Product Management

I’ve accumulated a number of great articles and content on product management. Below are some that I like to refer to from time to time.

Updated Nov 2021

On The Role

• Great PMs don’t spend their time on Solutions
• Product Manager You Are …
• Principles for Decision-Making in a Flat Organization
• Everyone Should Read Customer Support Emails
• Product Management Is Not Project Management
• Critical Customer Touchpoints for a Successful Product Launch
• Presenting for Product Managers – Develop Your Skills for Every Situation 💲
• What distinguishes the Top 1% of product managers from the Top 10%?
• What Makes a Great Product Manager
• Product Management Career Ladders at 8 Top Technology Firms
• The GPM Role
• Reflecting on a Career in Product Management

Prioritization & Planning

• Why Feature FOMO Stalls Product Innovation
• RICE: Prioritization for Product Managers
• Prioritization for Product Managers: Are we Doing it right? 💲
• Feature Creep Isn’t the Real Problem

Design Thinking

• Design Thinking Bootleg (pdf)

Outcomes

• Outcomes as Enablers of Business Impact

Hiring & Applying

• How to Hire a Product Manager - The classic essay on the role of product management
• Sample Product Manager Interview Questions
• Developing as a Product Manager
• What to do in your first 30 days as a Product Manager
• How to respond to the interview question “what question do you have for me?”
• Questions to determine product culture in an organization

Guides

• Intercom on Product Management (pdf)
• A hitchhiker’s guide to product management
• Transitioning into Product Management — A Beginner’s Guide
• StellarPeers - Product Management Interviews
• Learn Product Management
• Product Collective

Books for Product Managers

• Essential product management reading by Ken Norton
• Outcomes Over Output by Joshua Seiden
• Secret Product Manager Handbook by Nils Davis
• Best Books for Product Managers by Product Collective
• The Mom Test by Rob Fitzpatrick

Templates and Documents

• A selection of templates and frameworks by Lenny Rachitsky
• Product Specs – PM’s Weapon of Choice
• Product Management Library for Notion

Threads on Product Management

• What is product thinking and how does one get good at it by Julie Zhuo
• Getting great at managing product managers by Clair Vo