Product Management Books

Beginning with a quick review of the theory and key elements of the patterns of disruptive innovations and how to identify ideas with disruptive potential, this step-by-step book guides you through the design, build, and go-to-market phases that successful disruptors follow.

By Paul Paetz

Introducing a philosophy of product development that will hone your skills in discovery, research and learning, this book provides practical insight, advice, and instruction for a tried-and-tested method for working smarter, leaner, and more effectively.

By Paul Rissen

From prioritizing features and building roadmaps, to running effective Beta programs and executing effective product launches, this book teaches new and seasoned Product Managers and Product Marketers effective ways to ensure they give their products the best possible chance for success.

By Brian Lawley

Drawing on dozens of examples and best-practices across a variety of industries, this book provides a practical and battle-tested approach for taking products, services, divisions, or even an entire company to market.

By Lawrence G. Friedman

Featuring case studies of famous brands that became victims of their own success like Kodak, IBM, Zenith, and GM, this provocative book provides a brilliant, in-depth look at the powerful but elusive qualities that can make or break a product's success.

By James L. Adams

Based on the fundamentals of innovation and product management, this unique and practical book presents a holistic process model with particular focus on innovation and uncertainty.

By K. Scott Swan, Kurt Gaubinger, Michael Rabl, Thomas Werani

Providing an overview of formulae used for Earned Value Management and Schedule Risk Analysis, this book shows how to practically visualize project control concepts and includes two software tutorial overviews to facilitate application of the project management concepts.

By Mario Vanhoucke

Laying the groundwork for moving Product Management out of a supporting role, this book provides a solid, implementable framework that takes you step-by-step through a process that will transform your company in profound ways.

By Steven Haines

Mastering Collaboration in a Product Team is a toolbox of proven techniques from the field for the whole product team to use together to find answers to these questions and more.

By David Spinks, Glaudia Califano, Natasha Hampshire

Research shows that customers want the functional benefits of smart products without sacrificing autonomy and privacy.

By Emanuel de Bellis, Jenny Zimmermann, Jonas Görgen, Reto Hofstetter, Stefano Puntoni

No matter your size or type of business, this practical, behind-the-scenes guide provides the edge you need to develop and launch new products or services. You'll get tips for generating winning ideas, satisfying customers, and much more.

By Beebe Nelson, Robin Karol

This guidebook gives R&D professionals an in-depth explanation of ways companies are able to achieve substantially higher levels of development productivity, while better aligning product development with strategy through new practices and systems.

By Michael E. McGrath

In the newly revised second edition of Pricing with Confidence: Ten Rules for Increasing Profits and Staying Ahead of Inflation, world-renowned pricing consultants and thought leaders Reed K. Holden and Jeet Mukherjee deliver a compelling argument against the conventional view that there is a tension between revenue growth and profit growth. In the book, you'll learn how your firm can enjoy both even as it stays ahead of inflation.

By Jeet Mukherjee, Reed K. Holden

Offering tips, suggestions, technical details and critical issues which need to be considered, this book provides a source of inspiration and a manual for designers, entrepreneurs and professionals who are looking into the practical application of product configurators.

By Fabio Schillaci

Designed for use in the interdisciplinary courses on product development as well as by practicing professionals, this thorough resource strikes a balanced approach between theory and practice through the authors' emphasis on methods.

By Karl T. Ulrich, Maria C. Yang

With an overarching goal of helping you understand the product manager role, this book gives you concrete examples of what a product manager does, and enables you to build the foundational skill-set that will gear you towards a career in product management.

By Aswin Pranam

Providing case studies that underpin the methodologies with practical examples, this book covers the different aspects of supporting product release decisions ranging from foundations to methods, tools, and applications.

By Günther Ruhe

Unique advice on product strategy written specifically for high-tech companies.

By Michael E. McGrath

Packed with tables, illustrations, problem-and-solution sets, tutorials, enlightening real-world examples, worksheets, and group or self-study questions, this book is your expert guide to developing and delivering technical product training programs.

