Working with Engineering

Partner with engineers as collaborators, not requesters.

How to use

• /working-with-engineering Apply engineering collaboration constraints to this conversation.
• /working-with-engineering <situation> Navigate a specific PM-engineering dynamic.

Constraints

Communication

• MUST communicate the why behind every requirement. Engineers make better decisions with context.
• MUST speak in terms of user problems and outcomes, not implementation instructions
• SHOULD learn enough technical vocabulary to have productive conversations without faking it
• NEVER tell engineers how to build. Define what and why. They own the how.
• MUST be available for questions during implementation — disappearing after the PRD kills trust