Product Management Resources
This is a compilation of other resources to help you learn how to be a good product manager. If there are any other resources you think should be listed here, contact me and let me know. (I can't promise I'll list it here, but I'd love to hear about it.)
On this page:- Recommended webinars + presentations ↓
- Recommended videos ↓
- Recommended articles ↓
- Recommended books ↓
- Recommended blogs ↓
Recommended product management webinars
I presented two webinars as part of The Product Management View: FeaturePlan webinar series.
- Ten Tips For New Product Managers: Recording and more information; view the slides and download them on Slideshare
- Ten Traits of Good Product Managers: Recording and more information; view the slides and download them on Slideshare
Other recommended product management webinars and presentations:
- User Experience and Product Management: Two Peas in the Same Pod? I presented this at the 2011 St. Louis User Experience conference, based on a similar version I presented at the 2006 conference.
Recommended product management videos
- The Product Manager, from Office Space: From the classic movie Office Space
comes this humorous and slightly-simplified spoof of what it is that product managers do.
Recommended product management articles
I've written a few articles on product management:- Transitioning from User Experience to Product Management, Part 1
- Transitioning from User Experience to Product Management, Part 2
- Articles from the Silicon Valley Product Group
- Articles from The 280 Group
- Articles from Daniel Shefer
- Articles from Blackblot
Recommended product management books
There are lots of good books on product management, but a few of my favorites are on this Amazon Product Management Listmania list I put together.
Recommended product management blogs
There are a large number of blogs that focus on product management issues. Here are my favorites, along with some great blogs that don't focus just on product management but frequently touch on issues very appropriate for product managers.
- Ask A Good Product Manager: Your product management questions answered
- Brainrants: Rants from brainmates, an Australian product management consultancy
- Cauvin: Roger Cauvin’s blog
- Lead on Purpose: Leadership and product management, from Michael Ray Hopkin
- On Product Management: By Alan Armstrong, Ethan Henry, and Saeed Khan
- PDMA Blog: Blog from the Product Development and Management Association
- Practical Product Management: A blog on practical Product Management, with special emphasis on managing requirements; from Accompa, a requirements management software vendor
- Product Focus Soapbox: Rants and raves on best practice in product management
- Software Product Manager by Gopal Shenoy: Practical software product management tips
- SVPG Blog: Blog from the Silicon Valley Product Group
- The Accidental Product Manager: From Dr. Jim Anderson
- The Cranky Product Manager: The ugly side of software product development
- The Product Pulse: For Innovation & The Product Portfolio
- Tyner Blain: Focusing on Requirements and Software Development; from Scott Sehlhorst
- UC Berkeley Product Management Resources: Not a blog, but a good set of product management resources
- Where the Product Management Tribe Gathers: By Jim Holland
