Product Management in Practice

A Real-World Guide to the Key Connective Role of the 21st Century

By: Matt LeMay

Narrated by: Mitchell Dorian

Product management has become a critical connective role for modern organizations, from small technology startups to global corporate enterprises. And yet the day-to-day work of product management remains largely misunderstood. In theory, product management is about building products that people love. The real-world practice of product management is often about difficult conversations, practical compromises, and hard-won incremental gains.

In this book, author Matt LeMay focuses on the CORE connective skills - communication, organization, research, execution - that can build a successful product management practice across industries, organizations, teams, and toolsets.

For current and aspiring product managers, this book explores:

• On-the-ground tactics for facilitating collaboration and communication
• How to talk to users and work with executives
• The importance of setting clear and actionable goals
• Using roadmaps to connect and align your team
• A values-first approach to implementing Agile practices
• Common behavioral traps that turn good product managers bad

©2018 Matt LeMay (P)2020 Upfront Books

Actual

Great advice. Actual advice, not just theory. Check this out. I can relate to almost everything that is written in this book

Just the book I needed

As a new PM I really needed a book that went into detail on how to deal with conflict, communication and how position myself for success as a PM. Most of the books I’ve read are so general but this one really helped me understand the tactical ways I can address these issues. Thank you for this book!

This book is a decent introduction to the PM role

i think that this book serves as a good introduction to the product management role.
a seasoned pm might read/ listen to this book as a nice reminder to some product related practices.

PM Diaries

It’s was a great narration and there was a lot to unlearn, learn and re learn. In the end it is a great resource for anyone in the PM world irrespective of of your years of experience.

Great book & narration

As a new Product Manager, I find the topics discussed in this book to all be front and center in my day to day job. Everything in here is really good advice. Thank you.

Also I enjoyed this narrator. I found out that he did the narration for another O’Reilly book about product management leadership, so I’m going to listen to that too because I liked this narrator.