Summary of Matt Lemay's Product Management in Practice

By IRB Media

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.

Book Preview: #1 The day-to-day practice of product management involves a lot less building than it does supporting, facilitating, and communicating. In this chapter, we discuss the actual, real-world practice of product management.

#2 A product manager is responsible for the success of a product. They may organize meetings, negotiate product roadmaps with senior executives, and work with their colleagues in sales and customer service to understand and prioritize user needs.

#3 As a product manager, you are responsible for the success or failure of your product. You must lead through influence, not authority, which requires developing a different set of skills and approaches.

#4 As a product manager, you are responsible for the success of your team and product. This means you must do whatever needs to get done to ensure their success, even if it doesn’t fall neatly into your written job description.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Feb 24, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669352488

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Insights on Matt Lemay's Product Management in Practice

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The day-to-day practice of product management involves a lot less building than it does supporting, facilitating, and communicating. In this chapter, we discuss the actual, real-world practice of product management.

#2

A product manager is responsible for the success of a product. They may organize meetings, negotiate product roadmaps with senior executives, and work with their colleagues in sales and customer service to understand and prioritize user needs.

#3

As a product manager, you are responsible for the success or failure of your product. You must lead through influence, not authority, which requires developing a different set of skills and approaches.

#4

As a product manager, you are responsible for the success of your team and product. This means you must do whatever needs to get done to ensure their success, even if it doesn’t fall neatly into your written job description.

#5

As a product manager, you must translate between the needs, perspectives, and skill sets of your stakeholders and users. You must understand their communication styles, their sensitivities, and the differences between what they say and what they mean.

#6

The role of a product manager is to be the mini-CEO of a product. However, you must act like a mini-CEO without the same importance. You are entirely dependent on the trust and hard work of your team, and that trust can be easily squandered if you carry yourself like a big important boss.

#7

product management can be a frustrating field for those who come from the never mind, I’ll just do it myself school of problem-solving. It can be difficult to trust others when you’re in charge of a product, and it can be frustrating to have to collaborate with others.

#8

As a product manager, you will rarely be given clear guidelines and instructions. You must instead