[DanielHB]

> But most of them seem to think they can operate entirely in document-land and just crank out roadmap docs and keep stakeholder alignment via endless check-ins and nagging. They are doing a "project manager" job instead.

They are not managing product, they are managing stakeholders

[smcin]

Mainly internal stakeholders, I take it. Isn't all that entirely big-company politics?

Whereas a PM in a small company can devote more attention to the product, customers, market, metrics.

What's a good question to ask to find out which sort of animal you're dealing with?