Product Management Toolkit: Project Management – Part 1

This post is in continuation of my earlier posts under the Product Management toolkit series. Here, I would try to look at Project Management from the perspective of a Product Manager’s role. It is a key skill for a Product Management professional and helps him/ her execute various key initiatives optimally. While there is a Project Management …

Product Management Toolkit: Product Positioning

Background: This post touches upon the concept of Product Positioning. There are many ways of looking at this concept – one from the perspective of customers in terms of which specific customer need is the Product meeting and another from the perspective of market players/ competitors in the same space offering similar Solutions/ Services to customers. I am …

Product Management Toolkit: Opportunity Mapping

While this post has been written keeping the Product Manager working for a Bank/ Financial Services organisation in mind, the concept can be extrapolated to other sectors as well. Background: One of the responsibilities of a Product Manager is to regularly carry out ‘Opportunity Mapping’ of business for the Products/ Services he/ she is handling. …

Product Management Toolkit: Presentation Skills – Part 2

This post is the second and concluding part of an earlier one covering Presentation Skills as one of the key components in the repertoire of a Product Manager. Link to the first part below: Product Management Toolkit: Presentation Skills – Part 1 Here, I would continue outlining aspects that shall help in making impactful presentations (points 1 to …

Product Management Toolkit: Presentation Skills – Part 1

One of the more coveted roles in the Industry is that of Product Management. Being from the Banking & Financial Services background, I can vouch for the same being true for this Sector as well. Product Managers are supposed to be the ‘brains, eyes and ears’ of the Product they are managing. Right from conceptualizing …