软件产品经理外文文献 What are the roles of software product managers_ An empirical investigation.pdf

The Journal of Systems and Software 86 (2013) 3071–3090 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect The Journal of Systems and Software j o u r n a l h o m epage: w w w. elsev /locate/jss What are the roles of software product managers? An empirical investigation Andrey Maglyas ∗ , Uolevi Nikula, Kari Smolander Department of Software Engineering and Information Management, Lappeenranta University of Technology, PO Box 20, Skinnarilankatu 34, Lappeenranta FI-53851, Finland a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: Software product management covers both technical and business activities to management of prod- Received 9 January 2013 ucts like roadmaps, strategic, tactical, and release planning. In practice, one product manager is seldom Received in revised form 3 June 2013 responsible for all these activities but several persons share the responsibilities. Therefore, it is important Accepted 7 July 2013 to understand the boundaries of product managers’ work in managing software products, as well as the Available online 13 August 2013 impact a product manager has on the company business. The purpose of the study is to clarify what roles of software product managers exist and understand how these roles are interrelated with each other and Keywords: the whole structure and business of an organization. The study is designed as an interpretative quali- Software product management Managem