It’s the end of the year. Are you going to jump ship next year?



As the countdown to 2018 is approaching, I have seen product partners’ complaints about their current work and their expectations for new opportunities in the next year in the group. I also share some key points about how to quickly integrate into the group based on my recent situation.

In addition, I would like to say a key point, the year-end job-hopping friends, remember that you may not have the year-end job-hopping

Year-end bonuses! Year-end bonuses! Year-end bonuses!

It’s so important that it should be repeated for three times.

01

Docking test

For PM entry, no matter from the understanding of project or product progress or the understanding of the company’s business, the most priority is to connect with the test.

In the test communication, students need to ask for some products first. Of course, some students may say that our company has no test, so please go to the product manager

  • Product test environment address


  • Test Account Password


  • Password of the PM test account


  • Test BUG list


  • Current test case

The first is the product test environment, especially in the company responsible for product research and development. The unique test link address is the only available environment for the product to get familiar with its own product. After all, the online environment and data are real, and you can’t influence your users.

In the case of TO B products, the product manager can use the test environment TO see the functional perfection of his own product before the project is delivered. Here is my personal experience, from a paragraph

Little point!

02

Product colleagues

In addition to testing, the following is docking with product colleagues. Then the following is the primary purpose of entering a new product team

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  • Understand documentation specifications such as PRD based on current team


  • Understand the product process based on the current team


  • Understand current product requirements


  • Understand the tools used based on the current team

  • Understand current team requirements management practices

When it comes to PRDS and documentation, each of us PMS has its own specification and basis. If you’re going to join a new team, it’s important to understand the norms of your current team. After all, you’re on probation. Your output needs to get the team up to speed, not get the team used to your way of working.

During my time in Tencent, the PRD of its products must be written solely based on WORD. In today’s companies, the PRD only needs to be drawn on a prototype or simply explained.

For example, if you use AXURE as the main tool for the team, you can switch to AXURE if you are used to using ink knife at this time, and some students cannot write page annotations on AXURE annotations. According to the requirements of the team

Some teams may require the product to output high fidelity, while others may require the product to output simple wireframes.

The above three cases just want to illustrate that entering a new team should be familiar with the specifications of the product team as soon as possible, focusing on tools and processes.

03

To develop students

There is no distinction between the front end and the back end, but the reason why it is put in the third step is that I think the development students are the focus of the future work of the product. Therefore, the development students in the division of the company will basically have a team leader, directly face the team leader to understand, simple self-introduction. There is no need to talk about the rest!

On teams with a clear organizational structure, there is usually a project manager responsible for moving the development team forward. The work of product students will be relatively easier, after all, there is no need to do the demand and promote the project.

But there are a lot of cases where the product does both the project and the requirements, so no matter what kind of team you are, I think you just need to communicate with the head of development. Behind again in the work one docking corresponding development students can.

04

UED

The reason why it is called UED department is because some companies with clear structure will have special UED students to be responsible for product interaction and UI specification. I will find the following files for the UED department for you who joined as a new team at this time

  • The UI specification


  • Latest version of UI


  • Interaction diagrams for recent releases

Knowing the current product design specifications will help you quickly grasp the “tone” of the current product as you go along, although I don’t advocate calling a product manager a designer. But a product manager who can understand design, I think, is also a good PM.

04

Last thing I want to say

Joining a new team is the problem that every job-hopper will face. As for the options of work, I think it is better not to ask others or seek advice from others: Should I go or not?

Listen to your heart. Do you want to go or not? What does your heart want?

Sometimes you can’t have your cake and eat it too. Do you want the cake or do you want the cake?

In addition, give yourself a deadline to do research with new opportunities. I believe that every company will have various pitfalls, no matter BAT, state-owned enterprises or ordinary small enterprises. But it’s not a pit if you can handle it.



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