Product Management Resources

This is a curated list of product management resources including frameworks, interviews, books, products, career preps, etc. I collated from few popular sources (Open Product being the main inspiration) and have added few of my own favourites.

Core 1: Product Management

Core 2: Resources

Resource Repositories

Product Management Toolkit - Curated directory of tools and resources for Product Managers by Product Managers
Software Product Management Stack - A curated list of Product Manager articles and resources
End-End Product Management Lifecycle - A list of articles from what is it to becoming a great Product Manager
(invalid link) The One-Stop Product Management Guide (http://www.digitalfriday.co/productmanagementguide/) - A framework and list of articles to help product managers build, grow and manage digital products
Harvard Business School PM 101 - Online resource repository from Harvard Business School PM 101 course (old site)
Harvard Business School PM 101/102 - Online resource repository from Harvard Business School Product Management 101 & 102 (PM 101/102).
Product Management Processes - A knowledge base of product management processes, tools and templates.
ProductNotion - Loads of ready-made Product Management templates for Notion.so

Design

Kindling - Idea management tool
(invalid link) Designer News Market(https://www.designernews.co/stories/74282-designer-news-market-is-coming-to-a-close) - The best design resources for your next project
Designer Mill - Collection of free design resources
Muz.li - Designers’ Secret Source
Design Research Technique - Huge repository of design techniques for every project stage
Design for the Web - Guide to web design by Mark Boulton.
Visage 3.0 - The design tool for content marketers. Template System for Brand Design
Figma - The collaborative interface design tool. Design, prototype, and gather feedback all in one place
Form - Interaction & prototyping design tool for iOS apps.
Facebook Design Resources - A collection of free resources made by designers at Facebook
Coverr - Beautiful, free videos for your homepage background.
Better Error Pages - Build free 404, 503 and maintenance pages in 60 seconds
Adobe XD - An end-to-end free solution for designing & prototyping
UI Movement - The best UI design inspiration, daily
IconStore - Free icon packs by first-class designers

Development

Craft - Collaborative Place for Product Managers - Agile Product & Project Management Software
Meteor - The Fastest way to build Javascript Apps - open source platform for web, mobile, and desktop.
Design+code - Learn design with courses
Teaching App Development with Swift - A Github-hosted curriculum on Swift for teachers by Apple (These materials are out of date and are no longer maintained.)
Android Studio - The official IDE for Android application development
Xcode 7.0 - iOS Development - Swift 2 and SDKs for iOS 9, watchOS 2, and OS X 10.11
Web Starter Kit by Google - Boilerplate & Tooling for Multi-Device Development (Web Starter Kit is no longer supported.)
Beginning iOS Programming - Books and courses, learn to build an iOS app from scratch.
Haskell for Mac - Functional programming without the hassle.
Code4Startup 2.0 - Learn to code by cloning real-life startups (PRO version)
One Month Rails - The easiest way ever developed to Learn to Code in just one month
Teach Yourself To Code - Learn to code with tutorials recommended by programmers
Codecademy App - Learn to code on your iPhone anywhere.
Designers How - learn the latest design techniques in tools like Sketch, Framer, Swift, and more
Codecademy’s Learn the Command Line - Learn how to control your computer with the command line!
(invalid link) Your First Web App(https://yourfirst.io/) - Pulling your hair out trying to learn how to code?
The Step-By-Step PM Guide to Building Machine Learning Based Products - 6 step guide to get started in achieving business goals with machine learning.
AnimationEngine - Easily build advanced custom animations on iOS.

Mockups and Marketing

moqups - A streamlined web app that helps you create and collaborate on wireframes, mockups, diagrams and prototypes.
Typeform - Generate surveys in seconds.
Balsamiq - Rapid wireframing tool.
Tweetdeck - Power-user interface for Twitter.
Flinto for Mac - The prototyping tool designers have been waiting for.
EdisonPlan - The ultimate tool to plan & launch your product.
Precursor - A real-time collaborative prototyping tool
LaunchKit - A set of web-based tools for mobile app developers, now open source!
StartupResources.io - Tightly curated lists of the best startup tools

Team Management

Airtable - Spreadsheet, meet database.
Trello - Trello makes it easy to organize anything with anyone
Google Drive, Docs, sheets etc. - Create and share your work online and collaborate on literally any type of content
Slack - Team communication for the 21st century
Ramen - Ask your users questions while they’re on your website. The best way for SaaS product teams to learn from customers
Evernote - Note taking made easy
Keynote - Make awesome presentations quickly
Quip - The productivity suite for the mobile generation
(invalid link) Do (http://do.com/) - Run Productive Meetings.
Box Notes - Create documents, take notes and share ideas in real-time.
Realtime Board - Web-based whiteboarding & team collaboration tool
Smartsheet - Microsoft Project alternative, best used for scheduling and resource management
Zenkit - Better Trello, with Mindmaps

