ProductTank: What do UX people want from Product Managers?
Having had experience in both roles, she outlined the difference in job descriptions, pointing out that, in fact, the two roles were more alike than not. She identified this overlap as an opportunity for the two roles to help each other out, but highlighted the risk of treading on each other's toes.
As a UXer herself, she outlined some practical questions on what she could do for her product counterpart, and in turn, what a PM can do on their side to help keep things running smoothly.
In the end, she drove the point home that the key to having UX and PM roles working together most effectively is to communicate.
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Janna Bastow
Janna Bastow is one of the co-founders of Mind the Product, and kicked off her first event for product people with ProductCamp London in 2010, in an effort to meet and learn from other product managers. As a product manager always looking for better tools, Janna also co-founded ProdPad, product management and roadmapping software for product people. She often starts and stops conversations with the question: “What problem are you trying to solve?”
