30 Things a Product Manager Should Know

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Taken from 200 Things an Architect Should Know an article I’ve read many times. It got me thinking that of the things apply to Product Management. Here’s a selection:

1. The Gini coefficient.
2. The color wheel.
3. What the client wants.
4. What the client thinks it wants.
5. What the client needs.
6. What the client can afford.
7. Why.
8. The meaninglessness of borders.
9. The reasons for their tenacity.
10. The need for freaks.
11. It is possible to begin designing anywhere.
12. Sentence structure.
13. How to get lost.
14. The pattern of artificial light at night, seen from space.
15. Creation is a patient search.
16. Many ideas about what constitutes utopia.
17. How to listen closely.
18. How to escape a maze.
19. Fear.
20. The proper way to behave with interns.
21. Three good lunch spots within walking distance.
22. The value of human life.
23. Who pays.
24. Who profits.
25. What to refuse to do, even for the money.
26. The fine print in the contract.
27. The idea of too far.
28. The idea of too close.
29. What makes you happy.
30. The components of a comfortable environment for sleep.

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