Key resources for technology product leaders

Here are few product management resources, articles, blogs that I have come across and follow, and I believe these are useful to every product manager, including the aspiring ones. These resources have helped me to understand the dynamics of product management in detail and helped me to transition from software engineer/architect to a technical product manager and eventually a product management leader.

General

• Understanding the role of product manager by Martin Cagan
• Becoming a product manager, Want to be a product manager? Do a project by Ellen Chisa
• Changing role of product management through product evolution by Christina Wodtke
• 4 types of product managers
• The evolving product manager role by John Cutler
• Product management career advice from Hunter Walk
• Art of product management by Sachin Rekhi
• 4 laws of software economics by Rich Mironov

Market/Validation

• What is market? Picking a market, and Size matters by Christina Wodtke
• The hunt for Product market fit, Design customer validation by Sachin Rekhi
• The real product market fit by Michael Seibel
• Product discovery by Teresa Torres

Strategy

• What is good product strategy? by Melissa Perri
• You have been handed a bad product strategy. What to do next by Jim Semick

Planning/Analysis

• Business model canvas
• SWOT analysis
• Strategies for prioritizing product features by Jim Semick
• Product prioritization used a Pandora by Tom Conrad
• How we setup work by Jason Fried
• Modern project management for product managers by Sachin Rekhi

Design

• Jobs to be done , Intercom about Jobs to be done
• Empathy maps by Demian Farnworth
• Why design?, Good design, Design the beginning, and many more by Julie Zhuo
• Design thinking by Tim Brown

Pricing

• Pricing for software product managers
• Software pricing demystified by Eran Galperin
• How not to price your product by Vadim Katcherovski
• How to develop SaaS pricing model, Pricing strategy for SaaS startups by Lincoln Murphy

Success/Metrics

• Product success, Product scorecard by Martin Cagan
• Practitioner guide to NPS by Sachin Rekhi
• Balanced product scorecard by Roman Pichler

Development

• Right way to ship software by Jocelyn Goldfein
• Design your development process for learning by Sachin Rekhi
• The end of enterprise IT, Integrations does not scale by Mary Poppendieck
• Are you an engineer or a developer by Swizec Teller (most part of development team doesn’t get it)

Product team, culture, organisation

• Product vs IT mindset by Martin Cagan
• Best product managers are truth seekers by Sachin Rekhi
• Self thought product manager by Bo Ren
• Foster the sense of purpose instead of creating sense of urgency by Kimber Lockhart
• Building product team by Steven Sinofsky
• Consider your point of view as temporary by Jeff Bezos & Jason Fried
• Discipline of saying No , From managing products to managing product managers by Martin Cagan
• Rethinking product management by Lex Sisney
• Mindfulness tips for product managers by Roman Pichler
• The innovation dead end by Jocelyn Goldfein
• Leadership, trust and pronouns by Rich Mironov

Blogs (that are helpful, and motivate you when you badly need it)

• Steve Blank
• Ken Norton’s Doughnuts
• Martin Cagan/SVPG
• Ben Horowitz
• Sachin Rekhi
• Jayson Fried
• Christina Wodtke
• Ellen Chisa
• Hunter Walk
• Tom Tunguz (SaaS)
• Rich Mironov
• Andrew Chen
• Julie Zhuo
• Gokul Rajaram
• Satya Patel
• Jocelyn Goldfein
• Roman Pichler
• Blair Reeves (B2B)
• First Round Product Review
• The Signal
• Intercom
• Product plan blog
• Lean essays
• UXdesign
• Product management 2.0
• Institute of Product Leadership

Hope you find them useful. Patience and finding a mentor is key during the transition. Wish you all the best for aspiring product managers.