UC Berkeley's: Product Management Training Program

Translating Market Opportunities into Profitability

Sample Course Outline

  Topic Time Faculty
  Certficate Distribution 4:00 PM  
Module 1: Strategic Planning
Day 1 Product Management Training Program Introduction 9:00AM - 9:15AM Sara Beckman, MS, PhD
Kim Fisher, MBA
Corporate and Product Strategy 9:15AM - 12:30PM Paul Tiffany, MBA, PhD
Lunch 12:30PM - 1:30PM  
Product Portfolio Planning 1:30PM - 5:00PM Sara Beckman, MS, PhD
Day 2 Pricing Strategy 9:00AM - 10:30AM Teck Ho, MS, PhD
Revenue Models and the Business Case 11:00AM - 12:30PM  Teck Ho, MS, PhD
Lunch 12:30PM - 1:30PM  
Product Management Best Practices 1:30PM - 3:00PM Steven Haines
Product Road Maps 3:30PM - 5:00PM Rich Mironov, MBA
Module 2: Product Management Execution
Day 3 Market Research 9:00AM - 12:30PM Priya Raghubir, MBA, PhD
Lunch and Design Exercise 12:30PM - 1:30PM Sara Beckman, MS, PhD
Customer Focused Design 1:30PM - 5:00PM Sara Beckman, MS, PhD
Day 4 Leading Teams 9:00AM - 12:30PM Jane Creech, MA
Lunch 12:30PM - 1:30PM  
Negotiations and Influence for Product Managers 1:30PM - 5:00PM Holly Schroth, MA, PhD
Module 3: Product Launch
Day 5 Creating Superior Value Propositions 8:30AM - 11:45AM Rashi Glazer, MBA, PhD
Lunch 11:45AM - 12:30PM  
Competitive Advantage in Smart Markets 12:30PM - 4:00PM Rashi Glazer, MBA, PhD