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Linda Gorchels (Author)
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April 28, 2003

The ideal companion to the author's bestselling The Product Manager's Handbook, The Product Manager's Field Guide expands upon the overview and the responsibilities of product managers and delves into specific skills, abilities, and competencies to help them improve their performance. It provides readers with tools and exercises for functions such as marketing, planning, forecasting, and new product development and offers step-by-step instructions for activities designed to monitor and assess product-planning efforts.


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From the Back Cover

The first all-in-one guide to the techniques and tools of today's top product managers

Linda Gorchels's bestselling The Product Manager's Handbook introduced thousands of professionals to the expanding roles and responsibilities of a product manager in today's demanding marketplace. Now, in The Product Manager's Field Guide, Gorchels explores the specific skills, abilities, and competencies that separate the outstanding product manager from the average and provides you with a detailed action plan for becoming a product manager capable of creating consistent customer delight and long-term competitive advantage.

The Product Manager's Field Guide tells you everything you need to know to create a clear vision and strategy for any product or service and then drive that vision throughout all levels of your organization and the marketplace. Look to it for:

  • Wide-ranging exercises and self-assessments for developing and rating your skills and competencies
  • Tools and action steps for using your skills to enhance customer satisfaction and competitive position
  • The five competencies of a top-performing product manager--and ways to practice and incorporate them into your daily routine

Today's best product managers must have the skills, vision, and flexibility of a start-up entrepreneur--even when they work for a Fortune 100 company! The Product Manager's Field Guide is a step-by-step action guide for learning and developing those skills and building a product management career that is productive, profitable, and professionally rewarding.

About the Author

Linda Gorchels has extensive experience as a product and marketing manager and is currently managing director of executive marketing seminars in the executive education department of the school of business, University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is the author of the bestselling The Product Manager's Handbook.


Product Details

  • Paperback: 228 pages
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1 edition (April 28, 2003)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0071410597
  • ISBN-13: 978-0071410595
  • Product Dimensions: 10.5 x 6 x 0.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 14.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #210,890 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Linda Gorchels is the author of several international business books that have changed the way corporations and managers think since 1995. Having taught over 10,000 executives from the United States and globally, Gorchels continually reinvents her approaches by functioning as both student and teacher. From her background in foresight studies, she provides insights into 21st century trends that are important for companies to incorporate into planning and business model renewal.

Linda is a wife and mother of two daughters and an eclectic volunteer helping build Habitat for Humanity homes, devoting time on boards of directors, and participating in Rotary.

 

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3.0 out of 5 stars Beginners Guide to Product Management, August 2, 2005
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This review is from: The Product Manager's Field Guide : Practical Tools, Exercises, and Resources for Improved Product Management (Paperback)
This and the handbook are very similar, you need only one. This is a difficult topic to cover when you are not sure of the depth of background of the reader. Does the reader have knowledge of marketing or not. To this point it appears in many places the book assumes you do not, so any general marketing text could be a better source.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Best for beginners in Product Management, May 18, 2007
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This is a very good book if you are new to product management or are making a career switch from a non-managerial career to product management. If you have managed one or two product life cyles in the past, you are less likely to benefit from it.

A significant portion of this book is devoted to general management, but in the product management context. Nonetheless, the book is very well organized and systematic. It develops concepts in detail and offers a wealth of information, that you would otherwise have to pay a lot more to collect from other sources. I would highly recommend it to all beginners in this discipline. Experienced individuals may use it as an occassional reference.



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4.0 out of 5 stars Are you starting a new business - read this book, October 30, 2009
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This review is from: The Product Manager's Field Guide : Practical Tools, Exercises, and Resources for Improved Product Management (Paperback)
I give this book 4 out of 5 stars. Four stars for being a fast read and a useful reference even 3 years after I purchased it. One star removed out of 5 because it fails to address some issues that I found to be important working within a large company and for not including support for smaller sized company product management. But read on to see what I am doing with this book now that I too work for a small startup company...

I purchased this book along with another book titled "Product Management" by Donald R. Lehmann and Russell S, Winer: Product Management 4th Edition (Mcgraw Hill Series in Marketing)

The field guide is more like an overview of all aspects of project management mixed with some forms to be used in various aspects of managing your product mix, and as such it is a fast read and a useful reference during the life of a product. I did not buy or read the "Project Manager's Handbook" of which this book is associated: The Product Managers Handbook, 3E

The book targets product issues found within large companies were many people are involved internal to the company. You may not have thought of this book as a useful reference for a small or startup company for this reason.

But now that I am a co-founder of a small company I continue to refer back to this field guide to find solutions to difficult problems in managing my current service offering back into these same large companies. In particular I am using the "Launch Implementation Checklist" and "Post-Launch Tracking: Early Course Correction." I use these worksheets with respect to improving my own service offering and as a way to create value back into larger companies who want more impact with their products using my service.

Best regards,

Ron Fredericks
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