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The Making of Product Managers: Negar’s Story

The Product Coalition

This is a free sample story from my book The Making of Product Managers. Then she decided to acquire technical skills in web development to get closer to the product development process. When Negar joined the startup, there were only five employees and no product managers. Unfortunately, there were none.

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Communicate Your Vision with an Internal Roadmap

The Product Coalition

Participants: Senior Leadership (required), Product Manager (required), Product Owner (optional) Guiding Question: What is the purpose of this platform and how does it support company goals? Let’s use an existing product launch to illustrate how to apply this framework.

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How to Become a Director of Product

The Product HQ

Becoming a director of product requires years of experience managing products and working with other product managers. That gives you the experience and expertise to get to the next level, where you start managing other product managers. Let’s get started.

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Software vs. Hardware: The Role of PMs Across Various Products

ProductPlan

Regardless of whether you’re building products for software, hardware, or services, product managers of every stripe are considered the driver of a product’s strategic development and the single source of truth for questions, requests, and feedback related to their products. What is software product management?

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Ask an Expert: The Tools and Tricks Every Remote Product Team Needs

Gainsight

Steve is an author, speaker, and product coach, as well as co-creator of the popular product management and marketing frameworks from Pragmatic Institute and QuartzOpen. In my first product management job, I was based in Virginia and my developers were in California. Although it was a long flight—I could leave D.C.

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Transitioning to Product from a Functional Role

Mind the Product

If you speak to five product managers about how they got their jobs, you’re likely to receive five different answers. Transitioning from a functional role such as marketing or engineering to product can seem daunting, especially if your education and experience aren’t specifically tailored to product, but it can be done.

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TEI 164: How qualitative research drives product management & the next generation Hyundai Santa Fe – with Heather Kluter

Product Innovation Educators

From Glamor Moms to a successful product launch with ethnography. One of my early product experiences began with user observations. It was the start of what became a very successful product. It was the start of what became a very successful product. There was also a changing of the guard regarding management.