# Product Management Resources This list was compiled thanks to [Sefi Keller](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sefikeller/?originalSubdomain=il) ### Books 1. The mom test, summaries [1](https://www.wilselby.com/2020/06/the-mom-test-summary-and-insights/#:~:text=What%20is%20'The%20Mom%20Test,to%20facts%20instead%20of%20opinions.) [2](https://feelinspired.medium.com/things-i-learnt-the-mom-test-by-rob-fitzpatrick-9d9d58ce8098) [3](https://www.slideshare.net/xamde/summary-of-the-mom-test) [4](https://lifeclub.org/books/the-mom-test-rob-fitzpatrick-review-summary) [5](https://booksconcepts.com/the-mom-test-by-rob-fitzpatrick/) ### GENERAL [Root cause of failure](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dccd8lihpQ) - “should we build this feature?” [Growth analysis, customer cohort, distribution analysis - mostly businness stuff but aimed to explain how to use a lot of metrics to measure product market fit](https://tribecap.co/a-quantitative-approach-to-product-market-fit/) [3 things to make your product great](http://paulbuchheit.blogspot.com/2010/02/if-your-product-is-great-it-doesnt-need.html) [Best ways to prioritize](https://www.quora.com/Product-Management/What-are-the-best-ways-to-prioritize-a-list-of-product-features) , don’t get stuck :) ![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/lfaagtSwfLv38zlhEn54fbDvQmqOOWI3MiVunmlDeKcF6YJtEHGCQ2NbjXrQCrtYgkQCaG9GRSf5a-gyaKoWzyXTTghHrw0aP32c0maP5YwfYEb6DcaMTfP0nyIaDcAiFmlOFzw0) ![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/soo6_0ds8ORPwD-5ZPFnze1iR8ZJyTSKn2iYh2HQyKmkaPaVcObm1iP1d4Fa90aYqfX3hYLY1izLUT7rnu87XrDdtWh33eQEafPziD9MCzZrXjWIA2Fxkt-h5pTgcKWy7lXfvtZx) [Which idea is better? Compare them](https://www.mindtheproduct.com/2017/10/critical-thinking-product-teams-teresa-torres/?utm_campaign=coschedule\&utm_source=twitter\&utm_medium=MindTheProduct\&utm_content=Critical%20Thinking%20for%20Product%20Teams%20by%20Teresa%20Torres) [The best potential metric to move the needle ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ri9X02dPXlY) [Tool for product strategy, because, while, without by trees](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8Xlrd2QGmU) [medium](https://medium.com/@johnpcutler/a-better-roadmap-mind-map-mousetrap-cdbacaaa664b) [One metric is not enough](https://brianbalfour.com/essays/north-star-metric-growth) for growth, i.e., “What actions could we take to lead to our users to..” and “Input metrics are leading indicators and output metrics are lagging indicators. By definition, it can take time for the output to reflect positive or negative changes in the inputs.” 1. Get metrics 2. Break output metrics into inputs 3. Understand and monitor tradeoffs [better decision tree and a metric that tells us when and how someone will churn.](https://www.sisense.com/blog/find-north-star/) [Design docs for products](https://productcoalition.com/how-i-formulate-and-use-my-product-requirement-docs-c52692564d0e) [Grammarly vs other solutions, in depth analysis of qualities](https://medium.com/stellarpeers/give-an-example-of-a-good-and-not-so-good-product-2a36c56cffb1) [User product ideas](https://hackernoon.com/where-do-product-ideas-come-from-d035c8d6b2e4) [User stories, how?](https://productcoalition.com/anatomy-of-a-great-user-story-f56fb1b63e38) [Long and complex theory about how to do good or bad decisions ](https://blackboxofpm.com/making-good-decisions-as-a-product-manager-c66ddacc9e2b) [Modes of product management](https://blackboxofpm.com/product-management-mental-models-for-everyone-31e7828cb50b) [Achieve product market fit, a product that satisfies the market](https://www.forbes.com/sites/hayleyleibson/2018/01/18/how-to-achieve-product-market-fit/#237def48476b), [2](https://a16z.com/2017/02/18/12-things-about-product-market-fit/) [Dont ask your users if they like it, let them say what they like](https://medium.com/pminsider/usability-pro-tips-7b4eb2cc63c4) [Asking better research questions](https://productcoalition.com/how-to-ask-better-user-research-questions-a-guide-for-startup-product-managers-dc076c4004cb) [Managing pms](https://blackboxofpm.com/managing-and-developing-product-managers-2f9a3963fab6) [Visual vocabulary for product building - lots of theory and figures](https://productlogic.org/2014/09/13/the-product-triangle-a-visual-vocabulary-for-product-building/) [Dau, mau, stickiness, wau, wau stickiness, cac, etc](https://www.geckoboard.com/learn/kpi-examples/startup-kpis/dau-mau-ratio/) ### OUTCOMES 1. [output vs outcomes a product mind set](https://medium.com/product-management-in-minutes/output-vs-outcome-a-product-mindset-499735230ce) 2. [outcomes vs outputs ](https://medium.com/is-that-product-management/product-management-by-outcomes-vs-outputs-45acdefd1efd)
### NORTH STAR METRIC 1. [Using trees and logreg to determine metrics that outperform intuition only, by linkedIN](http://papers.www2017.com.au.s3-website-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/companion/p617.pdf) 2. [In-company northstar metrics, when to change and why](https://amplitude.com/blog/evolving-the-product-north-star-metric) 3. [Another one about finding your northstar, actually understanding that more indepth data leads to a](https://www.sisense.com/blog/find-north-star/) ### Product Market Fit 1. [Superhuman and surveys](https://firstround.com/review/how-superhuman-built-an-engine-to-find-product-market-fit/) 2. What makes things work, [pmf rather than sales](https://blog.betterplanning.co/whats-different-about-govtech-1e3e1fc25963). [Escaping the build trap](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmJXpI7OJuY\&feature=youtu.be) - designing features, doing more agile work without a brain is not a value for the client, using analytics can help us understand of a feature has value. Asking the right questions and asking the client why are they leaving ![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/XUq7djFLFMdHsmVTlVL6V2EjmKV2MSVw38w6FSiSONmL6ctdET4gOQmGjPz9sH94FwQJI0IEQXH6DcQa0dGHAXqb0lYRA4kNvKkd2oBM0ymaXQJ-F__UOzCWZSl1iCGtzpZqJds3) ![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-iyLLS4NFG4RS66aAeWX3h9j_QORnvfUefXVCiDMNZ8K_vPuljKCMmviNbnmubYafEgCaBaWD7N2vv7jAnxKaYRbCFKThBpsfYaUbeJtzssUxRI4Ndkg81cMbjr_7XJPu7Hoe76n) ### Beginner reading list [A living list of product management resources](https://artplusmarketing.com/a-living-list-of-product-management-resources-c5dddbff8b12) [Good Product Manager/Bad Product Manager](https://a16z.com/2012/06/15/good-product-managerbad-product-manager/) [Do Things that Don’t Scale](http://paulgraham.com/ds.html) [The Three Jobs of Product Management](https://productcoalition.com/three-jobs-of-product-management-9e006f944bc7) [The 6 types of Product Managers. Which one do you need?](https://medium.com/@kit_ulrich/the-6-types-of-product-managers-which-one-do-you-need-75c2e66dd592) [Product strategy means saying no](https://www.intercom.com/blog/product-strategy-means-saying-no/) [Minimum Viable Product Manager](https://blackboxofpm.com/mvpm-minimum-viable-product-manager-e1aeb8dd421)
### Advanced reading list
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