CHAPTER 8

Partner with Engineering

Build trusted relationships and execute smoothly in collaboration with your primary stakeholder.

What you’ll learn in this chapter

1  The mutually supportive roles and responsibilities that product managers and engineers have in the development process.

2  Techniques to build and maintain strong relationships with engineers and to overcome common challenges.

3  Ways to engage engineering effectively to facilitate and advance the product through implementation phases.

Product Managers and Engineers Work as One Team

Do not see it as your role to drive engineering to execute against a given product plan. Your role is to partner with engineering. You effectively work as one team with complementary goals, collaborating ...

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