Product Manager Nanodegree Program

Welcome to the Product Manager Nanodegree program! In this lesson, you will learn more about the structure of the program.

This lesson is an introduction to Product Management-- what it is, why it matters, and a brief history. This lesson also provides an overview of course 1 for the PMND

This lesson covers the role and responsibilities of a PM. The lesson will also cover other functions that PMs frequently interact with, as well as artifacts that PMs create align the team on what to build and what the product needs to do.

This lesson covers how to make sure that you are solving the right problems by understanding the market, the user, and business goals to identify opportunities. There really is no shortage of problems that could be solved-- but one of the hardest things to do is decide what not to solve.

This lesson covers Vision & Strategy for Product Development. We’ll also discuss how to map out your business model and different options for capturing revenue. Additionally, we’ll also talk about how to measure your progress through KPIs

This lesson covers Communication Skills for Product Managers, including: listening, storytelling, persuasion, presentations, and negotiation.

Project Description - Pitch a Product Vision

Project Rubric - Pitch a Product Vision

This lesson is an overview of the Design Sprint process, identifying the right problems to bring into a Design Sprint, and how to work effectively with Designers.

This lesson covers the first phase of the Design Sprint -- Understanding. You'll get an overview of this phase, and learn several methods to increase understanding

This lesson covers the second phase of the Design Sprint -- Define. You'll get an overview of this phase and learn methods to create focus and define outcomes.

This lesson covers the third phase of the Design Sprint -- Sketching. You'll get an overview of this phase and then you'll learn how to sketch, brainstorm and pick ideas to sketch out in more detail.

This lesson covers the fourth phase of the Design Sprint -- Deciding. We'll get an overview of this phase and learn methods to narrow down and converge on one idea.

This lesson covers the fifth phase of the Design Sprint -- Prototyping. You'll get an overview of this phase, learn more about the different methods of prototyping, as well learn best practices

This lesson covers the sixth phase of the Design Sprint -- Validating. You'll get an overview of this phase and learn how to validate your concept from both a user and a feasibility perspective.

You’ve made it through all the phases of the Design Sprint. This lesson will focus on how to bring it all together and what will happen next

For this course, you will be running a Design Sprint to further develop a concept to address an opportunity that you have identified.

Project Description - Run a Design Sprint

Project Rubric - Run a Design Sprint

In this lesson, you will learn a combination of frameworks and powerful soft-skills that are often under-valued to build your credibility to lead, influence and manage stakeholder expectations during the product development process effectively.

In this lesson, you will learn about popular development methodologies. You will be able to collaborate with the development and QA team effectively when you combine this knowledge with how teams develop and deploy products, and how team use issue and project tracking tools (e.g JIRA, Basecamp, Pivotal Tracker, Trello) to manage work.

In this lesson, you will learn how to craft user stories with detailed acceptance criteria and how to identify various requirements beyond usability requirements that go into creating non-user stories for the scrum team to develop and test. Another important skill set of PM is understanding API documentation to define the scope without relying on development team members completely to understand

In this lesson, you will learn how to manage different backlogs (product backlog, sprint backlog). Learn frameworks that can be used to conduct an objective prioritization of incoming requests, and how to determine the priority of bugs to manage stakeholder expectations accordingly.

Project Description - Manage the Product Development Process

Project Rubric - Manage the Product Development Process

This lesson covers how to set up a launch process. We'll also discuss how to scale a product and finish by looking into how we can identify the risks in our launch plans and what we can do to mitigate them.

In this lesson, we will discuss how Product Managers and the Marketing team work together. We'll also talk about the go-to-market strategy, understanding the competition, acquisition channel strategy and pricing strategy.

We are getting closer to the launch date! Now we need to bring in the teams that work more closely with our customers and users.

This lesson covers launch day, post-launch feedback, and how to use feedback and metrics from the launch to set the next steps for the product

For this project, you will simulate a product launch. You will develop a go-to-market strategy, outline a launch plan, identify potential problems and define the next iteration of the product.

Project Description - Deliver a Product to Market

Project Rubric - Deliver a Product to Market

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Project Description - Improve Your LinkedIn Profile

Project Rubric - Improve Your LinkedIn Profile