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

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!

Actual

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

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.

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.

Fantastic PM book

This book is incredibly insightful, helps lay the ground work for anyone wanting/already is a PM, and gives numerous warnings they there is no one "right" way. you can tell a PM wrote this , one that struggled and succeeded and struggled again

One of the best on the subject that I have found so far

Having worked my way through several books hoping to provide a framework, I appreciated the pragmatism and candor on offer here. Recommend

Inspiring and insightful

This book awakened the inner leader in me. I had no idea about some of the practices mentiined in here and it lit up some areas that need to be revised. Most of all this book encouraged me to keep going on this journey.

This book changed my mindset

I feel seen as a pm for the first time. These insights have helped me daily to be better PM within my SAS company.

love the real world examples and the actionable checklist at the end of each chapter.

practical situations and tips

narrator is brilliant, real life scenarios with different paths are very valuable. short and practical