Product Management

3 credits · Graduate

This course introduces students to the core skills and activities of a product manager (PM) by means of hands-on projects, interaction with industry professionals, lectures, exercises, group projects, outside content. Topics include critical PM skills (team building, strategy, value proposition definition, product design, execution, roadmap planning, cross-functional team management, communication), organizational navigation, and interviewing. This course requires the execution of a major team project, typically with an outside company. The core deliverables in this course will focus around typical PM work output, such as strategy, product requirements definition, roadmap planning, prioritization, and go-to-market planning.