What Does Design Have to Do With Product Managers?

Product managers sit at the intersection of technology, design, and business.

They are not expected to do all of the heavy lifting of product development. But even the product management team needs to have at least a general awareness/rudimentary skills in most of the disciplines involved in software development. When it comes to design, you’ll need to at least be able to collaborate with designers on wireframes.

A good skill is being able to use design software to help translate your ideas from your head into something understandable.

There are a few key things to keep in mind before choosing your next design tool:

• Popularity. Find out which tool is being used by most companies in order to land a new job.
• Price. Cost is certainly a consideration when working on your own proj...