How to become an (even) better product manager.​

I have been a product manager for over 12 years. At first I wasn't even aware that my role was that of a classic PM

I have been in love with product management for over 12 years. At first, I didn't even realize that my role was that of a classic product manager. In the past 12 years, I went through several promotion processes and moved into management positions in the product area by changing jobs. Especially at the beginning of my career, I often had no idea about the skills that were expected of me in my role.

Questions like “What makes a good product manager?” “What else do I have to learn to be promoted?” and “Why are others climbing the corporate ladder but not me?” have often occupied my thoughts. I didn’t understand many things until I was in a management position myself and had the task of leading product managers. After this experience, I can say in retrospect that my managers could not have answered my questions either. In most companies, it was (and is) evaluated based on gut instinct or company-wide, role-independent standards.

When I became a manager myself, I started looking for tools t…