[ivan_gammel]

Generally, PM does not need to understand user needs and drive product. It's a job for other people (product management, ux/cx analysts etc). The PMs primary function is to facilitate communication in the extended team, so that it will achieve the desired goals in given time, and this means his focus is internal, not external.

[alonmower]

I believe PM in the context of the original post was referring to product management, not project management

[p4bl0]

Thanks, I had to grep "PM" on the whole page to make sense of this discussion. For me "PM" was either "private message" or "prime minister"…

[ivan_gammel]

Oh, right, thanks. Misunderstood it.