Profitable Software Academy

The world's most profitable companies have world-class product managers. The Profitable Software Academy is an education solution that blends online learning with personalized coaching to change the way in which product managers work.

PSA benefits companies and their product leaders

Ineffective product management, slow delivery, and low-impact activities hinder the ability to deliver value and, ultimately, profit.

Traditional education in this field hasn't improved key areas like growth, time-to-market, or innovation. The Profitable Software Academy innovates product management training by prioritizing profit-driving value, live, hands-on learning, online on-demand modules and instructor support throughout the program to ensure concepts are put into practice as quickly and successfully as possible.

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We Go Deeper
This is not a two-day class.

This 12-week program delivered as bite-sized, immediately applicable ideas and frameworks support product managers over their entire career. This comprehensive program is consumable for busy, overbooked professionals and covers essential modern product management skills.

We combine self-paced content and live, instructor-led sessions to ensure participants are applying the concepts to build new solutions or discover innovations that will increase the profitability of existing solutions.

Modules include topics in:
- Strategy (Aligning to Vision, Roadmaps that Work, Business Model Design etc.)
- Design Thinking (Defining Value, Capturing & Expressing User Requirements, JTBD etc.)
- Product Discovery & Market Research (Hypothesis Testing, Interviewing, Innovation Games)
- Product Management Operations (Effective Meeting Design, KPIs & OKRs, Go-to-Market etc.)
Theory-Informed Practice

Leave dry, academic theory (and debate) for the university.

Our instructors are experienced product managers who have the practical experience to deliver results, with the understanding that practice is better when informed by the right theory. And when your team needs more help, our Horizon platform includes an AI-powered assistant to provide additional support.
SAFe & Scrum Compatible

We support whatever flavor of Agile you have adopted.

PSA was developed and is sustained by published authors, thought leaders, and Agile software development experts who have brought numerous software-enabled solutions to market, built and sold software companies, and advised countless organizations from startups to the Fortune 100.

Notable contributors include SAFe Fellow Luke Hohmann and CSTs Carlton Nettleton and Jason Tanner. We have designed career flows that integrate with the SAFe® Implementation Roadmap, Scrum Alliance® Path to CSP® and Software Profit Streams™ curriculum.
Accelerated Learning

What is Accelerated Learning?

Adults want to learn with their peers through short, self-paced modules that solve specific problems they’re facing, delivered with just enough theory to support successful practice.

Accelerated Learning is our cohort-based approach to adult education that maximizes retention and applicability. Each course is designed as a series of modules, culminating in a compelling learning-by-doing challenge that ensures the core concepts can be applied. Results are evaluated by instructors and discussed with their peers, cementing improvements.

This is not a two-day class.

This 12-week program delivered as bite-sized, immediately applicable ideas and frameworks support product managers over their entire career. This comprehensive program is consumable for busy, overbooked professionals and covers essential modern product management skills.

We combine self-paced content and live, instructor-led sessions to ensure participants are applying the concepts to build new solutions or discover innovations that will increase the profitability of existing solutions.

Modules include topics in:

Strategy (Aligning to Vision, Roadmaps that Work, Business Model Design etc.)
Design Thinking (Defining Value, Capturing & Expressing User Requirements, JTBD etc.)
Product Discovery & Market Research (Hypothesis Testing, Interviewing, Innovation Games)
Product Management Operations (Effective Meeting Design, KPIs & OKRs, Go-to-Market etc.)

Leave dry, academic theory (and debate) for the university.

Our instructors are experienced product managers who have the practical experience to deliver results, with the understanding that practice is better when informed by the right theory. And when your team needs more help, our Horizon platform includes an AI-powered assistant to provide additional support.

We support whatever flavor of Agile you have adopted.

PSA was developed and is sustained by published authors, thought leaders, and Agile software development experts who have brought numerous software-enabled solutions to market, built and sold software companies, and advised countless organizations from startups to the Fortune 100.

Notable contributors include SAFe Fellow Luke Hohmann and CSTs Carlton Nettleton and Jason Tanner. We have designed career flows that integrate with the SAFe® Implementation Roadmap, Scrum Alliance® Path to CSP® and Software Profit Streams™ curriculum.

What is Accelerated Learning?

Adults want to learn with their peers through short, self-paced modules that solve specific problems they’re facing, delivered with just enough theory to support successful practice.

Accelerated Learning is our cohort-based approach to adult education that maximizes retention and applicability. Each course is designed as a series of modules, culminating in a compelling learning-by-doing challenge that ensures the core concepts can be applied. Results are evaluated by instructors and discussed with their peers, cementing improvements.

Maximize Profit

Product Management is a team sport. Learn how to play.

Product management requires navigating relationships within a complex network of stakeholders. We equip your team with the right mix of knowledge, frameworks, and business acumen to transform your revenue trickle into a profit stream.
Increase Impact

Connect Value and Profitability.

Product managers understand the significance of the concept of value in product management. However, if a product is not profitable for the organization, it will eventually fail. Our program focuses on teaching product managers core fundamentals and how to bridge the gap between providing value and creating a sustainable solution that customers adore.
Achieve Strategic Goals

Integrate strategy with execution.

To consistently hit the targets that matter, product managers create an inspirational vision, communicate how they plan to deliver the vision through market-driven roadmaps, and prioritize for the greatest economic impact.
Attract & Retain Talent

Upskill your product managers.

We offer progressive levels of certification to support product managers at every stage of their career and confirm they have demonstrated the core competencies of their level before advancing to new responsibilities.

Product Management is a team sport. Learn how to play.

Product management requires navigating relationships within a complex network of stakeholders. We equip your team with the right mix of knowledge, frameworks, and business acumen to transform your revenue trickle into a profit stream.

Connect Value and Profitability.

Product managers understand the significance of the concept of value in product management. However, if a product is not profitable for the organization, it will eventually fail. Our program focuses on teaching product managers core fundamentals and how to bridge the gap between providing value and creating a sustainable solution that customers adore.

Integrate strategy with execution.

To consistently hit the targets that matter, product managers create an inspirational vision, communicate how they plan to deliver the vision through market-driven roadmaps, and prioritize for the greatest economic impact.

Upskill your product managers.

We offer progressive levels of certification to support product managers at every stage of their career and confirm they have demonstrated the core competencies of their level before advancing to new responsibilities.

Speed

"Prior to PSA, we could only onboard a handful of new product managers each quarter. With the structure and flexibility that PSA offers us, we can easily onboard, retrain and grow hundreds of product managers each year."

Real Change

"In other programs, people might learn new concepts, but they do not apply the learning. With PSA, we have seen real behavioral change that moved the needle on innovation, time-to-market, customer satisfaction, and profit."

Responsive

"The Applied Frameworks product coaches always took time to provide thoughtful and detailed feedback that helped our colleagues grow. We are so happy to have made this investment!"

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