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Thankful for Product Management

The Product Bistro

My original entrance into Product Management I was an early 30’s applications engineer who jumped into the that role from life as an analytical chemist and process engineer at a wafer fab. Then the original recruiter that got me into product management reached out to me again. But she pointed them at me.

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Product Managers Discover Older Customers

The Accidental Product Manager

If this is the case, what you have done to make it easy for them to use your product? If the answer is “nothing”, then you are like many other product managers who have not taken the time to study their customers and customize their products for their unique needs.

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Celebrating the Birth of Product Management With the Industry Leaders of 2020

Product Management Unpacked

Just a few months ago, CMU MS in Product Management Program celebrated a very special day – 05/13/31. McElroy wrote a memorandum that gave birth to the field of Product Management. Steve Johnson Founder & CEO @ Under10 Consulting. Jeff Lash VP and Group Director, Product Management Research @ Forrester.

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B2B Product Manager March 2021

Product Management University

The performance of product management and the ripple effect (positive and negative) on engineering, marketing, sales and customer success is front and center this month. Enjoy The B2B Product Manager March issue. Blog: High-Octane Product Management. Product Management Playbook.

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Hooked - How to Build Habit-Forming Products

Speaker: Nir Eyal, Author of Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products

Hooked, the book, is based on Eyal’s years of research, consulting, and practical experience. He wrote the book he wished had been available to him as a start-up founder—not abstract theory, but a how-to guide for building better products.

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Should I Be A Consultant or A Product Manager?

PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

Considering a career in management consulting or product management? What Each Role Does Day To Day Product Manager Product managers (PM) lead and influence teams to build enticing products. Consultant Consultants are in the business of advising people in a specific field.

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Pre-Product Market Fit: Ten Great Books for Product People

The Product Coalition

If only books on product management had labels that say “pre-PMF” or “post-PMF”. Here are 10 great product books on pre-product market fit (pre-PMF)! ?? Competitive analysis: “Blue ocean” (Kim, Mauborgne) Don’t get stuck into consulting matrixes. Time goes by, runway decreases. Are any books missing?

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Use Discovery and Delivery to Experiment Our Way to a New Normal

Speaker: Johanna Rothman, Management Consultant, Rothman Consulting Group

We know how to plan for where we want to be for a product (delivery). And, we know how to plan to discover a market (discovery). When we focus on experimentation, small bets, and short feedback loops, we can create the kinds of products our customers will love. Right now in 2020, those plans might not be worth anything.

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Building Products Your Customers Love with Empathy and Human Insights

Speaker: Lija Hogan, Customer Experience Consultant at UserTesting & Daniele Hohol, Senior Product Manager at UserTesting

Product teams are continuously under tight deadlines to quickly validate new ideas, features and offerings to innovate successfully, ensure product market fit, and avoid rework. In this session, you will learn: The critical areas during the product design and development process when you need to reach out to customers.