Alex HaarOct 30, 20153 min read
A living list of product management resources
Sorting through books, blogs, tweets & videos so you don’t have to.
This is a list of product management blog posts, podcasts, and other resources that I’ve found useful in learning and growing as a product manager.
Shoot me a note if you have resources you love and don’t see here.
General PM Resources
People
Other Lists
- The Definitive Guide to Definitive Product Management Guides (so meta, I know)
- Ken Norton’s Books for Product Managers (added Jan 3, 2016)
- I love product management
- Essential reads for product people and their colleagues
- 50 Articles and Books that will Make you a Great Product Manager
- 40 (or thereabouts) Useful Links for Product Managers (added Nov 3)
- Seven books every MBA student needs to read (added Nov 3)
- The 7 Psychology Books Every Product Person Should Read (added Nov 5)
Podcasts
- The most epic collection of podcasts for startup founders
- Rocketship.fm — Interviews with Entrepreneurs about Funding, Growth, Sales, and Startup Life
- Inside Intercom Podcast
- This is Product Management
- Product Hunt Radio
Blogs
Books
- Intercom on Product Management
- The 10 books every product manager should read
- Intercom on Product Management (.pdf)
- Intercom on Customer Engagement (.pdf)
- The Checklist Manifesto
- Start with Why
Playbooks
Videos
Websites
Specific PM Topics
What is a PM?
- Let’s talk about product management
- Good Product Manager, Bad Product Manager (pdf)
- A Product Manager’s Job
- The Past and Future of Product Management (added Nov 6)
- What is a day in the life of a Product Manager like? — Quora
- The Role of A Product Manager
- Evolution of the Product Manager
- 27 Thoughts on Product Management
- I Am a Product Manager
- The Product Management Triangle
Breaking into Product Management
- How do I become a product manager? — Quora
- How do I become a product manager?
- What is the best product manager career path?
- 3 steps to landing any product manager interview
- Genevieve Sheehan on creating her own path
- How 5 product managers got their start
- How I became a PM — Ellen Chisa
- How to hire a product manager — by Ken Norton
Women in Product
Measuring Success
- How to Make OKRs Actually Work at Your Startup
- The Product Scorecard
- What metrics can be used to measure the performance of the Product Management team in your company? — Quora
Roadmap & Prioritization
- This Product Prioritization System Nabbed Pandora 70 Million Monthly Users with Just 40 Engineers
- The Product Manager’s Guide to Smart Product Roadmap Prioritization
- Product Management: What are the best ways to prioritize a list of product features? — Quora
- Product Management: What are the best ways to prioritize a list of product features?
- The Time Value of Shipping (added Nov 3)
Customer Journey
- UX Mastery: How to Create a Customer Journey Map
- Customer Journey Map: A Key Tool for Providing Excellent Customer Service
- Smashing Magazine: All About Customer Journey Mapping
- Eurail Customer Journey Map
User Research, User Experience & User Interface
- A Non-Exhaustive CX Bibliography (added Nov 30, 2015)
- Best sources to learn UX
- Every Product Company Needs To Do Research
- Lean vs Design Thinking
- The Design of Everyday Things
- The Design of Everyday Things (book)
- Don’t Make Me Think (book)
- UI Talks
- Invisible design: why is less more?
- Copywriting for UX (added Nov 30, 2015)
Analytics
- Lean Analytics Cycle
- Slack’s First Product Manager on How To Make a Firehouse of Feedback Useful
- Lean Analytics Cycle
- Lean Analytics Workshop — Alistair Croll and Ben Yoskovitz
- Google Ventures workshop: Lean analytics — YouTube
Specs
- How do product managers generally write their specs? What are some good techniques?
- The specification is dead, long live the specification
Leadership
