The daily tasks of product managers at different stages are different. Here is a product joke “A Day in the Life of a Product Manager” that circulated on the Internet.
Day in the life of a product manager
1. Meet requirements, draw prototypes and write PRD;
2. Meeting, meeting, meeting;
3. Sprayed by designers
4. Sprayed by the front end
5. Get sprayed backstage
6. Be tested and sprayed
7. Want to spray operation, the result thought, damn, the demand is given by the boss, close operation P thing
8. At 9:30pm, I squatted down beside the engineer with my lunch box. After I had fucked him up for thousands of times, I slowly said: Brother, please add another function ~ this time it is really simple ~
Whether it is PM or PD, you will gradually find that M is someone else’s business, D is someone else’s business, you…… That’s just a P.
In general, the daily work of product manager includes requirement analysis, prototype drawing, PRD writing and data analysis. Most of the rest of the time is spent communicating with other members of the project: explaining requirements to everyone, urging the designer to submit manuscripts, following up on front-end and back-end functions and progress, confirming use cases with testing, synchronizing progress with operations… The job of a senior product manager also includes formulating product planning and product development direction based on the company’s product strategy. This is the daily routine of most product managers, but there is a big difference in mentality between a bad product manager and a good product manager.
Bad product manager mentality
The boss always makes unreasonable demands
2. Leaders constantly add demand pressure
3. Design is always tough
4. The project manager doesn’t care
5. Continuous complaints of harassment
The user’s demand is endless
7, the development of many opinions
Tests are always picky
Bad product manager
A bad product manager is always negative, always feeling that everyone is squeezing him. In the face of all kinds of communication difficulties and obstacles every day, if his temper is worse, it is easy to annoy team members.
Excellent product manager mentality
1. Attention and guidance from the boss
2. Understanding and support from leaders
3. Design coordination
4. Assistance from the project manager
5. Reminders to complain about harassment
6. Users’ needs are inspired
7. Suggestion support for development
8. Test carefully
goodProduct Manager
On the contrary, excellent product managers maintain a positive attitude, with a strong sense of project, team consciousness; In order to promote the project, I can actively communicate with team members, clearly express my own needs and worries, actively ask for support, understand the status and difficulties of others, and unite all members to achieve the common product goals/KPIs.
The product manager is the planner of product ideas and plans, and the specific implementation is supported by each member of the project. The product manager plays the role of bridging and promoting the project, and a lot of time is spent in coordination and communication. The progress and quality of products are often determined by the responsibility and professional quality of the product manager. Cultivating a positive and responsible attitude can not only make me form a reliable and stable image in the team and be respected by the development, but also help me better communicate and promote the project.
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