👨‍💻PM Projects: What You Need to Know

What is a PM Project?

Proof of work to show that you’ve done some work in or related to the PM field.

Why do you need projects?

• Adds weight to your CV (especially when you’re in early college with little-to-zero experience)

• Signals your strengths to the interviewer

• More impressive projects make you stand out from the crowd

What makes a good project?

• Sticking to the basics

• Being user-first

• Ideas are prioritized + quantifiable

• Ties into team expectations, business value and company vision

Use this as a checklist in the future!

What do each of these signal?

• You consider the user’s pain points

• You will track, iterate and improve

• You are a true ‘manager’

©️ High On Product

Do read this blog by Julie Zhuo for product critique and deep insights on how to see product management in two lenses:

How to do a Product CritiqueThe Year of the Looking Glass

Continuing from Julie's blog, Manas Saloi's post adds more ideas and ways to make your product critique better. (Also, Manas Saloi is a great resource for any questions about products.)

Product CritiqueManas J. Saloi

Where to find PM Projects?

• Your own ideas and observations

• LinkedIn (Search Flipkart APM decks/Nextleap GP/Insurjo Projects)

• PM School Weekly Challenge

• Product Competitions

• High On Product :)

The next page will help you get started:

🔍How-Tos to Get Started

What should you do after all this?

• Make a Product Portfolio

• Make it interesting, add a pinch of your personality, humor and emojis.

• High Effort: Personal Website

• Low Effort: Use Notion (Refer to this thread)

https://twitter.com/Rahul_J_Mathur/status/1687738487934464000)