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AI is reshaping industries and products: This book helps Product Managers understand how to use AI tools to plan, design, and deliver great products. It explains the AI stack and strategic frameworks for integrating AI features into products; how to use GenAI to perform customer discovery, market research, and prototyping; and how the Product Development Life Cycle and the Model Development Life Cycle intersect when creating AI-driven products. This is not a theoretical textbook based on research: it is a practical guide for Product Managers to learn what AI can do and how to implement AI ...

The revolutionary “Red Book” that helped a generation work smarter, better, and faster—now expanded and updated with new stories, new ideas, and new methods to radically improve the way you and your company deliver results If you’ve ever been startled by how fast the world is changing...

This audiobook is your complete guide to modern Agile product and project management—designed for leaders, practitioners, and students who want to master how products are conceived, built, and scaled in the era of AI. Drawing on real-world case studies from startups to Silicon Valley tech giants, it explains not only what Agile is, but how it drives business value, accelerates delivery, and enables innovation powered by generative AI and intelligent agents.

**Corrected fourth edition** As some readers noted, there was a problem in the formatting of the third edition. Those are fixed now. Sorry for the trouble. Are you taking on the role of an Agile Product Owner? Looking to learn how to be a great one? Look no further... Thousands of books have been written about Agile software development and Agile project management. In nearly every one of these books, mention is made of the importance of the product owner, and how without this third piece to the puzzle the whole scheme falls apart. In fact, some of the literature will tell you that if you ...

In Project to Product, value stream network pioneer and technology business leader Dr. Mik Kersten introduces the Flow Framework - a new way of seeing, measuring, and managing software delivery. The Flow Framework will enable your company's evolution from project-oriented dinosaur to product-centric innovator that thrives in the age of software. If you're driving your organization's transformation at any level, this is the audiobook for you.

The Concise Reads Management Series gives us some of the important tools in the management tool belt including problem solving, communicating, and building a team. The guides are concise on purpose and should take you no more than an hour or so to read but the principles within them take weeks and months to master. These are essential principles to find success as a manager or leader and therefore it is important that you absorb them and turn them into habits. Agile Software Development: It wasn't until 2001 when seventeen software developers met at the Snowbird resort in Utah and put ...

Welcome to the Third Edition of the Technical Program Manager’s Guide to Success. This guide is designed to take you on a complete journey through the world of Technical Program Management from foundational concepts to advanced strategies, and ultimately, to the evolving future of the role. Whether you are just stepping into a TPM role or looking to refine your expertise, this book provides both knowledge and practical tools that you can apply immediately in your career.Here’s what you can expect along the way: Introduction & Foundations Build a clear understanding of the TPM role and ...

"No one asked you to show up." Every experienced product manager has heard some version of those words at some point in their career. Think about a company. Engineers build the product. Designers make sure it has a great user experience and looks good. Marketing makes sure customers know about the product. Sales get potential customers to open their wallets to buy the product. What more does a company need?

This book is for the inspiring product manager. Someone who wants to build a career in a purposeful direction and develop their skills in a dynamic work environment. Working as a jack of all trades, product managers collaborate with all the key arms of the business, from sales and marketing, to engineering and design, legal, as well as presenting to upper management. They are enablers, strong communicators, and a well-rounded source of knowledge and expertise. The role is not without its drawbacks, but overall, it’s a job that constantly challenges and energizes you. It leaves you buzzing...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the authors of Click and former Google Ventures partners, Sprint presents a unique five-day process for solving tough problems, proven at more than a hundred companies. Entrepreneurs and leaders face big questions every day: What’s the most important place to...

What is it about the top tech product companies such as Amazon, Apple, Google, Netflix, and Tesla that enables their record of consistent innovation? Most people think it's because these companies are somehow able to find and attract a level of talent that makes this innovation possible. But the real advantage these companies have is not so much who they hire, but rather how they enable their people to work together to solve hard problems and create extraordinary products. 

Drawing on hard-won insights from years in the trenches at Amazon and beyond, Zero Bullsh*t Program Management strips away the fluff to give you field-tested strategies for leading programs that deliver. Whether you're a new Program Manager looking to skill up quickly or a seasoned leader exploring fresh approaches, you'll get direct, actionable guidance on: Crafting a program charter that aligns your team Defining metrics that matter and using mechanisms to drive progress Managing up, down and sideways to keep stakeholders engaged Spinning up pilots to test new ideas and scale what works ...

Game development isn't just about ideas and creativity. It's about survival. It's about turning your vision into a product that retains, monetizes, and scales—without burning out your team or going broke. The Game Product Management Handbook gives you the real-world systems, mental models, and growth frameworks used inside studios that ship and scale. No fluff. No theory. Just tactics forged through 16 years of painful pivots, missed payrolls, and unexpected wins.

Requirements Engineering (RE) is a core discipline of Software Engineering, and the most overlooked. Requirements work is the basis for all other software development disciplines. A requirement failure has a cascading impact on the project. The PMI states that poor requirements management is the main cause of project failure. This book introduces Requirements Engineering from a practical perspective, with exercises and case studies. The content was prepared from the authors' practical experience and industry references such as the PMBOK, the BABOK, and all the content of the IREB CPRE-FL (...

This book will help you become a better product leader. Benefitting from Roman Pichler’s extensive experience, you’ll learn how to align stakeholders and guide development teams even in challenging circumstances, avoid common leadership mistakes, and grow as a leader. Written in an engaging and easily accessible style, How to Lead in Product Management offers a wealth of practical tips and strategies. Through helpful examples, the book illustrates how you can directly apply the techniques to your work.

Harness the potent power of Kanban and Scrum with this bundle and take your project-management skills to the next level.

Around the world, product teams are waking up to the same uncomfortable truth: doing things “the right way” doesn’t matter if your team loses its funding or your company goes out of business. Simply put, product teams can no longer afford to be disconnected from the business impact of their work. And well-trodden “best practices” from Silicon Valley behemoths can only provide so much guidance for teams working across vastly different business and funding models.

Wouldn’t you love to use all your skills, including leadership, communication, prioritization, organization, and teamwork? Your vision and the ability to execute on it are key to managing winning projects, not the degrees and certifications you have. You’re the one who would take all the resources and leverage them to fit all the pieces of the project puzzle together.

Engineering isn’t broken because people stopped caring. It’s broken because product thinking got lost. In a world where shipping is fast but impact is rare, Product Driven offers a new model for engineering leadership. One built on outcomes, not output. If you’ve ever led a software team and wondered why the work feels disconnected, why your best engineers start coasting, or why everything still flows through you no matter how senior your team gets, this book is your roadmap out.

Scrum is the most widely adopted Agile framework in the world. It is easy to understand and yet, difficult to master. Having trained thousands of professionals across the world and helped them implement Scrum in their organizations, the authors provide practical, succinct, and effective answers to 50 of the most common questions about Scrum. This book is for Scrum practitioners, Scrum Masters, Product Owners, and Agile Coaches who want to refine their expertise and to take Scrum to the next level. Includes an interview with Jeff Sutherland, co-creator of Scrum Sprint Your Way to Scrum will ...