IT Product Management

Ankur Awasthi | IT Product Manager | Shaadiwish

What is IT Product Management?

A Career in IT Product Management is very interesting. Unfortunately, it is very difficult to find information about What IT Product Management actually is. Most pages on the internet just talk about How to get into IT Product Management. The internet is a great source of information on IT Product Management, but it is second best to learning about the same from a real professional.

IT Product Manager Ankur Awasthi invested 3 years & 8 months in IT Product Management. IT Product Manager Ankur Awasthi outlines IT Product Management as:

Product management is an organizational lifecycle function within a company dealing with the planning, forecasting, and production, or marketing of a product or products at all stages of the product lifecycle.

How IT Product Manager Ankur Awasthi got into IT Product Management?

After finishing my graduation and post graduation from IP University, I started his career as a UI/UX Designer and Web Developer since then. Work with Shaadiwish.com as IT Product Manager.

IT Product Manager Ankur Awasthi's Talk on IT Product Management

Starts with what is:
1)	IT Product Management

Next, it covers Education. We all know that only 10% of what is taught in IT Product Management is actually used in real life. The Education section of the Talk clearly explained what is the 10% needed in IT Product Management. It defines Education in terms of following items for IT Product Management:
2)	Database
3)	UI & UX Designing
4)	Front End Development
5)	Software Testing
6)	Graphics Designing
7)	Android Development

Then, the Talk focuses on the most important component that is Skills. 90% success in IT Product Management depends on Skills. It is crucial to understand these. It discusses following headings for Skills in IT Product Management:
8)	Understanding User Psychology
9)	Understanding Market Demand
10)	Improving Product Usability
11)	Teamwork
12)	Analysis and Decision Making

There are great positives of IT Product Management. These are the Positives of IT Product Management:
13)	Growth Opportunity
14)	Job Satisfaction
15)	Diverse Function
16)	Interesting Job
17)	Learning New Things

Challenges define IT Product Management as much as the Positives of the same:
18)	Working on Others Idea
19)	Out of Box Thinking
20)	Long Working Hours

In the final section of the Talk, Ankur Awasthi talks about How a day goes in a Career in:
21)	Technology

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Links for this Talk

IT Product Manager Ankur Awasthi's LifePage:

[LifePage]
https://www.lifepage.in/page/ankurawasthi

LifePage Career Talk on IT Product Management

[Career]
https://www.lifepage.in/careers/it-product-management

[Full Talk]
https://lifepage.app.link/20170822-0001

[Trailer]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHzPVUrjG_g

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