Associate Product Manager
Turn a vague problem into a scoped, prioritised thing a team can build.
What you will be able to do
- Separate the problem somebody described from the solution they proposed
- Run a user conversation that does not lead the person to your answer
- Cut a feature down to what can ship in two weeks and defend the cut
- Write a one page brief an engineer can build from without asking you
- Say in advance what would make the launch a failure
Students and freshers aiming at product roles, and anyone in a startup who has been handed a feature and told to make it happen.
What is in it
- 1The job, honestly described9 min
- 2Finding the problem under the request10 min
- 3Cutting it down10 min
- 4Writing it down10 min
- 5Shipping, and finding out9 min
One page, one feature
A one page brief with the six parts: the problem, why now, what you will do, what you will not do, how you will know, and open questions.
About 85 minutes in total.
Two levels
Finish the units and the project and you get the Certificate of Completion. Add a live skill challenge on Product Management and it becomes a Verified Certificate, which anyone you send it to can check for themselves.
Questions
What does it cost?
Nothing while insiderOne is in beta.
Can an employer check it?
Yes. Every certificate has its own page, and the code printed on it resolves there without anyone needing an account.
Do I need any experience?
No. These are written for students and people in their first job, and they assume nothing.
What do I actually walk away with?
The certificate, and the piece of work you made for the project, which stays in your insiderOne profile where an employer can see it.