Notes — Module 01: Introduction to Product Management¶

These are your personal study notes. Write freely and honestly. Incomplete notes are fine — they show where your understanding still needs work. Return to this file to add insights as they develop over time.

Module: [[modules/01_introduction]] Topic: [[product-management]] Date started: Fill in when you begin Status: In progress

Concept Map¶

Sketch how the concepts in this module relate to each other.

mindmap
  root((Product Management))
    What PM Is
      Problem definition
      Outcome ownership
      Influence without authority
    The Three Dimensions
      Desirability - user needs
      Viability - business model
      Feasibility - technical capability
    Discovery vs Delivery
      Discovery - what to build
      Delivery - building it
      Most teams underinvest in discovery
    Product Lifecycle
      Idea
      Discovery
      Definition
      Development
      Launch
      Measure
    PM Types
      B2C
      B2B
      Platform
      Growth
      Technical
      Founding

Alternative: draw this on paper, photo it, and link the image here.

Key Insights¶

The "aha moments" — the things that, once understood, made the rest clear.

PM without authority: Fill in — what surprised you about the PM role's lack of direct authority?
Discovery underinvestment: Fill in — why does skipping discovery feel rational even when it's costly?
Add insights as you discover them

My Understanding¶

Explain the core concepts in your own words, as if teaching them to someone else.

What Product Management Is¶

Write your own explanation here

What I'm still unsure about: Fill in

Discovery vs. Delivery¶

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What I'm still unsure about: Fill in

The Three PM Dimensions¶

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Connections to Other Topics¶

This module's concept	Connects to	How
Product lifecycle (launch/measure phases)	[[feature-flags-monitoring]]	Feature flags enable safe launches and phased rollouts; monitoring validates whether launches achieved intended outcomes
Discovery (validating problem hypotheses)	[[qa-testing]]	QA is how delivery validates that what was built matches what was defined
Delivery and deployment	[[devops-platform-engineering]]	DevOps infrastructure defines how fast and safely a team can ship

Questions That Arose¶

Log questions as they appear. Don't stop to answer them now — just capture them. Then move the serious ones to QUESTIONS.md.

Question 1 — add to QUESTIONS.md if it persists
Question 2

What Tripped Me Up¶

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Summary in My Own Words¶

Write a 3–5 sentence summary of this entire module without looking at any notes. If you can't do this, you need more study time.

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Last updated: 2026-06-09