Training Product Management Training Product Management Training That Rebuilds the Discipline Product management is being pulled apart, and the discipline is getting lost in the noise. In tech companies, product managers are pushed toward Python, data tooling, and AI prompt engineering. In large enterprises, they’re buried in sprints, grooming backlogs, and navigating governance. What’s missing is the role product management was created to play: owning the strategic business decisions that drive profitable growth. Product managers should be able to ask and answer fundamental questions: Which markets matter? Which customer problems should we solve? Which products deserve investment? Where is the business case? How do we build a profitable product line? How do we orchestrate cross-functional teams to deliver focused results? Agile can’t answer these questions. Tools can’t answer them. AI can’t answer them. Strategic product management can. That’s the gap our product management training closes. A Modern Approach, Built on Enterprise Experience Delivered through Sequent Learning, our product management training programs rebuild the discipline as the strategic engine of the business. We work across industries and contexts: fintech and banking, industrial manufacturers, enterprise software, healthcare, medical devices, and companies navigating AI-enabled products in complex delivery environments. Our methodology is grounded in The Product Manager’s Desk Reference (3rd Edition), widely regarded as the bible of product management, along with The Product Manager’s Survival Guide, Leading Product Management, and The Product Manager’s Career Path, all authored by our founder, Steven Haines. We don’t teach how to code or run ceremonies. We teach product managers how to think like business owners who use technology, data, and cross-functional teams to drive outcomes that matter and profits that support strategic intent. Core Product Management Training Programs Product Management EssentialsMaster product management as a business discipline across the full product life cycle. Build capability in market insight, financial modeling, business case development, portfolio thinking, stakeholder influence, and cross-functional orchestration. Designed for product managers across industrial, banking, fintech, healthcare, medical device, and enterprise software companies. Product Strategy and RoadmappingConvert market insights and company data into actionable, metric-driven strategies and roadmaps aligned with strategic intent. Learn business-logic prioritization, financial trade-offs, and how to build roadmaps that engineering leaders and executives can support. Whether sequencing AI features or shaping multi-year plans, this product strategy course delivers real strategic capability. Product Business Case AnalysisBuild financial rigor to defend product investments. Develop complete business cases with opportunity sizing, revenue and margin modeling, risk assessment, and ROI articulation. Teams produce believable, actionable business cases and rehearse executive presentations. Essential for new products, platforms, production lines, or market expansions. Leading and Implementing Product ManagementDesigned for heads of product and VP-level leaders. Learn how to design a modern product organization: define governance and decision rights, align product and P&L structures, and build talent systems that elevate product managers from feature owners to business leaders. Works across fintech, enterprise software, industrial, and financial services environments. Flexible Delivery for Any Organization We offer self-paced online product management courses, cohort-based virtual programs with facilitated learning, and customized corporate product management workshops tailored to your products, economics, and organizational challenges. Organizations seeking formal recognition can participate in our industry-recognized Sequent product management certification. Why Our Product Management Training Works Tools evolve. Agile methods shift. AI accelerates delivery. But one thing never changes: someone must make integrated decisions grounded in business logic that considers where to invest, what to stop, and how to balance short-term delivery with long-term value. Our product management training programs succeed because they’re built on your real business context: your financials, customers, markets, constraints, and organizational dynamics. Participants don’t learn from startup case studies. They learn by solving the actual problems they face in their own companies. Whether you’re building AI-enabled platforms, running multi-line portfolios, or leading product transformation across a global enterprise, our programs develop the business discipline that outlasts technology cycles. We don’t perpetuate the feature factory. We create strategic product leaders. What Makes This Product Management Training Different Most product management courses focus on tools, templates, and delivery rituals. We focus on what truly drives business performance: Strategic business discipline, not tactical deliveryWe teach product managers to think like business owners accountable for outcomes, profit, and strategic choice, not just backlog grooming and sprint planning. Enterprise experience, not startup loreWe’ve worked inside complex global organizations across industries. We teach product managers how to succeed within real constraints, not idealized scenarios. Proven frameworks from authoritative sourcesOur training is based on Steven Haines’ books, including The Product Manager’s Desk Reference, used globally as the defining text for the discipline. Durable capabilities that outlast trendsFrameworks change. Strategic product thinking does not. We build the business discipline that works across any methodology, tool, or technology shift. We build product organizations, not just product managersWe help leadership teams design modern product management operating models that drive growth—not just train individuals in isolation. Who We Serve Product leaders and VPs building strategic capability across product teams HR and L&D leaders developing product management training for emerging and mid-level PMs Engineering and technical executives who need product teams with stronger business thinking Individual product managers seeking to advance from tactical execution to strategic leadership Start Building Strategic Product Management Capability Whether you need corporate product management training, self-paced online productmanagement courses, or organizational design support, we develop the business discipline your product teams need to drive growth. How Product Management Drives Growth The Product Management Life Cycle Model provides the framework that transforms product management from reactive coordination into proactive business management. Customer and market insights inform strategy formulation. Strategies drive planning and prioritization. Development delivers on strategic intent. Post-launch performance management continuously optimizes the portfolio based on real-world results. Organizations that embed this model create market-driven decision-making where customer insights inform portfolio choices continuously, not just during annual planning. Resources flow to highest-value opportunities through transparent processes. Underperforming products are systematically evaluated for repositioning or discontinuation. Product Management Essentials & Certification The value proposition for Product Management Essentials is enhanced when key cross-functional team members participate and gain an appreciation for product management and to clarify roles and responsibilities. This fine-tunes the ability to think strategically, prioritize work, act with agility, and make better decisions. View Class Details Read the Companion Text Product Strategy and Roadmapping This unique applied learning and certification program is designed to guide product managers and their teams in the creation of a real product strategy and product roadmap. The program is structured to teach product teams to conduct research, analyze data, surface opportunities, and shape product investments and future product roadmaps. View Class Details Read the Companion Text Leading and Implementing Product Management Designed to help leaders of product organizations and/or managers of product managers enable their teams with the tools, knowledge, and support they need to be successful. View Class Details Read the Companion Text Leading and Implementing Product Management An essential resource for product management leadership, Leading Product Management is the 2nd edition (retitled) of Managing Product Management to encompass a broad array of practices needed to organize any company to focus on people, processes, and products. Buy the Book Read the Executive Summary Let’s Talk Integrate our best-selling business books into your corporate training strategy through virtual book clubs, “Ask the Author” sessions, and aligning courses. We are looking forward to hearing more about how we can help elevate your team or company. Why Business Acumen Institute? Battle-Tested Methodology This isn’t theory. 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