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1 | Title | Producer | Commentary | Focus | Type | |||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Learning about users and their needs | GDS | Start here | Role | Short read | |||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Government Design Principles | GDS | These will keep you right | Role | Short read | |||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Product manager roles and skills | HMG | Product management roles and skills needed in government | Role | Short read | |||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Public Sector Product Manager's Cookbook | Tom Hubbard-Green | A practical guide for product managers working in the public sector (particularly central government and the NHS) in England. | Role | Long read | |||||||||||||||||||||
6 | The black box of product management | Brandon Chu | Things a product manager does | Role | Short read | |||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Why Chefs and Soldiers Make the Best Product Managers | First Round Review | Values of good product managers | Role | Short read | |||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Good Product Manager/Bad Product Manager | Ben Horowitz | Classic on product manager thinking and doing | Role | Short read | |||||||||||||||||||||
9 | How to hire a product manager | Ken Norton | Classic on the role of product management | Role | Short read | |||||||||||||||||||||
10 | What distinguishes the Top 1% of Product Managers from the Top 10%? | Quora | Views on the role from across the industry | Role | Short read | |||||||||||||||||||||
11 | How to work with PMs | Julie Zhou | Advice on how to work well with product managers | Role | Short read | |||||||||||||||||||||
12 | Let’s talk about product management | Josh Elman | Product management 101 | Role | Short read | |||||||||||||||||||||
13 | Evolving product manager role | John Cutler | Product management principles, semantics and the culture | Role | Short read | |||||||||||||||||||||
14 | Agile manifesto for public services | Scott Colfer | The agile manifesto and how it applies to public services | Techniques | Short read | |||||||||||||||||||||
15 | Agile Service Delivery | Jamie Arnold | How to start and scale agile delivery | Techniques | Short read | |||||||||||||||||||||
16 | Asking the right questions to frame the problem | Ben Holliday | Getting to the core benefits of making a product or service | Techniques | Short read | |||||||||||||||||||||
17 | User stories: an agile introduction | Agile Modeling | The basics of writing stories based on user needs | Techniques | Short read | |||||||||||||||||||||
18 | Replacing the user story with the job story | Alan Klement | The basics of using the Jobs to be Done story format | Techniques | Short read | |||||||||||||||||||||
19 | Making sense of MVP | Henrik Kniberg | Defining the minimum viable product | Techniques | Short read | |||||||||||||||||||||
20 | A Minimum Viable Product Is Not a Product, It’s a Process | Yevgeniy Brikman | The point of the MVP technique | Techniques | Short read | |||||||||||||||||||||
21 | Mission statements vs vision statements | Top Non Profits | What’s in a vision statement compared to a mission statement | Techniques | Short read | |||||||||||||||||||||
22 | Agile benefits management | Mike Griffiths | What benefits are and how to track them | Techniques | Short read | |||||||||||||||||||||
23 | Writing a business case | Anna Shipman | Advice on writing business cases | Techniques | Short read | |||||||||||||||||||||
24 | Identifying a good service | Louise Downe | Naming things | Techniques | Short read | |||||||||||||||||||||
25 | 10 product backlog tips | Roman Pichler | Setting up and managing a backlog | Techniques | Short read | |||||||||||||||||||||
26 | Tips for using Trello effectively | Emily Webber | Setting up and managing a backlog using a standard software option | Techniques | Short read | |||||||||||||||||||||
27 | Visualising your backlog: impact mapping | Jamie Clouting | Visualising how your objectives map to your stories | Techniques | Short read | |||||||||||||||||||||
28 | Plans vs roadmaps | Jamie Arnold | Key attributes of a product roadmap | Techniques | Short read | |||||||||||||||||||||
29 | How we made the GOV.UK roadmap | Jen Allum | Making the GOV.UK roadmap for 2017/18 | Techniques | Short read | |||||||||||||||||||||
30 | 20 prioritization techniques | Folding Burritos | Different ways to prioritise and their benefits | Techniques | Short read | |||||||||||||||||||||
31 | Ruthless prioritization | Brandon Chu | Views on prioritisation from across the industry | Techniques | Short read | |||||||||||||||||||||
32 | Focus on the Metrics that Matter: Identifying Your Product’s Key Metrics and KPIs | Heather McCloskey | Measuring the performance of your product | Techniques | Short read | |||||||||||||||||||||
33 | The quick and the dead, or 6 things that change when your service goes live | Matt Edgar | Linking delivery cycles | Techniques | Short read | |||||||||||||||||||||
