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Product Manager Warm-up

This document describes the steps to take to get started with working in the product group.

Gitlab issue estimated time: 15 hours

Weight of issue: 1

1) Learn about the product

About Hyletic Product

You can learn more about what we are making at Hyletic here.

2) Review the design documents for the product

Look at the Product function chart (Product function chart to get an idea of how the product is structured.

To understand the detail design of the product refer to the Product Design Document (PRD). You don't need to read the whole document, but just understand what the product is like.

When reading through the PRD document, you will find images of designs. You can find the detailed pages at full resolution here.

3) Try out Demo version of the product

After you have a general understanding of the product. Follow these guidelinesto download the demo version of our App product.

4) Install software needed to work in the Product group

The list of software needed to work in the Product group is found in this document.

5) Write about what you understood from experiencing our product

In a PowerPoint presentation, explain what you understood from learning about our product from points 2-4. Based on your understanding, try to cover the following points in the presentation:

  • What is our product?
  • What is important for our product?
  • What are the main functions of our product?

6) Learn how to work in the product group

To understand the workflow within the product group, you will first need to learn about the DevOps workflow.

When working in the product group, you will be assigned issues than come from the workflows described above. In each issue, there will be a detailed description of the issue and deliverables at the end of the issue. Make sure you first understand how to use Gitlab and working with issues within Gitlab.

7) Market & user demand analysis 需求分析

Based on what you understood about the product, analyze the Market and user demand for our product. Include your analysis on who are the users and why they use our product. Write your analysis as a markdown (.md) document and name it demand-analysis-[your name]-YYMMDD[date submitted].md

8) Create a PowerPoint presentation

Create a PowerPoint describing all the steps of the Product development process. Based on your role, describe which steps will you be mainly focused on and what kind of work you envision you'll be doing in the future. For example, a UX designer will mainly be responsible for the Problem validation phase and design phase of the process.

In the presentation you should cover the following points:

  • What is our product?
  • What is important for our product?
  • What are the main functions of our product?
  • Your analysis on market and user demand.

After you finish making the PowerPoint, name it according to this:

  • product-warmup-[your name]-YYMMDD[date submitted].pptx Eg. product-warmup-name-201230.pptx

9) Product Group Contacts

If you have any questions about the product and how to work in the product group, contact your leader on Lark.