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The Concise Product Management Course (Udemy.com)

A brief, yet comprehensive course covering the skills, tools, and processes needed to become an irreplaceable PM.

4.3
5,722 reviews

Created by: Charles Du

Last updated December 2022

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Based on the ratings of 5,722 students, a sample of their written reviews and the syllabus, as the course stood in December 2022. No course pays to be reviewed.

Charles Du's course is a short, beginner-first walk through the product process. It runs about six hours across 87 lectures and 13 sections, moving from idea generation and market fit to user empathy, validation, wireframes, user stories and PM leadership. There is one NASA app case study, plus a section on landing job offers. Students build their own idea through ten exercises, using Workflowy, Axure and Pivotal Tracker. It is pitched at accidental PMs, career changers, founders and junior PMs, and it asks for no background.

The teaching gets the most praise. Reviewers call it structured, easy to digest and full of real product examples, and one reviewer with an accounting background says they learned a lot in a short time. The brainstorming technique gets a special mention. The complaints are about depth. One reviewer found the BUC Method lecture vague with no real world examples, another wanted more on the PM role today, and a two-star reviewer says it covered little once interviews began. Others mention low sound, unclear words and no PDF notes.

About 4,660 of the 5,722 ratings are four or five stars, and 23,916 students have taken it, which backs up the 4.3 average. The catch is age: the last update was December 2022, so the tooling and role advice are from that era. Treat it as a quick, practical first pass, then move on to something deeper once you have a spec on paper. Experienced PMs will find it basic.

Best forAccidental PMs and career switchers who want a quick, hands-on overview ending in a spec and prototype.
Skip it ifYou already work as a PM and want depth, current practice, or strategy and metrics beyond the basics.

Pros

  • Ten step-by-step exercises build a spec, wireframes and a prototype
  • Reviewers call the teaching structured and easy to digest, with real product examples
  • Around six hours in 87 short lectures, so it is easy to finish
  • No prerequisites; a reviewer with an accounting background says it still worked

Cons

  • Some lectures are thin; the BUC Method lecture was called vague with no real examples
  • Last updated December 2022, and one reviewer wanted more on the PM role today
  • A reviewer found the sound low and wanted a PDF or slides to revise from
Charles has successfully explain his experience in very structured and easy to digest material. Thank you for making this course!
Michael Edvard Ranndall Tarigan, a student

Aimed at beginners and junior PMs; no technical background needed, though experienced PMs may find it basic.

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What you will learn

  • Learn core skills that make up the entire Product Management process. From ideation to market research to wireframing to prototyping to user stories to leadership.
  • Become an Agile Product Owner and learn how to use industry-standard tools like Pivotal Tracker, Axure, and Popplet
  • Discover the secret method behind how Apple creates laser-focused products
  • Build your product portfolio with 10 step-by-step exercises that will take your product idea from concept to spec
  • Get a behind-the-scenes look at case studies like the NASA app (over 10 million downloads) and Getaround ($0 to $200 million valuation in 5 years)
  • Analyze the market landscape, discover weaknesses in your competitors, spots trends that will hyper-grow your product
  • Quickly test and validate your product idea over a weekend
  • Effectively lead developers / designers and manage stakeholders
  • Hack the Product Management interview process and stand out from the competition

Course content

13 sections · 87 lectures · 5.9 hours of video 1 article

  1. 1Introduction to Product Management 3 free previews4 lectures · 16 min
  2. 2The Product Development Process4 lectures · 34 min
  3. 3How to Come Up with a Killer Product Idea9 lectures · 25 min
  4. 4Finding a Market Fit9 lectures · 21 min
  5. 5Case Study - The NASA App5 lectures · 30 min
  6. 6Building Empathy to Relate to Your Users9 lectures · 23 min
  7. 7Testing and Validating Your Product Idea9 lectures · 33 min
  8. 8Shaping the Product6 lectures · 25 min
  9. 9How to Make Beautiful Wireframes12 lectures · 23 min
  10. 10How to Write Great User Stories8 lectures · 26 min

Who it is for

The instructor says it suits

  • "Accidental" Product Managers who want to succeed at their job
  • People who want to transition into a Product Management career
  • Entrepreneurs who want to learn the process on how to build a killer product
  • Jr. Product Managers who want to learn how to be irreplaceable at their job

What you need before you start

  • This course has no prerequisites. You do not have to have a technical background, just a passion for designing products

How it compares

Against the other 54 rated Udemy courses in Product Management on CourseDuck:

  • Rating4.3 out of 5higher than 22% of them
  • Reviews5,722#5 of 55 by number of reviews
  • Length5.9 hourslonger than 62% of them
  • Last updatedDecember 2022earlier than 85% of them

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Course Description

Want to learn product management but don't have 10+ hours to burn watching boring videos?

