Product Manager: To Be or Not to Be

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A presentation about the role of a Product Manager in game development, explaining the PM’s responsibilities and how they differ from a Project Manager. It discusses whether a PM functions like a “mini-CEO” and aims to clarify the scope and expectations of the product management role, drawing on experience from Wargaming’s free-to-play MMO development.

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1. 0:00Product manager intro
2. 1:51Product manager role
3. 3:37Choosing PM role
4. 5:23PM vs CEO
5. 7:11PM skills and duties
6. 10:30Working with trade-offs
7. 13:44Hiring for teams
8. 17:12Resource shortage
9. 19:43Why I love PM
10. 22:11Decisions with incomplete data
11. 23:16Q&A

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