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By: Shared Links 09-Feb-2010 » Strategic Product Manager

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By: News and Links of the Week | Rob Grady

News and Links of the Week | Rob Grady — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 04:49:20 +0000

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By: Quora

Quora — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 18:57:18 +0000

What are your top 3-5 books or resources for tech product managers?…

Cindy Alvarez, PM at KISS Metrics, has a top 10 list here http://www.cindyalvarez.com/roundups/10-books-product-manager…

By: mikebmassey

mikebmassey — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 20:12:20 +0000

I would also add:

"Inspired: How To Create Products Customers Love"

Great book from the Silicon Valley Product Group.

By: Vincent van der Lubbe

Vincent van der Lubbe — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 00:13:20 +0000

Thanks Cindy for your insights - good theory is always practical :-)

Would you want to add Alexander Osterwalder's book (or just the framework) on Business models to the book list? I personally feel it helps to keep an overview on how it all the parts connect.

Avinash Kaushik's Web Analytics 2.0 is a fantastic read for tons of actionable advice independent of analytics tool.

Jim Camp's Start with No and Richard Shell's Bargaining for advantage seem to me to be preferable to the Harvard Approach, since they helped me more on finding the value in a practical manner.

And I think every product manager should definitely add either one of Cialdini's books on Persuasion (Influence or Yes!) to their list.

What's your practical list for getting the job done? I am very curious to read about them in a future post.

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By: Steve Kilisky

Steve Kilisky — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:39:37 +0000

Great list. I’d have to add: Tipping Point, Experience Economy, and Whole New Mind to the list as well.

By: bob corrigan

bob corrigan — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 22:14:37 +0000

Apologies, the book is by Pierre Bayard.

By: bob corrigan

bob corrigan — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 22:13:27 +0000

Great list, my addition is the ultimate survival guide for Product Managers confronted with long lists of books they should be reading in order to become better Product Managers:

How to Talk About Books You Haven’t Read by Pierre Barard

http://www.amazon.com/Talk-About-Books-Havent-Read/dp/1596914696

By: Trevor Rotzien

Trevor Rotzien — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 21:55:46 +0000

Cindy,

Great list.

My additions (below) also do not directly concern the professional practice of Product Management, but I think they are essentially to understanding contemporary global business, social interactions, production and distribution, CRM, etc:

The World is Flat
http://www.amazon.com/World-Flat-3-0-History-Twenty-first/dp/0312425074/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239227546&sr=8-1

The Long Tail
http://www.amazon.com/Long-Tail-Revised-Updated-Business/dp/1401309666/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239227597&sr=1-1

Wikinomics
http://www.amazon.com/Wikinomics-Mass-Collaboration-Changes-Everything/dp/B001UE7DC8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239227626&sr=1-1

Crowdsourcing
http://www.amazon.com/Crowdsourcing-Power-Driving-Future-Business/dp/0307396207/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239227656&sr=1-1

Groundswell
http://www.amazon.com/Groundswell-Winning-Transformed-Social-Technologies/dp/1422125009/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239227656&sr=1-2