Analytics

Matomo - Number 1 all-in-one free web analytics platform (Piwik is now matomo)
KISSmetrics - Understand what people are doing on your website and products, and deliver behavior-based engagement every step of the way.
(invalid link) Analytics for Optimizely (http://www.optimizeapp.co/) - Your Optimizely A/B tests on your iPhone.
Google Analytics by SumoMe - The easiest way to see your Google Analytics.
Google Analytics 360 Suite - Enterprise analytics for your marketing.
People Analytics - One place to understand your users.
Usage Analytics in appFigures - Track usage for your app along side downloads, ranks & more.
Baremetrics for Slack - Subscription analytics, insights & notifications in Slack.
Beam - Tell your stories with beautiful charts.
Fabric mobile app by Twitter - Real-time analytics and stability alerts for your app.
Stream - Analytics for feeds.
Mobile Dashboards by Mixpanel - Monitor your key metrics, everywhere you go on your iOS device
The golden rule of A/B testing: look beyond validation - Run successful, statistically accurate A/B tests.
Heap Analytics - Heap lets you automatically capture every user interaction from web, mobile, and cloud services.
Snowplow Analytics - Open source web, mobile and event analytics platform.

Podcasts

Design Details Podcast - A show about the people who design our favorite products.
AngelList Radio - Kirill Makharinsky - What factors can predict a company’s future success
Exponent - Get Off My Lawn! - How Snapchat has built it’s product effectively
HOW TO MAKE SURE YOU ACHIEVE YOUR GOALS - 6 practical ways we can make sure you achieve your goals
What I Know Best - Catherine Pao - Growth Product Manager At Blue Apron - Product & growth lessons from DigitalOcean, Fab & BlueApron
FemgineerTV: Episode 2 - How to Make Smart Tradeoffs When Developing Software Products - Interview with former Director of Engineering at Facebook
The James Altucher Show #160: Ashlee Vance - Elon Musk and the quest to save mankind
Product Hunt Maker Stories - Matt Mazzeo - Future of VC, breaking into tech/VC, & more
Growth Everywhere - The Strategy That Skyrocketed Hotjar to $1 Million ARR in 6 Months - How David Darmanin Grew Hotjar To $1 Million ARR in 6 months
Yours Productly - Shardul Mehta, VP Products at Diamond Mind - Shardul Mehta on Product Canvas, Why Products Fail, His Upcoming Book and a Lot More
Products That Count - By Sophie-Charlotte Moatti - A podcast for product makers, data-minded thinkers and innovators.
This is Product Management - By AlphaUX - The podcast for product teams.
Agile Uprising Podcast - They cover all topics associated with Agile. From the Manifesto, to the frameworks, to the values and principles.
mindtheproduct.com Podcasts - Podcasts by mindtheproduct.com
Masters of Scale with Reid Hoffman - How do companies grow from zero to a gazillion? Legendary Silicon Valley investor / entrepreneur Reid Hoffman tests his theories with famous founders.

Core 3: Real Life Product Management

Interviews

Janna Bastow on “How to Get into Product Management” - A conversation between Janna Bastow, founder of ProdPad and previously a product manager / consultant
Eva Andreasson on “How to Get into Product Management” - A conversation between Eva Andreasson, Senior Product Manager at Cloudera, and Jason Shah, Product Manager at Yammer
Teresa Torres on “How to Get into Product Management” - A conversation between Teresa Torres, Vice President, Products at AfterCollege and a product consultant
Wil Keenan on “How to Get Into Product Management” - A conversation between Wil Keenan, Senior Product Manager at Change.org and Jason Shah
Chris Lee on “How to Get into Product Management” - A conversation between Chris Lee, Product Manager at Dropbox, and Jason Shah
Raj Ramachandran on “How to Get into Product Management” - A conversation between Raj Ramachandran, Director of Product at Kidaptive and former Product Manager at Zynga
Pascal Carole on “How to Get into Product Management” - A conversation between Pascal Carole, Product Manager at Microsoft / Yammer and former engineer at Microsoft, and Jason Shah
Jackie Bavaro on “How to Get into Product Management” - A conversation between Jackie Bavaro, Product Manager at Asana, and Jason Shah
Jason Evanish on “How to Get into Product Management” - A conversation between Jason Evanish, Product Manager at KISSMetrics, and Jason Shah
Ryan Hoover on “How to Get Into Product Management” - A conversation between Ryan Hoover, Director of Product, PlayHaven and Jason Shah
Marty Cagan and others on why they love the role, what they look for when hiring graduates, and the advice they offer prospective Product Managers

