How to Ensure Collaboration Between Project Managers and Product Managers

Projects and products are becoming increasingly entwined. That ramps up the need to build greater collaboration between project managers and product managers. What’s similar—and different—about the roles? What strategies can you use to boost collaboration? And how does agile help everyone stay aligned? We get insights and tips from Adam Motiwala, a product manager at Google in Irvine, California in the United States, and Meg Sawachi, PMI-ACP, PMP, a senior project manager at GlobalLogic in Lund, Sweden. Key themes 02:14 Today’s must-have skills for product managers and project managers 06:04 The biggest similarities—and differences—between product and project managers 08:29 Building a strong partnership between a project manager and product manager 12:56 How agile helps project and product managers stay aligned 16:51 Words of advice to product and project managers to boost collaboration

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How to Ensure Collaboration Between Project Managers and Product Managers is an episode from Projectified by Project Management Institute.

This episode is 19:18 long.

This episode was published on Oct 15, 2025.

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