How To Become A Technical Product Manager

See how to manage cutting edge software, database, and artificial intelligence products

What you'll learn
Answer foundational questions about Technical Product Management
Understand how the role connects the business with technology
See how technical product management relates to Scrum, agile and project management
Review core technology concepts such as software development, databases and statistics
See some of the latest concepts in technical product management such as Design Thinking and Lean Startup
Requirements
Have a basic understanding of Product Management
Description
This course is about taking your first steps to become a technical product manager. It starts by going over some basic questions such as what is a technical product manager? Then you'll see how the role connects the business with technology. You'll see how technical product management relates to Scrum, agile and project management. Then you'll get an overview of some core technology concepts such as software development, databases and even statistics. Finally, you'll see some of the latest concepts in technical product management such as Design Thinking and Lean Startup. If you're interested in becoming a technical product manager for cutting edge products, then this course is a great place to start.This course was created by Doug Rose who has written four books on technology and management as well as working as a consultant and coach for fifteen years.  Doug has taught versions of this course at several Fortune 100 companies as well as at the University of Chicago, Syracuse University and Emory.Topics include:The Role of a Technical Product ManagerHow to Bridge Technology and BusinessHow Agile and Scrum fit with Product ManagementWhen to use a different Delivery ApproachUse Design Thinking with your ProductWhen to use Lean Startup or KanbanNewer ideas in Databases and SoftwareHow to Approach Artificial Intelligence Products

Overview

Section 1: A Technical Product Manager

Lecture 1 Bridge Technology and the Business

Lecture 2 The Role of a Technical Product Manager

Lecture 3 Defining the Scope of the Product

Lecture 4 How it's different from a Product Owner

Section 2: Understanding Product Delivery

Lecture 5 Project Management

Lecture 6 The Software Development Lifecycle

Lecture 7 Embrace an Agile Mindset

Lecture 8 Deliver Products with Scrum

Lecture 9 Deterministic vs. Empirical Product Delivery

Section 3: New Trends in Product Design

Lecture 10 Use Design Thinking

Lecture 11 Follow a Lean Startup

Lecture 12 Organize your work with Kanban

Section 4: Popular Technical Products

Lecture 13 User Experience and Interface (UX/UI)

Lecture 14 Software development

Lecture 15 Application Programming Interface (API)

Section 5: Common Technology Tools

Lecture 16 Top Databases

Lecture 17 Using Statistics

Lecture 18 Artificial Intelligence Products

Section 6: Next Steps

Lecture 19 Becoming a Technical Product Manager

Product Managers, Project Managers or anyone else working in technology or Product Management