[tarsinge]

How is it possible to be efficient in these points without a strong engineering background, especially if you are innovating? Discussions in points 1, 2 and 3 will only be note taking if you cannot concretely envision what the implementation could be and need to ask engineering everything that is not a generic or superficial feature. The non-technical PM I have worked with always turned up to be project managers drowning the engineering and design teams in meetings and processes.

[xboxnolifes]

Why do points 1 and 2 require strong engineering background? Knowing a feature is important or what features users actually want is not related to how hard it is to implement or how long it will take. If you have a good relationship with your engineers, you should be able to talk to them and trust their input.

Point 4 is the one that really sounds like needing engineering background.