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Mastering Effective Communication for Product Manager
Geekcamp 2017
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Hadikusuma Wahab @dhiku
VP Product at KMK Online Publishing, Video, and Messaging Platform
Business Process & Intelligence Manager Emtek Tbk, Coca-Cola, and Danone
Java Engineer TelkomSigma
Education Background Computer Science & MBA
BBM
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A day in life of a product manager
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ref: https://www.intercom.com/books/product-management
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Everybody needs something.
Now!
what you gave last week maybe too complicated, too simple, too high level or too low level
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Understanding The Product Network
ref: https://medium.com/startup-grind/a-map-of-white-space-for-product-managers-17d65c397749
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A great product manager is capable of openly and empathetically listening to customer needs, aligning those needs
with the company’s goals, and articulating a plan to internal stakeholders
ref: https://medium.com/on-human-centric-systems/a-new-skill-model-for-product-managers-71769a2de7b7
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As a product manager, the better you communicate, the easier your job will be.
How?
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Understand the Common Principles
Practice active listening and be the last one to speak
People can’t know what you don’t tell them. be thorough and provide context
Clarity over comfort, clear message and why
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Improve your white boarding skill
Decision Tree Diagram Use case diagram
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Learn how to sketch better
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Practice your presentation skill
Be a good storyteller
Verbal communication skills matters, but eye contact, gestures, tone of voice also just as important
Be prepared
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How to get more effective and better in collaboration?
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Share common goals to the team
Iterate your product vision
Define metrics or OKR, become transparent
Force yourselves to get everyone on the same page about what's important for the business right now
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Get regular!
Balance the time you spend together and apart
Regular meeting daily, weekly, or monthly
The best teams align in person, work it out separately, and check in daily
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Effective use of product tools
Pivotal Tracker (engineer, designer, QA)
Zeplin, Invision (engineer, designer)
Slack (team communication)
Google docs, sheet, slide (team collaboration)
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Build relationship, trust, and respect
Communication survival guide to Engineers, Designer, and Management
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Communication with Engineers
Involve them on the process (design sprint, roadmap)
Build relationships with engineers so they know the ‘why’ not just the ‘what.’
Try to learn their language, tech stack, performance, optimization, file size, etc
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Communication with Designers
Explain user problem
Give room for creativity, set boundary
Learn how to give a better design feedback
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Communication with Management Team
Elevator pitch about understand what the team is working on and your priority (roadmap)
Over communicate in terms of crisis, understand when to escalate
Share feature release, own the spotlight
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Communicating well does not simply mean communicate often.
instead, knowing a) what level of detail they should share,
b) at what frequency, and c) with whom
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It’s also important to regularly praise and publicly amplify the good work your team is doing
Value the process, celebrate the results