By Daniel W. Bixby

This book offers refreshing solutions to the shortcomings of our current model for product development; be prepared to toss out everything you know about a good vision and learn how to measure progress to create revolutionary products.

By R. Dutt

Developed by leading experts in the field, this guide will give you the tools you need to excel in requirements development and management - components of the larger field of business analysis and a critical competence for project, program and portfolio management.

By Project Management Institute

A definitive book for project managers looking to establish credibility and control, this groundbreaking guide supplies a start-to-finish system for getting successful project results from cross-functional, outsourced, and other types of teams.

By Tom Kendrick

Including forecasting tactics for hardware and software that enable cost-effective proactive product life-cycle management, this book describes how to implement a comprehensive obsolescence management system within diverse companies.

By Bjoern Bartels, Michael Pecht, Peter Sandborn, Ulrich Ermel

This book provides all readers who want to actively market their products with an indispensable and proven working aid. The author shows how product managers can deal with the increasingly complex tasks and requirements. Because the success of a product is decided by the buyers - and the responsible product manager. The product manager is fighting on several fronts: He has to introduce and support more and more products in less and less time with decreasing budgets.

By Klaus J. Aumayr

Detailing sustainability challenges facing our global society in the 21st century, this unique text makes a well-supported business case for sustainable product development.

By Dariush Rafinejad

The book provides information on the identification and assessment of footprints, concepts of sustainability practice in manufacturing companies, stakeholder management and communication.

By Michael Has

Italian brands are known to create some of the most premium, sought-after products in the world. Learn to compete in the modern marketplace using the proven business principles that Italian brands have been employing for generations.

By Riccardo Illy

Describing the rise of "Open Engineering" - a way of breaking down barriers and taking advantage of web-based communities, knowledge, and tools to accelerate the design and manufacturing processes, this book explains how to establish open flows of information inside and outside an organization, increasing the quality and frequency of input from different groups and stakeholders.

By Hardi Meybaum

The book offers the practical and proven four-step Customer Development process for search and offers insight into what makes some startups successful and leaves others selling off their furniture.

By Steve Blank

Authored by an entrepreneur and Lean product expert whose experience spans product management, UX design, coding, analytics, and marketing across a variety of products, this book is a practical guide to building products that customers love.

By Dan Olsen

Based on the author's twenty years of product management experience, this book teaches you how to work more effectively with your teams, how to influence when you have no formal authority, how to get the most important work done in less time and how to manage and accelerate your career.

By Brian Lawley

Packed with an array of best practices and helpful hints that are critical to the efficient management of products, this guide provides the knowledge, tools, and insight you need to establish yourself as a cutting-edge product manager who contributes measurably to your company's success.

By Steven Haines

Providing best practices, practical on-the-job advice, and a step-by-step blueprint for succeeding in Product Management, this book gives you the tools and insight you need to start putting the pieces in place now--so you can succeed well into the future.

By Steven Haines

Product management is challenging, complex, and often misunderstood. Presenting a practical and comprehensive methodology, this book provides a consistent and holistic managerial approach to product management.

By Gabriel Steinhardt

Providing a consistent and holistic managerial approach to product management, this book presents a practical and comprehensive methodology (roles, processes, tasks, and deliverables) that covers all aspects of product management.

By Gabriel Steinhardt

This book is meant to help you transform your company into a product-led organization, helping to drive growth for your business and advance your own career.

By Todd Olson

Including practical exercises, illustrations and tools that will help you immediately improve your product, service, or new business idea, this book gives you a proven methodology for success, with value propositions that sell, embedded in profitable business models.

By Alex Osterwalder, et al.

Explaining how experience design helps your business, this book introduces a new movement that aligns the tenets of user experience with innovation and leadership to improve business performance, engagement, and relationships for a new generation of consumerism.

By Brian Solis