Rosenfeld Review Podcast How Product Management and UX Can Work Together with Rich Mironov
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Dec 2, 2022 
Rich Mironov explores the sometimes-uncomfortable partnership between product management and UX, from aligning teams and communicating across disciplines to saying no without burning bridges. They also discuss executive turnover, product constraints, short-term roadmaps, and how designers can make their work resonate in the C-suite.
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Product Managers Are Organizational Mediators
- Product managers act as mediators because every department has a short list of wants that far exceed engineering and design capacity.
- Rich Mironov describes PMs as the umbrella that protects makers from constant interruptions so the team can actually ship.
Interruptions Kill Delivery Unless Filtered
- Letting half of incoming interruptions reach the team would prevent any progress; PMs must filter relentlessly.
- Mironov notes typical PMs are hit ~35 times daily and slowing decisions by a few days often makes requests vanish.
Say No By Showing Concrete Priorities
- Don't just say no; show what you're already prioritizing and why those items matter more than the new request.
- Mironov recommends naming the top three to five projects so stakeholders see explicit trade-offs and costs.