Consider taking my concise product management course!

I've compressed 10+ years of award-winning Product Management experience (NASA, Apple, Ticketmaster) into a condensed 5.5 hr course.

Learn the core skills that make up the entire Product Management process, from ideation to market research to wireframing to prototyping to user stories to Product Management leadership. I designed this course to be easily understood by people who are new to Product Management.

In addition to mastering the core skills, you'll actively apply it by learning popular Product Management tools like Workflowy, Axure, Pivotal Tracker. You will get a chance to build out one of your own product ideas through 10 step-by-step exercises complete with working files and sample templates. At the end of the course, you'll have a product spec with a feature backlog, wireframes, and an interactive prototype.

Ever wonder how organizations like Apple, NASA, and Ticketmaster design their products? You will know after taking this course. You'll be getting a condensed knowledge transfer from a 10+ year Product Management veteran who has led teams at those prestigious organizations and has launched over a dozen products used by millions of users daily. You'll get a behind-the-scenes look at several real life examples of wildly successful products and learn the secret sauce.
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Instructor Details

Charles Du

My products have won NASA awards, led to 2 patents, and have brought in $ millions in rev per day.

My online product management courses has 50,000+ students across 40 countries and is available in English, Spanish, and Portuguese.

I get invited to speak and give workshops at international product / UX conferences and MBA programs.

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By Angelita Davis on 7/20/2021

This is hands down the best course I have bought on Udemy. Charles Du delivers value from the first lesson and continues throughout the course. I generated so many different ideas using his brainstorming technique, I am marvelled. I have tried to create ideas before, but fell flat. This one works for me! And this was not even the course I intended to buy initially, but glad I did. I have to find any other courses he made and get them all. This guy is worth his weight in gold. I like his delivery style, he beaks everything down simply, then gives very good examples. I have never written such a glowing review for anyone ever. I keep coming back to this course to refresh my skillset. It helped me to get a job. Thanks so much Charles.

By Omar Ghufran on 12/22/2020

It touches upon the basics but I was hoping if there could be more insight into the role of a PM in context to the current time. Also, general information on what other technologies we should learn as a PM could have been helpful. Nevertheless, Product Charles has put up a lot of effort into this course with learnings from his time. That has been very helpful. Thankyou

By Swapnilsinh Rajput on 11/8/2020

Perfect

By Onyekachi Izukanne on 11/8/2020

The course has been good so far. I have learned a lot from the course on product management.

By Somto Chikwado Ofodum on 10/27/2020

Yes, it is interesting, simple to follow and is great for newbies like me.

By Vyacheslav Zgordan on 10/27/2020

Great course, all concepts are explained clearly, I started to make my own product.

By Edward Hunt on 10/23/2020

It's quite basic

By Petra Sablji on 10/5/2020

Great match! Although I have heard most of it, it is retold from a different and refreshing perspective that really caught my mind/attention.

By Veerendra Sontakke on 10/3/2020

A great learning experience for someone who is very new and getting started with Basics of Product Management.

By Olaoluwa Joshua Kehinde on 9/24/2020

It's a good one for me. I'm enjoying it

By Sardan Babu Othuri on 9/24/2020

Too much of repetitive examples, not much of real concepts of Product management

By Nazish Asad on 9/23/2020

Overall the course is fine, but it needs an update. Axure tool tutorials are outdated and Section 11 is repetative (How to lead developers contains how to lead designers and manage stakeholdes). Because of this half an hour is wasted.

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Overall Score : 86 / 100

The Concise Product Management Course
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  • Video Duration: icon 5.9h
  • Price: $14.99
  • Provider: icon Udemy
  • Updated: icon December 2022
  • Level: All Levels All Levels
  • Language: icon English
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  • Lectures:87 in 13 sections
  • Students:23,900
  • Subtitles:5 languages
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