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Overview of Product Management
The Product Management Lifecycle (7 Phases)
- Conceive
  - Discover Opportunities
    - Generate Ideas
      - Sources of great product ideas
      - Methods for Generating Creative Ideas
        
        Brainstorming
        
        Customer Counsils
        
        Mind-mapping
        
        Four Actions framework from the Blue Ocean Strategy
    - Evaluate Ideas
    - Prioritize Ideas
  - Validate Product Market Fit
  - Documentation
    - Business Plan (Preliminary version)
    - Market Needs (Preliminary version)
    - Market Strategy Document (Preliminary version)
- Plan
  - Validate Ideas
    - Market Research
      - Market Segmentation
    - User Research
      - User Segmentation
        
        Personas
      - User or Customer Research (Primary Reserach)
        
        Customer Visits
        
        Customer Interviews
    - Market Needs
    - Competitive Analysis
  - Documentation
    - Business Plan/Case Document
    - Market Needs Document
    - Product Description Document
    - Market Strategy Document
    - Roadmap Document
- Develop
- Quality
- Launch
- Maximize
- Retire