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Rules EDITED BY BRIAN LAWLEY PN [ee], gy 280 GROUP PRESS 42 Rules of Product Management Learn the Rules of Product Management from Leading Experts from Around the World By Brian Lawley and Greg Cohen y PROLIBRIS PUBLISHING MEDIA | Rules Are Meant to Be Broken... g Work on Products You Are Passionate About... 6 Rule 3 Beware the “Requirements Death Spiral"... iH 8 Rule 4) Think Like an Entrepreneur. .. 10 Rule 5! Learn to Say "No" to Customers . Rule 6) Product Management is | inherently Potiticar Rule 7/ Thore Is a Fine Line between Knowing HtAlland Being a Know-t-all .. Rule 8) Market Resoarch Must Be Actionable .... 18 Rule 9) The Two-Week Rule. Rule 10/ Market Needs, Not incividuel Requests... 22 Rule 11) No Sun Rule 12) Be Data-Driven by the Consumers of Your Product. ‘ Rule 13) 90-360-3. .. Rule 14) Creativity Opens Up More Possibilities... 30 Rule 15) Get Your Hands Dirty. Rule 16) Get Out of the office | 42 Rules of Product Mansgeriont » Rule 17 | You Do Not Own Your Product . Rule 18) Carve Out "Think" Time | Rule 19 Get the Markot Segmentation Right! . Rule 20) Clarify Product Positioning Rule 21 | Define and Align Your Roles and Responsibilities . Rule 22 | Write It Down! Rule 23 Make Sure You Have Clear Priorities. Rule 24) Salespeople Don't Just Want to Make Lots of Money . q Rule 25 Create a Culture of Openness Rule 26 Align Your Product Strategy with the Company Strategy—Then Sell it .........54 | Rule 27 | Short, Standardized Cycle Times Drive Predictability ........., 56 { Rule 28) Find Market Problems Worth Solving .... Rule 29 Business is Not a Democracy. . Rule 30) Agility Is Key to Product Management Success........ +62 Rule 31/ Tap into Your Customers . é, 64 | Rule 32 Determine Your Marketing Approach Early and Wisely soe 66 Rule 33 Let the Customer End the Debate Rule 34 | Ditferontiation isn't Enough, You Have to Be Better . Rule 35) Act Like a Child .. Contents Rule 36| Decide What You Are Going to Do | and Not Do .. . 74 Rule 37 Trust and Leadership Through Good Relationships 76 Rule 38. Great Execution Trumps a Great | Product Idea . .. 78 Rule 39| Be All You Can Be ......----- - 80 Rule 40 I Can See Clearly Now: The Power | of Transparency - + 82 Rule 41| Always Be Learning. .. 84 Rule 42, These Are Our Rules. What Are Yours?.... 86 ‘Appendix A| Contributing Authors. . Appendix B| The Product Management Manifesto . Appendix C | Product Management Resources... Appendix D| Product Management/Marketing | Templates eaacage sree gz ‘Appendix E | 280 Group Services . - 104 | Appendix F | References . . 106 | Authors Asatte Aor 108 | YourRules| ite YourOvn Res 110 Books | otner Happy Abou! Books vecee 2 42 Roles of Product Management ve Back when | started my career as_@ product | manager, things were quite different then they are foday. There were no books ot training courses. There were no product management associations, | blogs, or newsletters, Email was justin its infancy, fend the World Wide Web was merely an Gxperiment being conducted by a small group of | elite technologisis. The only way that you learned how to be a great product manager was by trial and (Glen ani arr Gexasoay, you wee lucky, you would have 2 manager who could teach you the sublletias and mentor you (I had several and they made a huge difference in my career). [nn tnngs hve sarge. Tee a Ks Oa ee oe poe wae | afer, rene, “pate. Prati pote ete te cartes ae peeerret es er oitdiys te sees eee ee et oa a Se tele Wee at tray prem | management experts who have emerged that are | enthusiastic about sharing what they have leamed sayeth ‘The goal of this book is to expose you to the | wisdom and knowledge from a group of the world's [Heading product management experts. Among the contributors, there are leading authors, professors, E CEOs and vice presidents, bloggers, consultants, Wainers, and even a few salespeople and | engineers. In total. there are over five centuries of collected wisdom represented here. | To put the book together, we reached out to a large | number of people throughout the world. (Ifyou were | not included, piease don't be offended. Email us | and fet us know so we can include you in future projects lke this.) 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