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Ask HN: are there any "must read" product management books?
I'm looking to get some fresh ideas to improve our product lifecycle.
A quick Amazon search turns up a lots of stuff, but I'm not sure which books are for us - in particular, even if the book is very good I am not sure if it is targeted towards say enterprise vs. an small, everyone-wears-multiple-hats agile team.
With software development you've got "must reads" like Code Complete that basically are relevant to any programmer regardless of environment, so I wonder if there's analogous tomes for product?
- mathgladiator 16y agoI think the book Managing Humans is a wonderful book on management. http://www.managinghumans.com/ http://www.managinghumans.com/
- klbarry 16y agoThe website is great, really simple and original.
- pdelgallego 16y agoA classic book is "The mythical man of the month", It was published in 1975, but its worth reading. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mythical_Man-Month http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mythical_Man-Month
- benkant 16y agoIt's "The Mythical Man-Month". Which makes sense given the content of the book.
- jmenu 16y agosteve blank's Four Steps to the Epiphany. Steve also has a list of books on his website, steveblank.com/books-for-startups.
- brudgers 16y agoAugustine's Laws Like the mythical man month, only not mythical. http://www.amazon.com/Augustines-Chairman-Lockheed-Corporation-Augustine/dp/1563472406 http://www.amazon.com/Augustines-Chairman-Lockheed-Corporati...
- trequartista 16y agoSee: http://www.quora.com/Product-Management/What-are-the-best-books-for-Product-Managers http://www.quora.com/Product-Management/What-are-the-best-bo...?
- mailarchis 16y agoYou should check out Inspired - How to create products customer love by Marty Cagan. I found it extremely concise and useful. http://www.amazon.com/Inspired-Create-Products-Customers-Love/dp/0981690408/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1294301344&sr=8-1 http://www.amazon.com/Inspired-Create-Products-Customers-Lov...
- sachitgupta 16y agoMaking Things Happen by Scott Berkun.