Blackblot Product Management Industry Resources
Blackblot provides needs assessment forms that help HR/Training managers verify that they are selecting the appropriate courses for their employees.
Blackblot also provides tools and information that allow product management professionals to evaluate Blackblot’s offering in the high-tech product management category and make informed decisions about the quality of Blackblot's training, templates, certification, and methodology.
Product Management Certifications
- Certified Product Manager (CPM)
- Certified Product Marketing Manager (CPMM)
- New Product Development Professional (NPDP)
- Pragmatic Marketing Certified (PMC)
- Blackblot Product Management Professional (BPMP)

- Evaluate and compare available certification options using the Blackblot Certification Program Benefits table.
Supports Blackblot’s Product Manager’s Toolkit™ (PMTK) methodology.
Product Management Training Companies
- 280 Group – Based in the USA.

- Blackblot – Based in Israel.

- brainmates – Based in Australia.

- Chartered Institute of Marketing – Based in the UK.
- Confianzys – Based in India.

- Gearshift Group – Based in Finland.

- High-Tech College – Based in Israel.
- Innovation Process Management – Based in the UK.
- Marcus Evans PT – Based in the UK.
- Peter Kairies – Based in Germany.
- Pivotal PM – Based in the USA.
- Pragmatic Marketing – Based in the USA.
- Product Focus – Based in the UK.
- Product Innovator – Based in Ireland.
- Select Strategies – Based in Ireland.
- Sequent Learning – Based in the USA.
- Silicon Valley Product Group – Based in the USA.
- Starvision – Based in Israel.
- Tarigo – Based in the UK.
- ZigZag Marketing – Based in the USA.
- University of California, Berkeley – Based in the USA.
- University of Wisconsin, Madison – Based in the USA.
- Evaluate and compare available training options using the Blackblot Training Program Benefits table.
Blackblot content licensee or agent.
Product Planning Software
- Accept Software – Makers of Accept 360°.
- Borland – Makers of CaliberRM.
- IBM–Rational – Makers of RequisitePro.
- Jama Software – Makers of Contour.
- MKS – Makers of MKS Integrity for Requirements Management.
- Orasi – Makers of IdeaScope.
- Orcanos – Makers of Qpack.

- Rally – Makers of Rally Agile Product Manager.
- Requirements Management – Makers of ReqDB.

- Ryma Technologies – Makers of FeaturePlan.
- TechnoSolutions – Makers of TopTeam.
- Telelogic – Makers of DOORS and FocalPoint.
- Three SL – Makers of Cradle.
Supports Blackblot’s Procedural Requirements Management™ (PRM) methodology.
Product Management Books
| Book Name | Author | Publication | ISBN | Category |
| The Product Manager’s Toolkit: Methodologies, Processes and Tasks in High-Tech Product Management | Gabriel Steinhardt | Springer-Verlag | 3642045073 | Product Management |
| Expert Product Management: Advanced Techniques, Tips and Strategies for Product Management & Product Marketing | Brian Lawley | Happy About | 1600050794 | Product Management |
| New Products Management: Fifth Edition | C. Merle Crawford | Richard D. Irwin | 0256187789 | Product Management |
| Product Management | Donald R. Lehmann, Russell S. Winer | McGraw-Hill | 0071238328 | Product Management |
| Software Product Management Essentials | Alyssa S. Dver | Meghan Kiffer | 0929652010 | Product Management |
| The Product Manager’s Desk Reference | Steven Haines | McGraw-Hill | 0071591346 | Product Management |
| The Product Manager’s Handbook | Linda Gorchels | McGraw-Hill | 0658001353 | Product Management |
| In Search of Stupidity: Over 20 Years of High–Tech Marketing Disasters | Merrill R. Chapman | Apress | 1590591046 | Product Management |
| Microsoft Secrets: How the World’s Most Powerful Software Company Creates Technology, Shapes Markets and Manages People | Michael A. Cusumano | Free Press | 0684855313 | Product Management |
- Evaluate and compare available product management methodologies using the Blackblot PMTK Action Model Merits table.
