Product Manager VS Business Analyst: What's the Difference Between a PM and a Business Analyst?

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Product Manager VS Business Analyst: What's the Difference Between a Product Manager and a Business Analyst?
Are you considering applying to both a Product Manager role and a Business Analyst role? Or are you looking to make the transition from a Business Analyst to a Product Manager? If so, these key similarities and differences are crucial for you to know.
In this video, Product Manager at Nike, Lawrence Tai, walks you through a Product Manager’s roles and responsibilities, a Business Analyst’s roles and responsibilities, and the key similarities and differences between the two. He also explains the need to learn both soft skills and hard skills to excel in either of the two roles, and gives advice for Business Analysts looking to transition into product management.
What challenges might you encounter as you from Business Analyst to product management? What are the similarities and differences between the two roles? Here’s what we’ll cover:
00:00 - Intro
00:57 - Meet Lawrence Tai
01:32 - Key similarities and differences between Business Analyst and Product Manager role
05:51 - Product Manager roles and responsibilities
07:52 - Business Analyst roles and responsibilities
09:42 - Product Manager VS Business Analysts: defining goals and metrics
12:16 - Soft skills needed for Product Managers VS Business Analysts
15:04 - Learning soft skills VS learning hard skills
16:54 - Any advice for Business Analysts transitioning into product management?
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[@jackreacher9351]

What an excellent interview! This is gold content!

[@ProductGymPM]

Thanks for the comment and the compliments, Jack! We're glad to enjoyed this one :)

[@shubham_M7777]

Hi, can you make video on product manager vs business analyst vs IT jobs (like web development, ui/ux design, graphic design etc)

[@densfloar]

This would be useful.
How to create also a resume transitioning from software developer with also tons of customer service skills.

[@ProductGymPM]

Great suggestion! We will definitely make this happen in our upcoming content. Thanks for commenting :)

[@densfloar]

Thanks for the video interview. Got some good value out of it. Especially to hear it from a person who did transition and that its Just a title. 🤣

[@ProductGymPM]

Thanks Dominik! We're glad it was helpful :)