A sea of information at a public library in Toronto, c/o burst.shopify.com While product managers may not build the actual product, they do produce something very tangible for a team: decisions . July 23 update: in retrospect and from feedback, this framework applies to any role, not just product management. These decisions can be about anything: small ones like a line of copy in the docs, to big ones like what the MVP of a new feature should be. The decisions PMs make are the ones that unblock their team so they can continue to build. They don’t need to make every decision, but they are responsible for ensuring a decision gets made — whether by them, their team, or their stakeholders. Product managers are the hedge against indecision, and it’s uniquely our job because we tend to have the
