AI versus traditional software product management
Understanding the differences between traditional software and AI products isn’t so much about comparing two disparate groups of products. Although this is helpful, this is a macro trend, and the biggest reason for understanding the two is to anticipate how all products will evolve with AI. From the perspective of a PM, there are a number of differences between traditional software products and AI/ML products. In this section, we’ll first go over how they’re different, and then we’ll note the similarities between the two to give us a well-rounded sense of what to expect when you’re product-managing an AI/ML product. This will help us establish a baseline as well as a deviation from traditional PM work.
How are the products different?
While AI products are built on a foundation of traditional software development for the most part, they do have a number of key differences you should be aware...
