Product Management Consortium

Technology Management MBA Program

The MBA for technology professionals. The Technology Management MBA Program at the University of Washington's Foster School of Business is an 18-month cohort-based MBA program designed for working professionals. For more information see www.foster.washington.edu/tmmba

Pivotal Product Management helps companies bring products to market successfully through product management training, coaching, process consulting and hands-on product management resources.

Founded in 2004, Pivotal Product Management was created to share our personal experiences and hard-won expertise in managing and marketing products successfully. We continue to be practicing product managers, testing what we teach in the real world every day, and teaching what we learn from working in fast-paced, innovative organizations. Pivotal Product Management’s founders Mara Krieps and Linda Merrick are recipients of AIPMM's "Excellence in Product Management Education" award (2006 and 2007), and both were listed in the Puget Sound Business Journal's TechFlash 2009 inaugural list of the "Top 100 Women in Seattle Tech".

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The Exam:
Certification candidates demonstrate a thorough understanding of not only the theory, but also the practice of product management and product marketing management including the underlying concepts, principles and terminology.

The examination tests candidates’ ability to evaluate and implement all aspects of product management and product marketing management strategy, from new product development to product retirement, from start-up to established organizations.

Why Certify?

Hiring Managers	Product Managers and Product Marketers
Increased confidence in hiring	Competitive advantage in job search
Increased organizational confidence in your team	Faster promotion to senior positions
Reduced management and training requirements	Increased confidence and success

For more information:
http://aipmm.com/html/certification/

Product Management Training

UW-SPM Certificate Program
This eight-month certificate program focuses on the business, technical and management processes for driving successful software products. The program's curriculum covers the full software product spectrum, from concept to profit, including all of the basic life cycle processes of software market analysis and product planning, product development and launch, and marketing, sales and support.

Blackblot
Product marketing and management tools, training and consulting services for high-tech companies.

Product Management Organizations

AIPMM
The Association of International Product Marketing & Management, founded in 1998, promotes worldwide excellence in product management education, research and practice.

Puget Sound Product Marketing Forum
A free online collaboration venue for product management and product marketing professionals.

Market Research Resources

GMI (Global Market Insite, Inc.) provides comprehensive integrated solutions for global market intelligence for both market research firms and corporate market research departments at Global 2000 companies.

For more information see www.gmi-mr.com.