Answering Questions About Working with Product Owners, the Future of Product Management, and Educating Your CEO
February 22, 2023
In this Dear Melissa segment, Melissa Perri answers subscribers’ questions about how product managers and product owners should work together, product management trend predictions and what the future of product might look like, and what to do when your CEO is misdirecting blame toward product management.
Q: You've been involved in product management for a while, and I would love to see where you feel the evolution of product management is headed.
A: I think it's really hard to talk about where PM is going because it's still not fully functioning in many companies yet…I'll tell you some of the trends that I am seeing, though.
Q: My organization is scaling, and now we have product managers and product owners. How should we work together?
A: You know that I’m not a fan of the split of product managers and product owners- here’s why.
Q: Our CEO is putting the blame on product management because not as much as we want is being delivered. How can we change the perception that product management is the cause without throwing our devs under the bus?
A: We're going to start from a place of everybody is trying their best. You need to educate the CEO about what the problems are, and you need to do that as a united front. Here’s how to do that.
Resources
Melissa Perri on LinkedIn | Twitter
MelissaPerri.com | CPO Accelerator
In this Dear Melissa segment, Melissa Perri answers subscribers’ questions about how product managers and product owners should work together, product management trend predictions and what the future of product might look like, and what to do when your CEO is misdirecting blame toward product management.
Q: You've been involved in product management for a while, and I would love to see where you feel the evolution of product management is headed.
A: I think it's really hard to talk about where PM is going because it's still not fully functioning in many companies yet…I'll tell you some of the trends that I am seeing, though.
Q: My organization is scaling, and now we have product managers and product owners. How should we work together?
A: You know that I’m not a fan of the split of product managers and product owners- here’s why.
Q: Our CEO is putting the blame on product management because not as much as we want is being delivered. How can we change the perception that product management is the cause without throwing our devs under the bus?
A: We're going to start from a place of everybody is trying their best. You need to educate the CEO about what the problems are, and you need to do that as a united front. Here’s how to do that.
Resources
Melissa Perri on LinkedIn | Twitter
MelissaPerri.com | CPO Accelerator
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