Blogs and Articles
The following pieces have influenced my thoughts on product management and have taught me new methods, processes, and tools to make me more effective.
| Steven Sinofsky on Building Your Product Team Steven Sinofsky | Great description of key success factors from a highly successful career product manager |
| What makes someone a great product manager at Google? What are the necessary and ideal qualities to have? Rob Ennals | What makes a great Product Manager at Google |
| 10x Not 10%; Product management by orders of magnitude Ken Norton | What kinds of impacts are meaningful to identify, a great case study of Kodak (remember them?) |
| Let’s talk about Product Management Josh Elman | Role of product management from the perspective of a VC and former PM |
| What’s a Senior Product Manager’s job? Blair Reeves | I think Amy B originally found this one. But great perspective on the role of a Sr. PM and what gets you to that next level. |
| Are “Product Manager ” and “Product Owner” roles the same one or is there any difference between what they both do? Pham Dinh Truong | Differences between PM and PO. |
| Applying Leverage as a Product Manager Brandon Chu | Great POV on where PM work is most impactful. |
| 6 Things Dev Teams Want Product Managers To Do Matthew Cordasco | What development expects and also does not want from PMs |
| Behind Every Great Product Marty Cagan | Importance of PM to product success and a few great case studies |
| Books for Product Managers; Essential product management reading` Ken Norton | Great reading list. |
| 4 D — Product Management Framework Febryanto Chang | Good discussion of a product development process/framework |
| 20 Product Prioritization Techniques Folding Burritos | A list of the most common models for prioritization techniques and how / where to apply them. |
| How to Define Your Product Strategy Gibson Biddle | A great 12 part series on the fundamentals of product management and lessons learned from an industry luminary. |