Product Management Resources
This list was compiled thanks to Sefi Keller
Books
GENERAL
Root cause of failure - “should we build this feature?”
3 things to make your product great
https://vimeo.com/228831629, don’t get stuck :)
Which idea is better? Compare them
The best potential metric to move the needle
Tool for product strategy, because, while, without by trees medium
One metric is not enough for growth, i.e., “What actions could we take to lead to our users to..” and “Input metrics are leading indicators and output metrics are lagging indicators. By definition, it can take time for the output to reflect positive or negative changes in the inputs.”
Get metrics
Break output metrics into inputs
Understand and monitor tradeoffs
better decision tree and a metric that tells us when and how someone will churn.
Grammarly vs other solutions, in depth analysis of qualities
Long and complex theory about how to do good or bad decisions
Achieve product market fit, a product that satisfies the market, 2
Dont ask your users if they like it, let them say what they like
Asking better research questions
Visual vocabulary for product building - lots of theory and figures
Dau, mau, stickiness, wau, wau stickiness, cac, etc
OUTCOMES
NORTH STAR METRIC
Product Market Fit
What makes things work, pmf rather than sales.
Escaping the build trap - designing features, doing more agile work without a brain is not a value for the client, using analytics can help us understand of a feature has value.
Asking the right questions and asking the client why are they leaving
Beginner reading list
A living list of product management resources
Good Product Manager/Bad Product Manager
The Three Jobs of Product Management
The 6 types of Product Managers. Which one do you need?
Product strategy means saying no
https://medium.com/@sebastienphl/my-product-management-reading-list-2017-cb874975c635
https://productcoalition.com/product-management-interviews-68541a46da2b
https://productcoalition.com/the-best-product-management-podcasts-a7cfe0dffdbb
https://productcoalition.com/the-product-management-reading-essentials-90b537ffec62
Minimum Viable Product Manager
Advanced reading list
https://medium.com/pminsider/usability-pro-tips-7b4eb2cc63c4
https://blackboxofpm.com/managing-and-developing-product-managers-2f9a3963fab6
https://medium.com/product-manager-hq/product-managers-are-also-products-bfba0c19636d
https://blackboxofpm.com/product-management-mental-models-for-everyone-31e7828cb50b
https://blackboxofpm.com/making-good-decisions-as-a-product-manager-c66ddacc9e2b
https://productcoalition.com/anatomy-of-a-great-user-story-f56fb1b63e38
https://hackernoon.com/where-do-product-ideas-come-from-d035c8d6b2e4
https://medium.com/swlh/practicing-the-art-of-the-lazy-product-manager-part-2-2e21dd4345eb
https://medium.com/stellarpeers/give-an-example-of-a-good-and-not-so-good-product-2a36c56cffb1
https://productcoalition.com/how-i-formulate-and-use-my-product-requirement-docs-c52692564d0e
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