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Product Management Certification: Optimizing ROI

Productside

They define product vision, drive strategy, and oversee execution. Yet, many organizations underinvest in their training. However, investing in product management certification offers measurable benefits for individuals seeking career advancement and companies aiming to boost product and business outcomes.

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406: Why you should join a professional organization as a product manager – with Susan Penta

Product Innovation Educators

She is the current Vice Chair of PDMA and serves on PDMA’s group responsible for certification as well as the group that helps local PDMA chapters across the world. When I founded MIDIOR in 1997, I was looking for training for the individuals we were hiring because all my product knowledge was based on experience, not formal training.

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505: What you don’t know about product innovation limits your influence – with Chad McAllister, PhD

Product Innovation Educators

The Product Development and Management Association (PDMA) offers valuable resources and certification programs for product managers. He co-authored “Product Development and Management Body of Knowledge: A Guide Book for Product Innovation Training and Certification.”

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Proficientz Announces 2018 Product Management University Training Curriculum

Product Management University

GREENVILLE, SC – April 12, 2018 — Proficientz announced today its 2018 Product Management University training curriculum, a series of training courses that teach best practices in product management, product marketing and sales enablement for B2B and B2B2C organizations. The five training modules are as follows.

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Product Manager vs. Product Owner

Melissa Perri

In fact, the 2017 learning objectives for their Certified Scrum Product Owner Certification by Scrum Alliance states, "Teach that the role of the Product Owner is typically played by the customer, or customer representative, such as a product manager." I’ve trained dozens of teams who are using SAFe and I have never seen this work well.

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Understanding how Design Thinking, Lean and Agile Work Together

Mind the Product

It’s the way it has been codified into rituals and certifications, and rolled out mindlessly that misses the point. Be stubborn on the vision, but flexible on the details.”. In military operations, it’s called disciplined initiative , and soldiers train so they can practise the movements of combat. The ideas of Agile are great.

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Understanding Product Management

The Product Guy

Mushrooming of training sessions and certifications on PM reflects the situation quite well. . Often, this is due to resource constraints rather than a lack of understanding of a PM role. Product definition thus varies from organization to organization which causes confusion and frustration within product organization.