in Chapter 11.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    These common questions and their short answers are taken from Christian Crumlish\u2019s book\u00a0Product Management for UX People: From Designing to Thriving in a Product World. You can find longer answers to each in your copy of the book, either printed or digital version. Can I become a product manager and continue to do a lot … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":150108,"featured_media":0,"parent":187323,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rosenfeldmedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/188382"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rosenfeldmedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rosenfeldmedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rosenfeldmedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/150108"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rosenfeldmedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188382"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rosenfeldmedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/188382\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":188383,"href":"https:\/\/rosenfeldmedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/188382\/revisions\/188383"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rosenfeldmedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/187323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rosenfeldmedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}