🎯 Goal

Learn core PM skills and ship a portfolio PRD in 10 weeks.

🧠 Skill Breakdown

• Discovery
• Prioritization
• Roadmapping
• Metrics
• Stakeholder communication

📅 Curriculum Plan

Week 1: What PMs do

• Objective: One concept, one artifact.
• Practical Tasks:
  • Read core article
  • Write 1-page artifact
  • Critique a real product
• Expected Outcome: Reusable artifact in your toolkit.

Week 2: Discovery

• Objective: One concept, one artifact.
• Practical Tasks:
  • Read core article
  • Write 1-page artifact
  • Critique a real product
• Expected Outcome: Reusable artifact in your toolkit.

Week 3: Personas & JTBD

• Objective: One concept, one artifact.
• Practical Tasks:
  • Read core article
  • Write 1-page artifact
  • Critique a real product
• Expected Outcome: Reusable artifact in your toolkit.

Week 4: Prioritization

• Objective: One concept, one artifact.
• Practical Tasks:
  • Read core article
  • Write 1-page artifact
  • Critique a real product
• Expected Outcome: Reusable artifact in your toolkit.

Week 5: Roadmaps

• Objective: One concept, one artifact.
• Practical Tasks:
  • Read core article
  • Write 1-page artifact
  • Critique a real product
• Expected Outcome: Reusable artifact in your toolkit.

Week 6: Specs & PRDs

• Objective: One concept, one artifact.
• Practical Tasks:
  • Read core article
  • Write 1-page artifact
  • Critique a real product
• Expected Outcome: Reusable artifact in your toolkit.

Week 7: Metrics

• Objective: One concept, one artifact.
• Practical Tasks:
  • Read core article
  • Write 1-page artifact
  • Critique a real product
• Expected Outcome: Reusable artifact in your toolkit.

Week 8: Experiments

• Objective: One concept, one artifact.
• Practical Tasks:
  • Read core article
  • Write 1-page artifact
  • Critique a real product
• Expected Outcome: Reusable artifact in your toolkit.

Week 9: Stakeholders

• Objective: One concept, one artifact.
• Practical Tasks:
  • Read core article
  • Write 1-page artifact
  • Critique a real product
• Expected Outcome: Reusable artifact in your toolkit.

Week 10: Portfolio PRD

• Objective: One concept, one artifact.
• Practical Tasks:
  • Read core article
  • Write 1-page artifact
  • Critique a real product
• Expected Outcome: Reusable artifact in your toolkit.

🚀 Final Project

A polished portfolio PRD for a real product opportunity, including problem, solution, metrics, and rollout plan.

📚 Books & Long-Form Reading

• A canonical book or course in this field

👥 Communities to Join

• Active subreddit, Discord or forum for this topic

🔁 Progress Tracking

• Weekly self-check questions and a clear "ready to move on" criterion