How to Effectively Collaborate as a PM by Twitch Sr PM
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Main takeaways: 1. Tips on how to collaborate effectively with your peers 2. How to build strong relationships 3. How to build the right product for your customers
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- PMs who don’t build relationships can try to force things to get done Fail to build successful products Due to lack of buy in
- Two ends to the spectrum Dont have an opinion with info - base opinions off of others People who think they are right and have an opinion and don’t listen to others Problem with the first: you aren’t able to lead or provide direction You are easily sayed Problem with the second: People dont feel valued No single person is always right or knows everything Being this type of PM will eventually take teams down the wrong path You dont want to be either You want to be right in the middle Have an opinon based on what you know But open to listening to others and becoming flexible
- It comes down to two things- relationships with your partners and knowing your customer I tried to figure out how to split this up to make it easier to understand, but you really can’t have one without the other. They’re too intertwined
- Engineering, Design, other PMs, managers, As a PM you don’t have the power to tell people what to do, they don’t report to you, you have no actual authority You are the CEO of your product, without the actual power The only way you get things done is by building relationships Get engineering and design involved as early as you can Get to know your teams working styles Working successfully as a team means you need to trust each other If there is no trust, you’re pretty much screwed from the get-go
- It comes back to the user Know and be the voice of your customer Your opinion needs to be grounded in your customer Understand how they think, what their needs are, and how you can make their lives better Try to go through what they would do so you can understand what their needs are and empathize with them You should know the needs of the customer better than anyone else Your job is to constantly be learning about your customer Have the quantitative and qualitative information about the customer written down
- Opinions need to be grounded on the user It is easier to align with anybody if you make your customer the most important person in the decisions Don’t lie A problem can be solved multiple ways- and your way might not be the right way It is not your job to dictate how things are done Your partners need to feel comfortable having a discussion and giving you honest feedback and opinions Your team should give recommendations on how they think a problem should be addressed and why they think your solution may not be the correct one It is your job to evaluate the information presented to you and choose the path forward you think is correct after evaluation of implementation cost and business impact Build the right product for your customer Don’t waste their time
- People have opinions and you can’t get away from them But if you know your customer, have done your research, and believe you have come up with the best solution- you need to put a stake in the ground If there is an impass- maybe its time to re-evaluate or run an experiment There are ways to manage opinoins and have difficult conversations The solution s not to lash back
- Lets say you present a spec to your team and you’re ready to kick off- your team needs to know how soon this needs to be released, how you want to approach the problem, Set expectations early on and work with the team to define milestones and timelines If a team member is misaligned then it is your job to figure out how to realign expectations
- During execution, your priority is to manage blockers for the engineering team I always tell the people i work with that my job is to make their lives easier so they can deliver the product It is not their job to manage other blockers, but they can handle the smaller ones- you need to make sure they know you are available to jump in You need to be there for the big ones so they can deliver the product
- If a partner has helped you by providing you with more insight, support, brainstorming time- recognize them This shows that you value their contribution You may not have learned what you know now without that person When you make a mistake, you need to take ownership Example: forgot to implement tracking correctly, didn’t update a jira ticket properly
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