A PM is responsible for making sure that a team ships a great product.
产品经理的需要对团队交付一个伟大产品负责。
Some people will say that the product manager (sometimes called the program manager or project manager) is like a mini-CEO of their product. That's accurate in some ways, since a PM take holistic responsibility for the product, from the little details to the big pictures. The PM needs to set vision and strategy. The PM defines success and makes decisions.
有些人会说产品经理（有时候也被称作程序经理或者项目经理）就像一个产品的迷你CEO。这在某些方面是准确的，因为产品经理需要对产品全面负责，从每一个小细节到大的蓝图。产品经理需要去设置愿景和策略，指明成功方向和做出决定
But in one of the most important ways, the description of product manager as CEO misses the boat: product manager don't have direct authority over the people on their team.
但是在一个最重要的方面，将产品经理描绘成CEO漏掉了一个最基本的一条：产品经理并不领导团队中的成员。
As a PM, you'll need to learn to lead your team without authority, influencing them with your vision and research. Product managers are highly respected at most companies, but not more so than engineers. If you show up and start bossing people around, you'll probably find it hard to get things done. After all, engineers are the ones actually building the product. You need them on your side.
作为产品经理，你需要学会在无授权下领导团队，利用你的远见和探索影响他们。产品经理在绝大部分公司都是被高度尊重的，但是并没有比工程师高很很多。如果你出来后开始使唤身边的人，那么你会大概率发现很能去把事情做成。毕竟工程师才是实际创造产品的人，你需要跟他们站在左右。
One reason product management is such an appealing career is you get to sit at the intersection of technology, business, and design. You get to wear many hats and learn multiple points of view.
产品经理成为如此吸引人的岗位的一个原因就是你必须坐在技术，商业和设计之间。你得身兼多职，并且学会多视角看待问题
As a product manager, you'll be the advocate for the customer. You'll learn their needs and translate those needs into product goals and features. Then you'll make sure those features are built in a cohesive, well-designed way that actually solves the customer's needs. You'll focus on everything from the big picture to the small details. One day you might brainstorm the three-year vision for your team, while the next day you work through the details of the buttons in a dialog.
作为产品经理，你是用户的代言人。你需要学会他们的需求并且将这些用户需求进行翻译，转化成产品的目标和功能。然后你就需要确认这些功能是被统一风格和良好设计，并且真正的解决了用户的问题。还需要关注所有的事务，从大的产品蓝图到最小的产品细节。一天中，你可能一边和你的团队脑暴三年后的产品愿景，同时一边又得琢磨一个对话框上的按钮的设计细节。
Product management is a highly collaborative role. The product manager usually serves as the main liaison between the engineerings and other roles such as design, quality assurance, user research, data analysts, marketing, sales, customers support, business development, legal, content writers, other engineering teams, and the executive team. It's usually the job of the product manager to identify times when one of those teams should be brought in, and to fill in for them if they don't exist.
产品经理是一个高复合型的角色。产品经理经常作为工程师和其它角色之间的联络员，这些角色包含，设计师、测试、用户研究员、数据分析、市场、销售、客户支持、商业发展、法务、内容撰写者、其它工程师团队和执行团队。产品经理另一个经常的工作就是确认在团队在什么时机引入什么样的人，并且在缺失的时候自己顶上。
重点词汇
holistic：adj，整体地，全部的
authority：n，权力; 威权; 当权(地位); 权; 职权; 批准; 授权;
appealing：adj，有吸引力的; 有感染力的; 令人感兴趣的; 恳求的; 可怜的; 希望同情的;
intersection：n，十字路口; 交叉路口; 交点; 横断; 交叉; 相交;
wear many hats：身兼多职
multiple points of view：多视角
advocate：n，支持者
collaborative：adj，合作的; 协作的; 协力的;
liaison：n，联络; 联系; 联络员; 联系人
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