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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.

Decoding the 10 secrets of effective product management

Decoding the 10 secrets of effective product management

Being a Product Manager leader in an organization is similar to sailing uncharted waters, where innovation, strategy, and collaboration converge. To excel in this multifaceted role, one must master a set of secrets that go beyond textbooks and theories.

Tarun Thapar

SUNDAY REWIND:  Designing a sustainable future by Leyla Acaroglu

SUNDAY REWIND: Designing a sustainable future by Leyla Acaroglu

This week’s Sunday Rewind is a #mtpcon keynote in which designer and social scientist Leyla Acaroglu describes how we can better understand the world’s greatest challenges by employing Systems Thinking.

Eira Hayward

The analytics alchemy : Transforming product through data

The analytics alchemy : Transforming product through data

With data the driving force behind the decision-making and sustainable development of a product, all product managers need to understand metrics and be data savvy. Ishita Choudhary provides an introduction

Ishita Choudhary

SUNDAY REWIND: Impossible outcomes by Bruce McCarthy

SUNDAY REWIND: Impossible outcomes by Bruce McCarthy

This week’s Sunday Rewind is a keynote from #mtpcon Digital Americas in which author Bruce McCarthy analyses the learnings of product-led organisations that achieved the impossible and changed the world

Eira Hayward

September's top product management content

September's top product management content

From what it means to be a product leader to how to make product discovery a habit, here’s a look at our most popular articles published over the last past month.

Eira Hayward

The experience IS the product

The experience IS the product

There's a fundamental truth at the core of product management, says Phillip Keiken - whatever your product it's the experience it delivers that counts

Phillip Keiken

Mastering the product tango: Navigating vision, constraints, and customer cravings

Mastering the product tango: Navigating vision, constraints, and customer cravings

In this post, Rudra Roy Choudhury explores the twists and turns and the highs and lows, unlocking the keys to product vision.

Rudra Choudhury

SUNDAY REWIND: The 3 stages of product development at a high growth tech company by Cameron Adams

SUNDAY REWIND: The 3 stages of product development at a high growth tech company by Cameron Adams

In this 2021 #mtpcon Digital APAC keynote, Cameron Adams, Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer at Canva shares the strategic tools needed to manage products through an organisation’s growth.

Eira Hayward

The great fallacy: “I’m the CEO of the product!"

The great fallacy: “I’m the CEO of the product!"

While a product manager should embody many traits of a CEO, says Phillip Keiken, he explains why they are - most emphatically - not the CEO of the product.

Phillip Keiken

Internationalising products: Experiences after building digital products for over 30 countries

Internationalising products: Experiences after building digital products for over 30 countries

From displaying dates and times, local payment systems through to customer mentality, internationalising a digital product can be fraught with issues to trip up the unwary. Ismail Monzon gives us a run through of some of the problems he's had to deal with when launching in new markets.

Ismael Monzon

Analysis paralysis and how to avoid it

Analysis paralysis and how to avoid it

We take a look at some ways you can understand and improve your decision making and avoid getting stuck in analysis paralysis

Eira Hayward

Onwards and upwards: Navigating the changing product landscape

Onwards and upwards: Navigating the changing product landscape

Has product management changed, or does it need to? We look for some answers to the current questions about the effectiveness of product managers

Eira Hayward