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PM is not the CEO of the Product. But did you know she doesn’t even own the WHAT?
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PM is not the CEO of the Product. But did you know she doesn’t even own the WHAT?

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Paweł Huryn
Nov 04, 2022
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There are many misconceptions about Product Managers. Perhaps the biggest of these is the idea that the Product Manager has a right to dictate WHAT the Developers should do.

Let me explain. In most companies, it goes like this:

  1. Stakeholders decide on the high-level roadmap.

  2. The Product Manager refines the details and creates User Stories (“WHAT”). Sometime…

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