OIDD 654 - Product Management-2

OIDD 654 - Product Management

Instructor: Karl T. Ulrich (Twitter @ktulrich Links to an external site.) - email ulrich@wh

Teaching Assistant: Connor Daugherty - email condoc@wh

Slack Workspace: invite link here Links to an external site.

<<<The "syllabus" is the Modules item in top-level menu.

Course Description

The course provides the student with a number of tools and concepts necessary for the contemporary practice of product management. The course is most relevant to those who hope to work as product managers, as well as for entrepreneurs who will typically serve as their venture’s initial product managers. General managers and other functional managers may also find the course valuable to better understand the product management function. The key modules in the course comprise (a) creating something from nothing, (b) design and design thinking, (c) performance measurement and the communication of quantitative information, (d) agile development processes, and (e) managing growth. Alumni guest speakers in interesting product management roles will typically be scheduled in each module. Many examples, tools, and methods will come from technology-based industries, but applications will also be drawn from financial services and consumer products. Most assignments will be completed for a focal product selected by each student, which could be an entrepreneurial project, something related to current or prior employment, or simply a product of personal interest.

Getting Help

Anything related to attendance, grading, due dates, logistics >>> Contact TA by email

Anything related to concepts, content, resources, learning more >>> Post to Slack Workspace (KU will monitor and provide public comments/response for benefit of others)

External Resources

Sachin Rehki articles Links to an external site.

Course Policies

• Attendance is defined as present via Zoom for our class sessions with video on. We will start and end precisely on time.
• Grading in this course is simply a summing up of the points for each assignment and then the application of the required grading distribution. (There is no absolute grading scale. That is, 80% does not equal a B- like it did in high school. I simply add up the points, sort the class list and apply the Wharton-mandated grading distribution.)
• Late work is not graded and receives no credit. Please make a note of the due dates.
• All assignments are done individually. We will collaborate in class sessions, but all assignments are intended to be completed by you as an individual independent of others.