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Product Management
Certification Program
6 Months | Base Program + 3 Specialisations
With the Indian entrepreneurial ecosystem exploding, we are at an exciting juncture
in the business and economic history of India. Today, we are creating products to
solve most of life’s problems. As more products are being launched everyday, there
is an increased demand for qualified well-rounded product managers in the market.
Ronnie Screwvala
Co-founder & Chairman
upGrad
A premier global provider of custom executive
education, consistently ranked among the top three
providers of leadership solutions in the world Duke CE
has forged a reputation as a centre of rigorous thinking
and high impact transformative education.
CEO
Duke Corporate Education
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PROGRAM
HIGHLIGHTS
3 Specialisations +
15+ Live Sessions
Mock Interviews
with Product
Experts
Personalised
Resume-Building
Exercise
1:1 Mentorship
from Product
Experts
Rigorous &
Customised Feedback
on Assignments
Doubt resolution within
24 hours via Discussion
Forums & Student
Support team & upGrad
Buddy
Exclusive Membership
to Program Alumni
group run by upGrad
Exclusive Access to
basecamps
WHO IS THIS
PROGRAM FOR?
Our previous batches of 1500+ learners had
the following profile mix:
Industry Wise % Breakup: Role Wise % Breakup:
Others
7.52% Product Managers
BFSI 14.8
16.63%
IT Professionals
Consulting Firms 22.2 14.8%
Technology 29.6
Project Managers
Sales & 16%
Manufacturing 14.8
Marketing
Others 18.5
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 Analysts
Consultants 20.34% 14.83%
The PM course by Duke and upGrad has a really good course structure-
Lectures from Duke CE professors and subject knowledge shared by indus-
try experts gives us a clear picture of real world product management. We
have career landscape calls with PMs of diverse domains. The course has
given me a clear picture of how a product lifecycle would be.
Shubham Chinchalkar
Aspiring Product Manager,
Build4less.co.uk
The most I have enjoyed about this course is its flexibility and conve-
-
lent content and assignments that build on your knowledge because of
which it was easier for me to acquire the technical skills required for Prod-
uct management. It also made me interested in learning more about
Python and SQL.
Roehit Kamana
Program Director - Demo Day,
Covid India Task Force
Shrenik Salgun
Information Technology System Analyst,
Gulf Cryo
Since the world was taken over in shock by the pandemic situation, I was
PRODUCT
(Duration: 0.5 weeks)
To become a successful Product Manager, you will need to analyse your product’s market
size and its customer preference. This module will help you analyse the industry trends,
Topics covered:
Environmental analysis
Competitor analysis
Business model canvas
Market sizing (TAM, SAM, Target Market)
Product adoption curve
(Duration: 1 week)
To build products that users would love, you first need to find out what they want. This
module will help you understand how you can get to know your users through common
methods of research. You will also learn how to analyse the data you collect and gather
insights from it while you develop a product.
Topics covered:
Qualitative vs quantitative methods
Surveys
Interviews
Client requirement gathering
Project:
Carry out a survey about a local favorite food, describing components which are liked and
which can be improved.
(Duration: 0.5 week)
For developing new products from scratch, you will need to implement the learnings from
market and user research to create a product artefact. This is especially important in a 1-n
product development in a B2C industry. Similarly, you will go through several demonstra-
Topics covered:
Persona
User Journey Map
Project:
Create a medium post on personas for a 0-1 product and write down a suitable user journey
after studying competitors, users etc.
(Duration: 1 week)
Many great products fail due to bad design. A product manager needs to solve the pain
points of the users by building product components keeping design as the focus. In this
Topics covered:
Critique design of web and app based products
Conceptual design
IA
Visual principles
Web and app based product trends
Project:
Critique the design of a given product.
PROTOTYPING
(Duration: 1 week)
Before investing time and resources in your product, it is better to build prototypes, so that
you can test them on actual users to get feedback.
Topics covered:
Sketch
Wireframe
Interactive prototype
Building demos for B2B products
Project:
Create an interactive prototype of a chosen product.
Topics covered:
Introduction to Usability Testing
MVP and its importance
Build Measure Learn framework
Testing and validating the MVP
Creating landing pages
Project:
Carry out usability testing on the prototypes created and suggest a MVP.
PRODUCT ANALYTICS
(Duration: 2 weeks)
Managing a product requires the product manager to gauge the performance of the product
by analysing metrics. In this module you will learn about some key metrics that need to be
tracked, methods to track them and how to interpret the data.
Topics covered:
Identifying metrics through AARRR or HEART framework
Segmentation and cohort analysis
Brief about A/B testing
Google Analytics
Project:
Identify metrics to track for a SaaS product. And then calculate CAC and LTV from the
given information.
Topics covered:
Acquisition, Activation, Retention, Engagement, Referral strategies
Pricing models and monetization
Creating growth loops within the product
Project:
Write a Medium post on how you would increase adoption of products like Hotstar or
PubG in tier 2/3 cities of Indian market.
Topics covered:
Introduction to GTM & its Components
Product - Market Fit
Product Pricing
Product Marketing & Sales Strategies
Product Launch Plan
Topics covered:
Prepare a brief Go-To-Market strategy for a given product.
Tools:
Excel and SQL
EXCEL AND SQL
(Duration: 1 week)
This module will equip you with skills which will help you break down a business problem
into smaller tasks, retrieve the right data and analyse datasets to derive valuable insights.
Topics covered:
Excel functions
Basics of SQL
MySQL functions
Topics covered:
Agile methodology
Scrum product development
Sprint planning
Topics covered:
What engineers expect from PMs and vice-versa
Basic Architecture of Applications
Understanding Tech Stacks
Cloud Overview & Performance
Basic Software Dev & Release Cycle
SPECIALISATION
CURRICULUM
GROWTH PRODUCT MANAGEMENT
(Duration: 6 Weeks)
Monetization Strategies
Factors impacting monetization & creating new monetization avenues
Growth Loops
Importance of getting users addicted to your product by creating habit forming loops
DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION
(Duration: 6 Weeks)
JOHN A. DAVIS
Duke CE Faculty
Duke Corporate Education
My work is based on extensive research and business experiences in multiple domains on how
to help businesses become a force for good.
AJ BOELENS
Duke CE Faculty
Duke Corporate Education
I am a leading practitioner and academic for customer-centric strategy and innovation in Asia.
PROGRAM FEE
BASE PROGRAM
Duration - 5.5 Months | INR 1,50,000 + Taxes
FOR ADMISSION
Visit: https://upgrad.com/product-management
COMPANY INFORMATION
upGrad Education Private Limited
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Worli, Mumbai - 400018