Here's what attendees of our Two Day Product Management course had to say about it:

“I thoroughly recommend this clear and comprehensive course.  I have been given the tools that are going to make me a more successful product manager. The advice I received on avoiding requirement pitfalls was great and gave me much more confidence that my product will be 'quality fit for purpose' and not 'over engineered, over priced and overdue'. Immediately after the course, using just one tip from the trainer, I managed to save about 10 - 15 days on my timescales."

Paul O'Kane, Venture Manager, BT

"The Product Innovator Product Mangement course was an excellent and detailed analysis of the true role of a product Manager within a modern software house. In particular the common sense and pragmatic approach which avoided getting too bogged down into methodologies was very useful and refreshing."

John Whelan, Co-Founder, Alatto

"I highly recommend this course to anyone currently involved in product management or someone new to it. It is very well presented, delivers a clear understanding of the complete process, and uses practical exercises and interactive sessions to demonstrate each phase."

Terry Williams, Lake Communications

"The content of the course is excellent, and the way it is driven is first class. All in one it's a course that delivers experience and tools which can be used in a day to day basis to create and manage our products effectively."

Bernardo O'Neill, Lake Communications

"The Product Management course provided a very good overview of product management responsibilities and helped me understand how I can contribute in a greater way towards the development of products within my organisation. I would recommend the course for all new product managers and senior development team members."

Ronan O'Dulaing, Changing Worlds

“The Product Innovator course not only provides an excellent grounding in the key principles of software product management at different levels, but is also an excellent forum for discussion with industry peers and for shared experience. Thanks!”

Finn McCann, Products Director, Cape Technologies

“The Product Management course was of great value as it put the whole area of Product Management into the context of the wider organisation. The practical examples and workshop sessions cemented the theory and encouraged wider discussion.”

Shane McDermott , Tibus

“Excellent breadth and depth of the product management processes backed up by solid industry experience. The course is valuable for both the experienced Product Manager as well as other functions in the organisation.”

Antoine Rey, Business Development Manager , welocalize

“This course is an excellent primer to the art of product management. I found both Mary and Tony to be top-notch communicators who understand what it means to be a product manager and can explain it to others in an interesting and informative way. Highly recommended.”

Stephen McAreavey, Lagan Technologies

‘The course was intense, relevant and thought provoking. It has provided a sound foundation on which to develop and grow in my relatively new role as product manager.”

Karen Woest, Consilium Technologies

"The Product Management course from Product Innovator is a challenging and thoroughly valuable primer on product management. It balances background information with practical frameworks and models. I now feel far more confident about matching our new product development to the market need whilst addressing competitor issues. Mary also gave lots of practical advice on how to manage bringing product to market and effectively communicate product value to all stakeholders."

Dundalk Course Attendee, June 2006

“I would recommend this course to anyone who wants to understand and implement key product management processes in their company.”

David Knapp, Mentec

“An excellent course and two days well spent. Mary and Tony were able to present Product Management as a structured discipline which requires clear and precise aims. They both obviously knew the field well and where able to bring real world experience of Product Management to the well structured course.”

Keith Bines, Chief Architect, Mapsys

“Very good overview of Product Management function. I would recommend the course to anybody in a software product management role“

John Doyle, Product Marketing Manager, ChangingWorlds Ltd .

"I can't recommend the Product Innovator - Product Management course highly enough - it really got us thinking about the structure of our company going forward, and the processes we should be getting formalized.  The product definition & positioning exercises will be of great interest to startup companies with brand new products and established companies launching new products. "

Niall Keane, Sykon Software Ltd

“Product Innovator's Product Management course is the best description & explanation of what a Product Management's role entails: responsibilities, role in the value chain & in the product lifecycle, interactions with internal and external parties. I highly recommend this course to any experienced Product Manager who wants to put a solid structure around its past experience to better build its own function, and to any novice Product Manager who simply want to learn rapidly and effectively about the job.”

Emmanuel Doubinsky, Cape Technologies

“I would highly recommend this course to anyone interested in the product management process, it is interactive, informative and Mary is an excellent presenter. Bringing to life some of the concepts by recounting stories of Mary's own experience kept the audience interested. Working in groups was a great way of putting to practise “how to identify stakeholders” and features specification onto SWOT. It would entice you to start your own business.”

Bernie Farrell, Lionbridge

“Product Innovator covered a huge amount of ground in the two day intensive Product Management course. A very comprehensive, well delivered training course with plenty of real world insight. Highly recommended.”

Martin Clancy, Xiam

“Mary, thanks to you and all at Product Innovator for a great experience during your Product Management course on the 12th and 13th of December 2005. The course provided an excellent blend of instruction, group discussion and class exercises which allowed the participants to put their learning experiences into practice with real-world examples. This training also allowed us to discuss our own products in relation to the key learning points which I found to be very beneficial.  A very worthwhile course which I would recommend to any Irish Software Company serious about making a professional impact with their software product”

John Hughes, CEO, Baydon Solutions

'‘I gained immensely from the wealth of product management experiences condensed into this short course. I left invigorated with new ideas and approaches to try on my own products.'

Fionnuala Callan, S3 Group Ltd.

“Product Innovator runs a fast-paced Product Management course that covers all essentials for the beginning product manager. This is a very efficient course that lets one pick up a wealth of information in a short amount of time.”

Leo Blonk, Fotonation

“I would recommend this course, particularly for those companies who want to better manage their products and pricing.  This course gives a good introduction to the area of Product Management and the lecturer showed good knowledge and experience”.

Jill Holtz, Metis Solutions

“As a company currently re-examining our product positioning and gearing up for further major growth, this course was timely, appropriate and was very well researched and presented.”

Pearse Coyle, Zarion

Niall Downey, CP3Group.com

“Business is fundamentally about selling a product. Whether it is a physical entity or a service, understanding your product and its market position is critical to success. Product Management helps to focus your organisation in the right direction and Product Innovator's training course is an excellent introduction into understanding the key product management factors. The course encourages active class participation to create real world scenarios that reinforce the course content and by using current practical examples each delegate can really get some insight into their own organisation's product offering. I would recommend Product Innovator's Product Management training to anyone who is looking to reinforce their product positioning or is looking to understand the fundamentals of product management.”

Chris Griffin , System Solutions

"A very practical guide to Product Management, enhanced by the opportunity to interact with other Product Innovators operating at the coal-face."

Declan McCarthy

‘Very informative and interactive 2 days - thanks again for a very useful course'.

Conor McKenna, Mobile Marketing Consultant

‘Very useful refresher course' - Elaine Doyle, Magnet Entertainment

“I attended the 2-day "Product Management Training" course, as part of the Wireless Skillnet training programme, last 26th and 27th April (2006), and wanted to let you know how helpful and informative I found it. As a small software development company seeking to start product development, it covered a lot of useful and relevant areas, particularly in relation to market research and identification, discovering and prioritising product requirements, and launching, marketing and delivering products. I'm currently working on a strategy for product development based on the guidelines you gave, which will help take us forward. Developing the 'elevator pitch' was also a particularly useful exercise, and I've done some further revision and improvements to mine based on the tips you gave.

Once again, I'd like to thank both you and Tony for a great course, which I know has helped me identify and start developing a future strategy for my company.”

Oisín Ó Murchú, The Good Software Company