Product Case Studies

Building an Enterprise Product: Yammer’s Development Methodology - Jason Shah, product manager at Yammer, shares aspects of Yammer’s product development methodology.
Product Hunt’s Rise - Case Study - Product Hunt’s Rise
Facebook Case Study - Facebook Analysis and Study
Twitter Case Study - The Twitter Case Study from the Dimensions of Strategy Series
Early Google Case Study - Google Case Study
Amazon Case Study - Amazon Case Study
Apple iPod Case Study - Apple Case Study
Netflix Case Study - Netflix Case Study
Box Case Study - Box Case Study

Sample Product Documentation

How I would grow Thumbtack’s Customer Side of the Marketplace — Product Spec - Sample Product Spec about Thumbtack
Global Lynda - Sample Product Requirements Document
Global Lynda - Sample Company Context and User Personas
Global Lynda - Sample Metrics Case Study
Global Lynda - Sample Language Rollout Phases
Global Lynda - Sample Go-to-Market Plan
Product Hunt - Sample Early Product Spec from Ryan Hoover, Product Hunt
A Usability Test, with Recommendations for Improvement of Skyscanner’s Mobile Flight Search & Booking App - Sample product break-down with usability testing by Mark Stephan
Yahoo! Let’s put some Bots in that beautiful Messenger App - Product Spec - Sample Product Spec about Yahoo
Usability Test on Product Hunt for iPhone - Sample Usability Test on Product Hunt
A Usability Test for Yelp’s iOS Application - Sample Usability Test for Yelp
A Usability Test, with Recommendations for Improvement of Skyscanner’s Mobile Flight Search & Booking App: Part I - Sample Usability Test on Skyscanner
LinkedIn Groups Product Spec - Designing LinkedIn’s Next Killer Feature to awake the other 300M users

Groups

Product Led Institute - Product-Led Growth is a go-to-market strategy that relies on using your product as the main vehicle to acquire, activate, and retain customers
Mind the Product - Mind the Product Community Website and Blog
Product School - Product School Company Website
Designer Chat - The Designer News community in a private Slack chat
Product Manager HQ - Product Manager HQ - Slack group
Product Camp - Product Camp Community Website and Blog

Core 4: Get the Job

Career Prep: The Interview

Get Product Management Interview Prep Coaching - Book an interview prep session with a product expert for your upcoming interviews
Preparing for PM interviews: how to get there in 15–20 hours - Preparing for PM interviews
Product Alliance’s Hacking the PM Interview Course - 16hrs of video lessons and 62 pages of strategy guides on how to answer ANY question thrown your way.
How to Prepare for PM interviews - How to Prepare for PM interviews
How to become a Product Manager (for college students) - How to become a Product Manager (for college students)
Cracking the PM Interview - Book based on getting a PM career
The Ultimate Guide to Product Manager Interview Questions - PM Questions to Practice
The PM Interview - Set of Questions + Timer to practice your PM skills.
The Ultimate Guide to Product Manager Interview Questions - Quora PM Questions
4 Questions I Always Ask When Interviewing Product Managers - 4 Questions to ask a PM
Interview Question Prep for PM Interviews - Prep Questions from Rafi Lurie, APM at Uber.
How To Get A PM Job With The Yammer Mafia - In-person - How to Join The Yammer PM Mafia
The Best Student Activity for Product Managers By Jackie Bavaro - The Best Student Activity for Product Managers
Acing the Product Management Interview - Allan Hui
7 Steps: Interview Strategy to Get into Product Management With No Experience - Afroz Mohammad
Product Management Job Interview Exercises - Free repository of PM job interview questions and answers
Exponent - Exponent offers online courses, a free interview questions database, and a Slack community for mock interviews.

Product Management Resources

Core 1: Product Management

What Is Product Management?

Is It Really For You?

Building Great Products

Get Out Of The Building

All About Those Requirements

Roadmaps, Planning, and Prioritization

How To Work With X

User Experience

Give and Receive Feedback

Shipping and Measuring Products

Organizing Your Team

Become The Best In The Field

Minimum Viable Product Manager (MVPM)