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The Basics of Product Management: How to Think About Products

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Whether you’re an entrepreneur looking to build a new product, a product manager looking to improve an existing product, or even a customer thinking about buying a product, it’s critical to be able to rationally assess a product.  Product thinking is a fundamental skill for all product development, and all product management interviews will ask a potential hire to use this thought process to improve an existing product or design a new product.

This class will introduce the basics of product thinking and go over examples of how to apply it to real-world scenarios.  No prior knowledge is required, and this is a basics class for potential product managers and first-time entrepreneurs.

A handout template is provided to help you apply product thinking.

Syllabus

  • Introduction
  • Understand the Product
  • Identifying the Customer
  • Define Success
  • Define the Pain
  • Pick Your Pain
  • Brainstorm Solutions
  • Prioritize and Pick a Solution
  • Summarize Your Solution
  • Conclusion

Taught by

Josh Anon

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