How we've redefined the PM and engineer relationship

Denis Bolkovskis

Anthropic

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At PostHog, product management has been redefined to empower engineers. Engineers now make product decisions, supported by PMs who provide context but don't control the roadmap. Small, autonomous teams are encouraged, and transparency is prioritized to expedite decision-making. This approach has led to the successful launch of multiple products and higher team motivation.

Product management is broken. Engineers can fix it

3. Product managers give engineers context

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<p>Great read, thanks for sharing! My team is moving in the direction described in this article because those implementing features (engineers) often have the most context, but it’s not something that can be changed overnight: people are used to the way they worked before, and changing mental models and behaviors is hard</p>
