Join my Workshop "Get into Product Management" here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/get-into-product-management-from-overwhelmed-to-confident-tickets-687221216157?aff=oddtdtcreator
If you want to get into product management but are overwhelmed by all the information out then I got you :) With this video I want to share the main skills, and mindsets you need to become a product manager. We also cover design thinking, product management vs project management, why you should NOT become a product manager, how product management can be different across companies, and what a week in the life of a Product Manager can really look like.
It's a LONG video so feel free to skip to the chapters most relevant to you...
CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Intro
01:42 - My Journey into Product Management & Struggles
03:24 - Core Skills of a Product Manager
10:31 - Transferrable (Soft) Skills you can bring from any Job
13:26 - How Product Management can vary across Companies
17:09 - Basics of Design Thinking & why knowing it can make you a better PM
20:25 - Product Management is not Project Management
23:16 - Don't Become a Product Manager if you...
28:35 - Why you will want to throw your laptop out of the window sometimes
29:34 - Realistic Week in the Life of a Product Manager
31:50 - Outro
RESOURCES:
Agile: https://www.atlassian.com/agile#:~:text=Agile%20isn%27t%20defined%20by,or%20an%20ideal%20team%20size.
Scrum: https://scrumguides.org/scrum-guide.html
Design Thinking: https://www.interaction-design.org/literature/topics/design-thinking#:~:text=Design%20thinking%20is%20a%20non,solutions%20to%20prototype%20and%20test.
Best Free Resources for Product Managers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IVwwass0PA&t=175s
Join my Workshop "Get into Product Management" here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/get-into-product-management-from-overwhelmed-to-confident-tickets-687221637417?aff=oddtdtcreator