Product Management First Steps

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Free Online Course: Product Management First Steps provided by LinkedIn Learning is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 1-2 hours worth of material. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from LinkedIn Learning. Product Management First Steps is taught by Doug Winnie.

Overview
  • Explore the role and responsibilities of a product manager. Learn what product management is, what a product manager does, and how to manage the product life cycle.

Syllabus
  • Introduction

    • Become a product manager
    1. What Is Product Management?
    • Types of products
    • Product versus project
    • How the industry impacts product management
    2. What Does a Product Manager Do?
    • All about a product manager
    • Leading through influence as a product manager
    • Your core product management team
    • Your extended product management team
    • Build products with agile or waterfall
    • Your product life cycle
    • Manage your product lifecycle
    3. Research
    • Develop a strong research plan
    • Research plan examples
    • Plan a product research customer meeting
    • Open a product research customer meeting
    • Pitch your product idea to the customer
    • Summarize customer meeting findings
    • Present your customer meeting findings
    4. Plan
    • Identify versions, releases, and sprints
    • Define your product sprints
    • Prioritize product features
    • Create product requirements and stories
    • Review your product plan
    5. Build
    • Monitor progress using a burndown chart
    • Identify issues using a burndown chart
    • Test your product with users
    • Certify your product for release
    6. Release
    • Define your go-to market
    • Position your product to personas
    • Release your product
    7. Refine
    • Talk to your users and non-users
    • Evaluate product usage analytics
    • Use Net Promoter Scores
    • Planning product updates
    8. Retire
    • When it's time to retire a product
    Conclusion
    • Going deeper into product management