As fellows, we’re introducing some new roles to the Public Service Commission. Here’s how we described our skills to our new teammates.

Software Developer

• Build a functional, sustainable product.
• Help the team envision possibilities and constraints.
• Enable team to test assumptions quickly.
• Work with PM/UX to create priorities.

User Experience Designer

• Advocate for the user’s needs.
• Locate and process meaningful, relevant user data.
• Combine creative thinking, emotional design and research findings into solutions.
• Working with PM to determine user, business needs & DEV to confirm feasibility

Product Manager

• Strategic thinker
  • Align stakeholders + team
  • See problems from the micro + macro
  • Prioritize scope / backlog
  • Synthesize all relevant info / view points
• Technically sufficient
• Collaborator / negotiator
  • Help remove blockers
  • Help team work as efficiently as possible
• Communicator
  • Keep lines open