34 | Five lessons on scaling Pintrest | Sarah Tavel | Making a product work for more and more users | Techniques | Short read | |||||||||||||||||||||
35 | Doing presentations | Russell Davies | Communicating clearly | Techniques | Short read | |||||||||||||||||||||
36 | We don’t sell saddles here | Stewart Butterfield | Explaining the mission and benefits to teams | Techniques | Short read | |||||||||||||||||||||
37 | Letter to shareholders | Jeff Bezos | Explaining ways of working to senior stakeholders | Techniques | Short read | |||||||||||||||||||||
38 | Mountain Goat Software | Mike Cohn | Agile techniques, roles and responsibilities | Techniques | Short read | |||||||||||||||||||||
39 | You will not become agile by implementing scrum | Jurriaan Kamer | Agile principles, semantics and the culture | Techniques | Short read | |||||||||||||||||||||
40 | What is functional and non functional requirement? | Quora | The relationship between product features and constraints | Techniques | Short read | |||||||||||||||||||||
41 | Explaining the role of the Delivery Manager | Emily Webber | Understanding what makes DMs happy | Team | Short read | |||||||||||||||||||||
42 | How to work with software engineers | Ken Norton | Classic on how PMs add value to the work of engineers | Team | Short read | |||||||||||||||||||||
43 | How to work with engineers | Julie Zhuo | How PMs can add value to the work of engineers | Team | Short read | |||||||||||||||||||||
44 | How to work with designers | Julie Zhuo | How PMs can add value to the work of designers | Team | Short read | |||||||||||||||||||||
45 | 10 questions to ask when reviewing design work | Ben Terrett | Finding out more about what you are looking at | Team | Short read | |||||||||||||||||||||
46 | freeCodeCamp | Various | Introductions to software development methods, tools and culture | Team | Short read | |||||||||||||||||||||
47 | Mind the Product | Mind the Product | Product management case studies, views and trends | Other organisations | Short read | |||||||||||||||||||||
48 | Intercom | Intercom | What Intercom are doing and how they do it | Other organisations | Short read | |||||||||||||||||||||
49 | Signal vs Noise | Basecamp | What Basecamp are doing and how they do it | Other organisations | Short read | |||||||||||||||||||||
50 | Several people are typing | Slack | What Slack are doing and how they do it | Other organisations | Short read | |||||||||||||||||||||
51 | The U.S. Digital Service | USDS | What USDS are doing and how they do it | Other organisations | Short read | |||||||||||||||||||||
52 | Co-op Digital | Co-op Digital | What Co-op Digital are doing and how they do it | Other organisations | Short read | |||||||||||||||||||||
53 | BBC Internet blog | BBC | What BBC’s online and technology teams are doing and how they do it | Other organisations | Short read | |||||||||||||||||||||
54 | Greylock | Greylock | Digital delivery case studies, views and trends | Other organisations | Short read | |||||||||||||||||||||
55 | Service Manual | GDS | Delivering digital products and services in government 101 | Techniques | Long read | |||||||||||||||||||||
56 | On Product Management | Intercom | Guidance making product decisions | Techniques | Long read | |||||||||||||||||||||
57 | Inspired | Marty Cagan | Product management case studies and techniques | Techniques | Long read | |||||||||||||||||||||
58 | The Lean Startup | Eric Ries | Case studies and techniques for building companies and products | Techniques | Long read | |||||||||||||||||||||
59 | User Story Mapping | Jeff Paton | Writing and iterating user stories | Techniques | Long read | |||||||||||||||||||||
60 | Wardley maps | Simon Wardley | Principles of strategic thinking, and value chain mapping techniques | Techniques | Long read | |||||||||||||||||||||
61 | What is code? | Paul Ford | How the net and web work | Engineering | Long read | |||||||||||||||||||||
62 | Don’t make me think | Steve Krug | Usability and information design | Design | Long read | |||||||||||||||||||||
63 | The Design of Everyday Things | Donald Norman | Introduction to design thinking | Design | Long read | |||||||||||||||||||||
64 | The Phoenix Project | Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, George Spafford | DevOps culture | Engineering | Long read | |||||||||||||||||||||
65 | Let my people go surfing | Yvon Chouinard | Building up a company, taking people with you and improving products | Leadership | Long read | |||||||||||||||||||||
66 | Creativity Inc | Ed Catmull, Amy Wallace | Building up a company, taking people with you and not losing your creativity | Leadership | Long read | |||||||||||||||||||||
67 | Legacy | James Kerr | Making leadership a team sport | Leadership | Long read | |||||||||||||||||||||
68 | Steve Jobs | Walter Issacson | Classic on vision, leadership and the costs and rewards | Leadership | Long read | |||||||||||||||||||||
69 | 100 Things Every Designer Needs To Know About People | Susan M. Weinschenk | What people see, think and do | Psychology | Long read | |||||||||||||||||||||
