Product Manager's Handbook : The Complete Product Management Resource

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Edition: 2nd
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2000-06-01
Publisher(s): MCG
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Summary

This second edition of The Product Manager's Handbook is an essential guide to success in product management. It includes practical charts, case studies, and checklists covering planning, proposals, product development, pricing, and product teams. The book has been substantially revised and has new information on the Internet as a product management tool and the future of this field.

Author Biography

Linda Gorchels is Director of Executive Marketing Programs at the Management Institute of the University of Wisconsin-Madison's School of Business.

Table of Contents

Preface v
Acknowledgments ix
Part I The Role and Operation of Product Management 1(64)
The New Product Management
5(12)
Introducing Product Management and Managing Product Managers
17(12)
The Cross-Functional Role of Product Managers
29(22)
Product manager.com
51(14)
Part II Planning Skills for Product Managers 65(64)
The Product Marketing Planning Process
69(20)
Customer Value Management
89(14)
The Annual Product Plan
103(26)
Part III Product Skills 129(70)
Evaluating the Product Portfolio
133(12)
Strategic Product Planning
145(10)
New Products: Proposal, Development, and Launch
155(36)
The Financial Side of Product Management
191(8)
Part IV Functional Skills 199(54)
Pricing Products and Services
203(18)
The Product Manager as Marketing Manager
221(18)
Product Management: The Final Frontier?
239(14)
Appendix: Sample Job Descriptions 253(16)
Endnotes 269(6)
Glossary 275(6)
Index 281

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