PMs represent the customer. That being the case, they push hard for features and leave it to engineers to keep features coming out at predictable speed.
Engineers represent themselves. They are accountable for feature delivery speed and product stability. That being the case they push hard for hardening, automating, and maintaining.
The two have to balance each other out. PMs need to push to keep Eng focused on growing business value, otherwise the company will never make money. Eng needs to push PMs to focus on long term product delivery, otherwise customers will leave as quickly as they come, and new one's will stop showing up, no matter how pretty the UI looks.
If you had a team of engineers like you describe it would only be heaven for about 6 months in my experience. I've seen two separate teams of engineers run this way. Everything was kick-ass until it was suddenly horrible and engineers started bailing.
Engineers represent themselves. They are accountable for feature delivery speed and product stability. That being the case they push hard for hardening, automating, and maintaining.
The two have to balance each other out. PMs need to push to keep Eng focused on growing business value, otherwise the company will never make money. Eng needs to push PMs to focus on long term product delivery, otherwise customers will leave as quickly as they come, and new one's will stop showing up, no matter how pretty the UI looks.
If you had a team of engineers like you describe it would only be heaven for about 6 months in my experience. I've seen two separate teams of engineers run this way. Everything was kick-ass until it was suddenly horrible and engineers started bailing.