Not so long ago, the job of product manager was about assessing market data, creating requirements, and managing the hand-off to sales/marketing. Maybe you鈥檇 talk to a customer somewhere in there and they鈥檇 tell you what features they wanted. But companies that manage product that way are dying.



Digital Product Management: Modern Fundamentals
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Instructor: Alex Cowan
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How to create the actionable focus to successfully manage your product
How to focus your work using modern product management methods
How to manage new products and explore new product ideas
How to manage and amplify existing products
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There are 4 modules in this course
As a product manager, you and your team will always have more ideas and more requests than you can possibly manage. Making matters still more complicated, part of your job is to develop and then 鈥榮ell鈥 a particular view of what should happen with your product to diverse stakeholders (engineering, marketing, etc.). How do you do it? Success requires an actionable, testable focus. The successful product manager identifies vivid, testable customer outcomes and creates focus around them. This week we鈥檒l show you how to interface effectively with all your stakeholders to create that actionable focus.
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24 videos1 reading3 assignments2 discussion prompts
You鈥檝e probably heard that the days of 鈥榖uild it and they will come鈥 are over. But what exactly should you be doing instead? There鈥檚 no shortage of material out there on how to be innovative--but you only have so much time. This week we鈥檒l step through the method鈥檚 today鈥檚 most successful product managers are using and give you tips to 鈥渟ell鈥 those methods to your stakeholders. We鈥檒l also show you how to analyze growth, engagement and monetization using qualitative and quantitative methods. You鈥檒l finish the week with an understanding of which methods to apply when and hear from practitioners who are using these methods to make breakthrough products.
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19 videos4 assignments1 discussion prompt
Something on the order of 9 out of 10 new products fail. Those sound like daunting odds, but through disciplined exploration an effective PM knows how to make even the improbable probable. This week we鈥檒l show you how to apply your understanding of modern PM methods to exploring new product ideas. We鈥檒l step through customer discovery, idea testing/validation, early development, and business model design. By the end you鈥檒l have a durable process you can both execute and communicate to your team.
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15 videos4 assignments
If you want a product that does more than make a big splash, you鈥檒l need to apply what you鈥檝e learned here every week, every sprint to keep that product fresh and relevant. It鈥檚 not hard to let a great product get sidetracked and become irrelevant to its users--this happens all the time. Some figures show the portion of features on successful products that are regularly used to be well under 50%. Yikes! In this week, we鈥檒l look at how successful product managers keep their products fresh and focused on valuable outcomes for their users. You鈥檒l learn how to put a focused, sustainable, program in place to keep your product competitive.
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Reviewed on May 20, 2019
I liked the course content, even though i do not work - yet - with product. It gave me a good overview of what to expect in the near future, when i expect to be able to put the knowledge into action.
Reviewed on Nov 6, 2020
Very well structured course with a meaningful overview of methods and approaches to digital product management. I will certainly implement some if not all of what I learned in my own organization.
Reviewed on Feb 5, 2021
I really enjoyed this course! The content was interesting and relevant and excellently delivered by Alex Cowan in the videos. I'm looking forward to working through the rest of this Specialization
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