Associations
Product Development and Management Association (PDMA): The PDMA has a global reach, with membership in more than 50 countries and offers those in product development networking, career development and industry insights.
Product Management Institute: Our courses are designed to guide you through the most common and challenging topics product managers encounter, through practical, light-hearted videos and helpful frameworks.
Association of International Product Marketing and Management (AIPMM): Promotes worldwide excellence in product management education and provides value to its individual members, corporate members, strategic partners and sponsors by providing valuable content, training, education, certification and professional networking opportunities.
Books on Product Management
The Design Of Everyday Things
by Don Norman
Lean, Rapid and Profitable New Product Development
by Robert G. Cooper, Scott J Edgett, Laura Brady
Winning at New Products: Creating Value Through Innovation
by Robert G. Cooper
Product Design and Development
by Karl Ulrich, Steven Eppinger
Innovation Management and New Product Development
by Paul Trott
New Products Management
by C. Merle Crawford, C. Anthony Di Benedetto
“Hi there! I’m a product manager living in Los Angeles, have a great dog named Jack, and I like piña coladas. (And gettin’ caught in the rain.) However, my passion is developing products that make customers go “Wow!”
– Jane Binksy
…another quote:
The Innovative Doohickey Company was founded in 1971, and has been providing quality doohickeys to the public ever since. Located in Buildit City, IDC employs over 2,000 people and develops all kinds of awesome products for the tinkering community.
– John Bobson