The Phenomenal Product Manager: The Product Manager's Guide to Success, Job Satisfaction and Career Acceleration

by Brian Lawley

Product management is one of the most dynamic and exciting careers around. Yet many product managers find themselves frustrated because of the unique challenges it presents. There are many books on the mechanics and core principles of product management, such as how to gather and write requirements, build roadmaps and perform other tasks. But there is no book that tells you the rest of the story -- the strategies, tactics and techniques that will turn you into a great product manager.'The Phenomenal Product Manager' goes beyond the basics and teaches you how to work more effectively with your teams, how to influence when you have no formal authority, how to get the most important work done in less time and how to manage and accelerate your career. Based on the author's twenty years of product management experience as well as perspectives from the world's leading product management experts, 'The Phenomenal Product Manager' is a must-read for every product manager who wants to be more successful and enjoy their job more.

Genres: Business

106 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 1, 2009

About the author

Brian Lawley is recognized as a thought-leader and authority on the profession of Product Management and Product Marketing. He is the CEO and Founder of the 280 Group, author of six best-selling Product Management books, including Product Management for Dummies and one of the creators of the Optimal Product Process™. He is also the former President of the Silicon Valley Product Management Association (SVPMA), was awarded the AIPMM Award for Thought Leadership in Product Management, and has been featured on World Business Review and the Silicon Valley Business Report.

Reviews

[Remi Monophaz · Rating 1 out of 5]

I get this book in a list of reference book given by the 280 group during a training. Should have seen that the author is the CEO of the same group. Really useless and waste of time. Silly advice as « give some food and gadgets to the engineers » or « lunch with the powerful guys in your Company. Don’t hang out with losers ». Really distasteful.

[Seif Abdelghany · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very nice book with several good time management and product management techniques but it focuses only on Tech industries

[PeterO · Rating 2 out of 5]

Funny. I was at Product Camp in San Jose some months back and I noted that several people recommended this book. What I should have noticed was that those people were the author and other consultants at his company. It may have inspired a thought or two but it was not work the time or money.

[Dmitry · Rating 2 out of 5]

Good overview about what to Product Manager should do, without needed details about how to do that and how to do that well.