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Building Things You Can Hold

  • General Assembly 125 Summer Street, 13th Floor Boston, MA 02110 United States (map)
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Product management for physical products shares similarities with and unique challenges from software product management.  A growing number of companies in Boston tap into the region’s expertise to build physical products for consumers and businesses, often with embedded software and frequently connected to the web. 

Join the Boston Product Management Association and General Assembly for an evening of product demos, panel discussion, and exploring:

  • Product management skill sets and team organization

  • Managing physical and software development

  • Building for supportability, maintenance, and updates in mind

With product leaders from: Cambridge Mobile Telematics, Desktop Metal, Digital Lumens, Lovepop, Schneider Electric, and Sensata.

Agenda

  • 6:30-7:15pm: Attendees arrive, grab a snack, check out the products

  • 7:15-8:00pm: Panel & Q&A

  • 8:00-8:30pm: Network & discuss

Optional reading

What is Hardware Product Management?

Building Hardware is Product Management (podcast)

Five Essential Steps for Getting into IoT Product Management

What is an IoT Product Manager?

Product Management for the Internet of Things (video)