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Product Management Skills
Martin Eriksson defines product management as the intersection between business, technology, and user experience. He believes that a good product manager must be experienced in at least one of these areas and passionate about all of them. But what exact skills does a product manager need? From communication and strategic thinking to prioritisation and analytical skills, the list is long. This content looks at product management skills in different ways. Assess your product skills today If you'd like to assess your own product skills, check out our free Product Skills Toolkit. Designed to help you assess your skills and take the next step on your product learning journey, the toolkit includes a PDF download, video tutorials, and an email series.
Why emotional connection drives successful products: Nesrine Changuel at #mtpcon London (Google, Spotify, Microsoft)
Louron Pratt
Finance skills for product people
In this article, Product Leader Simonetta Batteiger shares how to align product decisions with financial success using key metrics and business case modelling.
Simonetta Batteiger
Sunday Rewind: Growth as a product person
Eira Hayward
Sunday Rewind: Show your true innovative colours by Julia Shalet
Eira Hayward
Sunday Rewind: How to make product decisions with transparency and trust by Ellen Gottesdiener
Eira Hayward
SUNDAY REWIND: Overengineering can kill your product
This week’s Sunday Rewind is a 2021 post from engineer turned product manager Simon Munoz in which he looks at why products get over-engineered and at ways in which you might prevent it from happening.
Eira Hayward
Going beyond the Now-Next-Later roadmap with Phil Hornby
Product coach Phil Hornby gave an insightful presentation on roadmaps at ProductTank Cologne earlier this year, analysing different types of roadmaps and offering advice on what they should contain.
Eira Hayward
Upskilling for product managers – tips and tricks
Wherever you are in your product career, you must have felt the need to refresh your skills or learn new ones. Sirisha Dinavahi, a Product Manager at Egencia, shares her tips for keeping on top of your skill set and keep up with the times.
Sirisha Dinavahi
Apple under attack: what should product managers do?
What are the implications for product managers of the various legal challenges to Apple's walled garden approach?
Eira Hayward
Top product management reads in March
From questioning the mantras of product gurus through to finding product/market fit with AI, here’s a look through our top product management reads this month.
Eira Hayward
Common misconceptions about product management
What do product managers do really well, and what do other people think they do? We asked around and here's what you told us.
Eira Hayward
SUNDAY REWIND: Humility and personal resilience in product
This week’s Sunday Rewind is a look back to two talks from our 2022 Hamburg conference, MTP Engage, in which product leaders share two different perspectives on the mental qualities you need as a product manager.
Eira Hayward