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When 2 Become 1: The Roles of Product Manager and Product Owner

bpma ProductHub

But Butzow and Boduch posited that the PM and PO functions can rarely be performed by the same person effectively. Deals with release management, uses requirements to create detailed user stories, participates in scrums, etc. In summary, here’s how they defined each role: PM. Answers questions from customer representatives.

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Journey to Success: The Seven Pivotal Purposes of Product Roadmaps

The Product Coalition

As a communication tool, use roadmaps to: Convert your strategy into a tangible product, taking an essential yet abstract concept and giving it form. And when you start talks based on your roadmap, focus on interests, not positions, and look for creative ways to come up with solutions that help everyone.

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Between a Rock and a Hard Place: The Product Manager’s Reality

The Product Coalition

Every now and then, it’s interesting to ask: What does a Product Manager (PM) do? The answer of course has some take on: They juggle managing products and people. They need to have technical/processual skills as well as those lauded, but ever elusive, leadership skills.