Behind Every Great Product by Marty Cagan
Inspiring stories of what product management is all about - bringing value to customers and company. Remember you're responsible for bringing the value not story points.
The Five Belts Of The Product Owner by Chris Lukassen
Product owners come in different "shapes." Identify your "belt" and what in-front of you to succeed.
Every product needs a vision. As a PM you need a vision even if nobody else bothered.
Rethinking Product Management: How to Get from Start-up to Scale-up by Lex Sisney
The comprehensive guide to the types of product managers. Use it to identify your strengths and build on them. (it was actually posted in 2015 but if you missed it - it's a must read)
True agility is about survival. Keep on moving and re-inventing yourself or...
Your product is a reflection of your organization structure. Keep on improving your PM processes.
You will always have more ideas than resources to realize them. Remember that DYI costs a lot.
There is nothing worse than an engineered product nobody uses. Before you build stuff, make sure a problem exists.
Scaling The Product Owner Role by Roman Pichler
For complex and big products one PO/PM might not be enough. Scale your product function the right way.
For complex and big products one PO/PM might not be enough. Scale your product function the right way.
Your customers don't need graphs, they need insights. Think if conversational UI could help your customers better complete their goals.
Product quotes in 2016
"What happened was that many people would go to a short and simple CSPO training, and come out of that understandably considering themselves product owners. Nothing wrong with that if they just realized that this prepared them only for the Agile rituals the product owner has to perform, but for many, that’s not what happened. For many product owners, they actually thought this meant they were trained as product managers." - Marty Cagan
"AI would not paint as Picasso, but neither have you. It just needs to be better than an average." - Des Traynor
"Product managers, please make yourself uncomfortable." - Ken Norton
“Innovation is not just about sweeping changes. People value small updates and fixes and that they were involved in that journey. You build goodwill because you’re taking action. In today’s world helping is the new selling, and customer experience is the new marketing.” - David Cancel
Video content
Top 10 Product Talks of 2016 by Mind the ProductIf you're into video content, check this list full of PM wisdom from the biggest community of product managers on the planet.
Fast Company channel on YouTube by Fast Company
Advert-size bites of video on building a company, on products and on social media. Good humor on the way.
Audio content
Product management knowledge comes in all possible shapes, including audio. Here is a list of Product Management Podcasts for you to benefit from while on the go.
Even more Product Management in 2017
2016 was a fruitful year for Product Managers. More and more companies realize the critical role product management plays for the success of their enterprises. Product management community continues growing with more ambitious professionals seeking to improve their product skills. 2017, hopefully, would bring even more success cases, new best practices, and productive networking to our friendly community.