The Successful Product Manager

by Christopher Cummings on Mar 30, 2009

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Traits and abilities of the Successful Product Manager -- viewed through a pop culture lens. It's Product Management Meets Pop Culture in slide form!

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The Successful Product Manager — Presentation Transcript

The Successful Product Manager presented by Christopher Cummings

The successful Product Manager...

Understands the big picture

Assesses the market

Boldly goes where no one has gone before.

Gets inside customers’ heads

Seeks effective elegant customer-oriented solutions

Understands the problem... ...before proposing the solution

Rejects product narcissism

Searches for anomalies... ...that could lead to new opportunities

Relies on knowledge and experience...

but trusts their gut

Makes hard choices

takes calculated risks

Strikes. Decisively.

Knows when to get a bigger boat

Positions ﬁrst. Develops second.

Assembles the right team for the job

Provides context

Balances competing interests

Doesn’t discuss business at the dinner table

Gives thanks. Often, and with feeling.

Celebrates success

Learns from mistakes

Leads

Empowers

Inspires.

Manages Conﬂict

Shields the team from harm

Holds people accountable Self included

Negotiates to a point

Creates credible, fact-based status reports

Tells a compelling story

Is politically savvy

Promotes Transparency

searches for truth Strikes. Decisively.

Has The Touch

Analyzes wins and losses Strikes. Decisively.

Fights for the future ﬁghts for the future

Manages the backlog

Manages the brand

is sales friendly

Prices effectively

Doesn’t give up

Maintains their sense of humor

Stays open to possibilities

Has the heart of a champion

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Project Management at Project Management It is very useful. Thanks 3 months ago

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maleyka Thanks super very good work 3 months ago

Shin Zhai at SOHU 很简洁的一个ppt，每幅图代表了pm的一项品质or能力吧。 4 months ago

idris2 cool fun presentation, entertaining 6 months ago

Gris Cuevas Zambrano , Community Manager at LinkedIn This is great! Thank you Christopher :) 7 months ago

Compass VanLines , Owner at Compass Van Lines Great presentation. I'm out of words... 8 months ago

Rosales Miguel , Country Manager at TE Connectivity Energy Division Has an excellent selection of images, the world of superheroes is a desire shared by several generations.

In visual terms is friendly and consistent with the message 9 months ago

Diana V Carriço at Diana V Carriço I love this. Great Great job Chris! 9 months ago

garyli2010 enjoy it 1 year ago

fritz desir , experience designer, interaction designer, product strategist at Tribal DDB Good stuff Chris, just tweeted it. Very interested in how PM work crosses with UX work I think combined it's part of the new drug (hopefully) which can solve much of what ails most brands & organizations as they try to build connection with their customers. 2 years ago

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