Product Management Foundations
If you’re a working product manager in the early stages of your career it’s difficult to understand what to focus on first – our remote Foundations sessions will help you master the skills you need to excel in the craft of product management.
Product Management Foundations is a remote training workshop taking place over two half-days. Each module includes a lecture component on theory and practice, interspersed with hands-on activities where you’ll work through your own product challenges. This means that you will have the opportunity to apply and work with concepts in a setting that will answer questions and facilitate critical thinking.
What Will I Learn?
- Get a firm understanding of your role as a product manager – know you’re asking the right questions, and gain the confidence you need to make those all-important decisions.
- Learn the core overarching product processes needed for getting a good product out of the door, including the key skills, tools, and frameworks required and how to decide which ones to use and when.
- Learn how to hone your product management core team communication skills, how to think about “culture as product”, and in turn foster a team that is geared towards continuous improvement.
Course Curriculum
Product Development Lifecycle
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The stages of the product lifecycle and how they fit into your role
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Learning Mindsets and how they apply at each stage of the product lifecycle
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Evolving your craft as a product manager
Goals Alignment
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OKRs vs. KPIs vs. Metrics
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Breaking down business goals for your product
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Aligning the team and organisation around goals
Hypothesis and Testing
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Crafting an effective hypothesis
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Ways to test your hypothesis
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Planning a valuable experiment
Product Roadmapping
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Understand the purpose of a roadmap
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Determine the right structure for your product roadmap
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Facilitate a collaborative roadmap creation and update process
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Identify outcomes and themes out of features and solutions
Your Role in the Team
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How to lead without authority
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Cultivating psychological safety
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Nurturing creativity