AGENTUR FÜR ARBEIT Product Management Program Curriculum
A learning experience that’s as rigorous and in sync with the industry as it is suited to beginners and upskillers alike.
Skills-focused
Every aspect of our curriculum is specifically designed to help you cultivate the industry’s most in-demand skills. From research and initiating solutions to launching and iterating on products, you’ll graduate with everything you need to thrive in your new career.
Rigorously practical
Our project-based curriculum takes you well beyond theory to immerse you in the kind of work you’ll be doing on the job. You’ll put everything you learn to immediate, practical use through hands-on projects—all integral to the professional portfolio you’ll build along the way.
Written by experts
Our instructional designers and editors work together with seasoned and skilled subject matter experts to create and continuously update learning materials that equip you with the industry knowledge and skills that will get you hired.
Curriculum overview
Completion times are approximations based on the progress of our current students and graduates
Dive into the world of product management while gaining hands-on experience identifying, managing, and implementing improvements to your product.
1.1 The Role of the Product Manager
Learn about the origins, relevance, and responsibilities of a product manager while researching and proposing ways to improve a product.
1.2 Introduction to the Product Requirements Document
Define and compile your Product Requirements Document (PRD), while also explaining the difference between Objective Key Results (OKRs) and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
1.3 Agile: Introduction to Scrum & Kanban
Learn about Agile techniques, Scrum meetings, and applying methodologies to a project.
1.4 User & Market Research
Learn about quantitative and qualitative research methodologies and create survey and interview questions to best conduct user research.
1.5 Backlog Prioritization
Discover how to define prioritization frameworks and apply a prioritization method to your own list of feature requests.
1.6 Design, Prototypes & MVPs
Differentiate between low- and high-fidelity design, types of Minimum Viable Products (MVPs), and develop an early wireframe using a wireframing tool.
1.7 Team Alignment
Learn to manage and build trust among teams of stakeholders, and present your product improvement ideas to your company’s Chief Product Officer (CPO).
Immerse yourself into the mindset, processes, and tools that product managers use every day. In this course, you’ll complete a total of four Achievements, consisting of several tasks each.
Achievement 1
Achievement 2
Achievement 3
Achievement 4
Understand Your Product & Align the Team
Dive into the product development process by compiling the first version of a Product Requirements Document (PRD)—aligning team members and stakeholders on shared goals.
Understanding Company Vision
Understanding Your Stakeholders & Decision Makers
Understanding Your Product
Creating Product Principles
Aligning Project Timelines & Budgets
Creating a Product Roadmap
Initiate Research & Define Solutions
Navigate, organize, and conduct user and market research. Learn to carry out ideation and solution definition before analyzing, articulating, and synthesizing the information you’ve gathered in the form of product solutions.
Conducting Valuable Research
Organizing Research & Data
Conducting Effective Analysis
Articulating Information
Generating & Prioritizing Ideas
Defining Product Solutions
Validate & Refine the Idea
Create prototypes, Minimum Viable Products (MVPs), and a proof of concept as needed. Finish compiling your Product Requirements Document (PRD) and get ready for development.
Defining the Product Manager’s Role During Product Validation
Prototyping & Testing
Designing Iterations & User Feedback
Developing Minimum Viable Products & Proof of Concept
Finalizing Your Product Requirements Document (PRD)
Preparing for Development
Launch & Iterate
Learn how to manage stakeholders and teams during launch, define success metrics, collect data, and review your product metrics and customer feedback.
Managing Effectively During Development
Capturing Product Metrics
Aligning Stakeholders & Teams
Preparing for Product Launch
Completing Post-Launch Activities
Strategizing for Product & Self
Intro to Product Management
Dive into the world of product management while gaining hands-on experience identifying, managing, and implementing improvements to your product.
1.1 The Role of the Product Manager
1.2 Introduction to the Product Requirements Document
1.3 Agile: Introduction to Scrum & Kanban
1.4 User & Market Research
1.5 Backlog Prioritization
1.6 Design, Prototypes & MVPs
1.7 Team Alignment
Product Management Immersion
Immerse yourself into the mindset, processes, and tools that product managers use every day. In this course, you’ll complete a total of four Achievements, consisting of several tasks each.
Understand Your Product & Align the Team
Dive into the product development process by compiling the first version of a Product Requirements Document (PRD)—aligning team members and stakeholders on shared goals.
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{"number"=>"1.5", "text"=>"Aligning Project Timelines & Budgets"}
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Initiate Research & Define Solutions
Navigate, organize, and conduct user and market research. Learn to carry out ideation and solution definition before analyzing, articulating, and synthesizing the information you’ve gathered in the form of product solutions.
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Validate & Refine the Idea
Create prototypes, Minimum Viable Products (MVPs), and a proof of concept as needed. Finish compiling your Product Requirements Document (PRD) and get ready for development.
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Launch & Iterate
Learn how to manage stakeholders and teams during launch, define success metrics, collect data, and review your product metrics and customer feedback.
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{"number"=>"4.5", "text"=>"Completing Post-Launch Activities"}
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{"number"=>"4.6", "text"=>"Strategizing for Product & Self"}
Built on proven learning theories and industry expertise
Dive into a comprehensive and varied learning experience designed to take you from beginner to Product Management pro.
Each course is packed with reading materials, supporting audio learning options, and more.
Our instructional designers work hand-in-hand with seasoned experts in the field to keep the curriculum rooted in proven learning theories, and in-sync with the latest industry practices.
Create your portfolio with industry-standard tools
Product Management Tools
You’ll be working with the most popular industry-standard tools throughout the program, and you’ll get to choose from a variety of tools to test out which tools work best for your needs. The program is continuously benchmarked to ensure you’re learning the tools you’ll be most likely to encounter in your new career.
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