The Product Management Playbook: Create, Ship, and Optimize Winning Products

By: Barham, Julia

The Product Management Playbook gives you the tools required to master one of business's most rewarding roles. You'll assess your skills, learn core concepts, apply 21 proven methods covering the full product life cycle, and learn from expert insights and real-world examples that will sharpen your product sense. Along the way, you'll become the PM everyone wants to work with.

Who Should Read This Book

This book is for anyone who turns messy problems into real products and then lives with the results. It's particularly useful for current or aspiring product managers, product leaders, and digital professionals or career changers who are considering product management. It's also useful for any business CEO or leader who needs to understand the role of a product manager.

What you'll take away

Learn from 21 step-by-step product management methods, including building an MVP from scratch, scaling an in-market solution, and more.
Employ ready-to-use templates (discover and delivery guides) to use in everyday work for real-world impact.
Take a skills assessment test to baseline your core competencies for the duties and role of a product manager in today's marketplace.
Discover how AI can supplement core product thinking, with a chapter on five specific technologies and six skills that every product manager should develop when working on AI-based products.
Level up your PM discovery skills, strategic thinking, and stakeholder influence techniques.
Go deep on how to use data and technology as a strategic lever, how to lead delivery teams, and how to assess product market fit.
Move into product leadership by learning about coaching less-experienced PMs, evaluating your team, and developing individualized coaching plans.
Follow expert advice from thought leaders in the industry who explain what separates elite PMs from the rest.
Learn specific tips for interviewing for a product manager position.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 195902907X
• ISBN13: 9781959029076
• Release Date: July 2026
• Publisher: Rosenfeld Media
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 8.9"