Working With Product Managers

Summary

PMs bring the problem and business context; designers bring the how — a healthy relationship means understanding the 'why' behind a request deeply enough to sometimes propose a better solution than what was asked for.

• 1Practice asking 'what problem are we actually solving?' before jumping into a requested design.
• 2Learn to push back constructively when a request seems to skip discovery or user validation.
• 3Understand PMs and designers share ownership of the 'what' and 'why', even if scope differs.