70 | Tipping Point | Malcolm Gladwell | How ideas and behaviours spread | Psychology | Long read | |||||||||||||||||||||
71 | Freakonomics | Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner | Using economics to understand complexity | Psychology | Long read | |||||||||||||||||||||
72 | Thinking, Fast and Slow | Daniel Kahneman | How people make judgements and decisions | Psychology | Long read | |||||||||||||||||||||
73 | Agile Product Ownership | Henrik Kniberg | Classic on planning a sprint and managing a backlog | Role | Watch | |||||||||||||||||||||
74 | Spotify engineering culture (part 1) | Spotify | Classic on agile software delivery at scale | Team | Watch | |||||||||||||||||||||
75 | Spotify engineering culture (part 2) | Spotify | Classic on agile software delivery at scale | Team | Watch | |||||||||||||||||||||
76 | The Gubbins of Government | Mark Foden | How technology changed the mechanics of government services | Techniques | Watch | |||||||||||||||||||||
77 | How Google sets goals | Google Ventures | How to set OKRs | Techniques | Watch | |||||||||||||||||||||
78 | Nummi | This American Life | Introducing new methods into organisations and how it can go wrong | Other organisations | Listen | |||||||||||||||||||||
79 | This is Product Management | Alpha | Product management case studies | Other organisations | Listen | |||||||||||||||||||||
80 | The Bottom Line | BBC Radio 4 | Insights from leaders of organisations | Other organisations | Listen | |||||||||||||||||||||
81 | Product People | Monthly in London and North England | Product management talks from government people, free | Other organisations | Attend | |||||||||||||||||||||
82 | #prodmgmt | Always on | Cross-government Slack channel about product management, free | Techniques | Attend | |||||||||||||||||||||
83 | Agile on the Bench | Monthly in London | Agile case studies and provocations, informal, outdoors, free | Techniques | Attend | |||||||||||||||||||||
84 | ProductTank | Monthly in London | Product management talks, free | Techniques | Attend | |||||||||||||||||||||
85 | Mind the Product Conference | Annual in London | Product management talks, charged | Techniques | Attend | |||||||||||||||||||||
87 | Product Management 101 | Udemy | MOOC, £20 | Techniques | Train | |||||||||||||||||||||
88 | Product Management | General Assembly | 10 week part time or 1 week accelerated product management 101 course for £2,800 | Techniques | Train | |||||||||||||||||||||
89 | Certified Scrum Product Owner | Scrum Alliance | 2 days, ~£1,500 | Techniques | Train | |||||||||||||||||||||
90 | Product Strategy and Roadmap | Roman Pichler | 2 days, £1,380 | Techniques | Train | |||||||||||||||||||||
91 | GitHub explained from product managers | Department of Product | What it means to push, pull and modify code in a repository | Engineering | Short read | |||||||||||||||||||||
92 | Product Management Handbook | Scott Colfer | A white label product management handbook for government digital services | Role | Long read | |||||||||||||||||||||
93 | The principles that make me a better product manager | Ross Ferguson | Principles for product management | Role | Short read | |||||||||||||||||||||
94 | Product leadership: how top product managers launch awesome products and build successful teams | Richard Banfield, Martin Eriksson, Nate Walkingshaw | A summary of hundreds of discussions of the authors with global product leaders | Leadership | Long read | |||||||||||||||||||||
95 | Managing and Developing Product Managers | Brandon Chu | A detailed blog post on the mindset and a suggested approach to managing and leading product people | Leadership | Short read | |||||||||||||||||||||
96 | Institute For Government: The hidden obstacles to government digital transformation | Institute For Government | The report examines current business case practice in government transformation teams. It suggests improvements in planning, implementation and leadership to result in better outcomes for digital transformation projects. | Business Cases | Long read | |||||||||||||||||||||
97 | The Value of Everything | Mariana Mazucatto | The book examines the way in which economic value has been accounted and reveals how economic theory has failed to clearly delineate the difference between value creation and value extraction. This is very interesting context on what creates true value in our Product work. | Value | Long read | |||||||||||||||||||||
98 | Podcast: In conversation with Stella Creasy MP | Mariana Mazucatto | Mariana Mazucatto in conversation with Stella Creasy MP | Value | Listen | |||||||||||||||||||||
99 | Video: Speaking at the RSA | Mariana Mazucatto | Mariana Mazucatto speaking at the RSA | Value | Watch | |||||||||||||||||||||
100 | The Decision Matrix: How to Prioritize What Matters | Farnham Street Blog | How to prioritise and delegate different decisions | Techniques | Short read | |||||||||||||||||||||
101 | Empowered product teams | Marty Cagan | Skills and techniques for empowering teams to solve problems. From Product People Unconference 2018. (The magic word is 'inspired'.) | Team | Watch |