{"id":127729,"date":"2021-12-13T10:02:25","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T15:02:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/?post_type=career-guide&#038;p=127729"},"modified":"2025-12-01T09:20:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T14:20:21","slug":"what-tools-do-product-managers-use","status":"publish","type":"career-guide","link":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/career-guides\/what-tools-do-product-managers-use","title":{"rendered":"What Tools Do Product Managers Use?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<header class=\"wp-block-bstn-blocks-hero-with-ri bstn-blocks-hero-with-ri\"><div class=\"bstn-blocks-hero-with-ri__full-width-wrapper bstn-blocks-hero-with-ri__full-width-wrapper--main bstn-blocks-hero-with-ri__full-width-wrapper--bg-flair\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 1140 621\" class=\"bstn-blocks-hero-with-ri__bg-flair--rich\"><g opacity=\"0.55\"><path stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-linecap=\"square\" d=\"M60.026 736.434V203.02\"><\/path><path 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Read on for an overview of top product management tools.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"bstn-blocks-hero-with-ri__ri-container\">    <div class=\"bstn-blocks-ri-form\">\n        <svg class=\"bstn-blocks-ri-form__bg-flair\" viewBox=\"0 0 436 496\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n            <path opacity=\".2\"\n                  d=\"M442 28l-83 134m0 0l90 92m-90-92l-234-29.782M36 427l-62-237 151-57.782M36 427l-62 91m62-91l35 115M36 427l413-99-81 200M125 132.218L-26 113 56-39\"\n                  stroke=\"#959FB2\"\/>\n        <\/svg>\n        <div class=\"bstn-blocks-ri-form__wrapper bstn-blocks-ri-form__wrapper--default\" data-view-default>\n            <div class=\"bstn-blocks-ri-form__title-section\">\n                <p class=\"bstn-blocks-ri-form__title\">Become a Product Manager<\/p>\n                <p class=\"bstn-blocks-ri-form__subtitle\">Speak to a Learning Advisor to learn more about how our  courses can help you become a Product Manager.<\/p>\n            <\/div>\n            <form class=\"bstn-blocks-ri-form__form-section\" method=\"POST\" action=\"\/wordpress\/signup\">\n                <input type=\"text\" name=\"productSlug\" value=\"product-management\"\n                       hidden\/>\n                <input type=\"text\" name=\"source\" value=\"Typewriter Form\" hidden\/>\n                <input type=\"text\" name=\"campaignName\" value=\"career-guides\" hidden\/>\n                <input type=\"text\" name=\"url\" style=\"display: none !important\" title=\"Leave this field blank\"\n                       autoComplete=\"off\"\/>\n                <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"ht\"\n                       value=\"2026-04-04T05:40:23+00:00\"\/>\n                <div class=\"bstn-blocks-ri-form__form-row\">\n                    <fieldset\n                        class=\"bstn-blocks-ri-form__form-field-group bstn-blocks-ri-form__form-field-group--half\">\n                        <input\n                            type=\"text\"\n                            name=\"firstName\"\n                            placeholder=\"First Name\"\n                            class=\"bstn-blocks-ri-form__input--text\"\n                            required\n                        >\n                    <\/fieldset>\n                    <fieldset\n                        class=\"bstn-blocks-ri-form__form-field-group bstn-blocks-ri-form__form-field-group--half\">\n                        <input\n                            type=\"text\"\n                            name=\"lastName\"\n                            placeholder=\"Last Name\"\n                            class=\"bstn-blocks-ri-form__input--text\"\n                            required\n                        >\n                    <\/fieldset>\n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"bstn-blocks-ri-form__form-row\">\n                    <fieldset class=\"bstn-blocks-ri-form__form-field-group\">\n                        <input\n                            type=\"email\"\n                            name=\"email\"\n                            placeholder=\"Email\"\n                            class=\"bstn-blocks-ri-form__input--text bstn-blocks-ri-form__form-row-input\"\n                            required\n                        >\n                    <\/fieldset>\n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"bstn-blocks-ri-form__form-row\">\n                    <fieldset class=\"bstn-blocks-ri-form__form-field-group\">\n                        <input\n                            type=\"tel\"\n                            name=\"phoneNumber\"\n                            placeholder=\"(506) 234-5678 (Optional)\"\n                            class=\"bstn-blocks-ri-form__input--text bstn-blocks-ri-form__form-row-input input--phone\"\n                        >\n                    <\/fieldset>\n                <\/div>\n                <p class=\"bstn-blocks-ri-form__disclaimer\">By clicking &#8220;Submit&#8221;, you accept our <a href=\"\/terms-of-service\">Terms<\/a>.<\/p>\n                <button\n                    class=\"bstn-blocks-ri-form__form-submit is-style-kg-button-research-primary-variant\"\n                    type=\"submit\"\n                >\n                    Submit                <\/button>\n                <p class=\"bstn-blocks-ri-form__form-error\" data-form-error>Couldn&#8217;t submit! 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Many of the tools Product Managers rely on are practically ubiquitous in the modern office, while others are more specific to the development process, or even to product management itself, and are intended to aid with specific stages of the product management process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s take a closer look at some common product management tools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-bstn-blocks-heading bstn-blocks-heading bstn-blocks-heading--h3 has-text-align-left\"><h3 class=\"bstn-blocks-heading__heading-element\">Industry analysis tools<\/h3><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the most important ways a Product Manager contributes to a company\u2019s overall business plan is with their insights on which products to create and which features to highlight. To do this, they first need to have a good sense of what\u2019s going on in the industry. This usually begins with industry reports from research firms like Gartner or Sirius Decisions, who collect the kinds of data crucial to building a business plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-bstn-blocks-heading bstn-blocks-heading bstn-blocks-heading--h3 has-text-align-left\"><h3 class=\"bstn-blocks-heading__heading-element\">Roadmapping and flowcharting tools<\/h3><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The next step in any product\u2019s development is to lay out a clear plan for how the process will unfold. While it\u2019s possible to draft your plan in a spreadsheet or word processor, this creates more problems than it solves. Instead, there are native applications like ProductPlan, designed for building out flexible and easy-to-share roadmaps that include built-in features for version control issues, visualization, and interactivity, helping to better convey the plan to the entire team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As you move into the process of planning the product itself, flowcharting tools like Microsoft Visio and OmniGraffle enable Product Managers to diagram and rapid-prototype the user journey, identifying all the points of contact between customer and brand along the way. These can be an invaluable tool in the UX design process as they provide both an overview of the entire customer journey and specifics of the individual interactions along the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-bstn-blocks-heading bstn-blocks-heading bstn-blocks-heading--h3 has-text-align-left\"><h3 class=\"bstn-blocks-heading__heading-element\">User analysis and feedback tools<\/h3><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019ve said that the user\u2019s experience of a product is one of the Product Manager\u2019s key focuses. Gaining a clear understanding of the customer, their needs, and their experience using the product involves intensive research at virtually every stage of product management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some customer survey tools, like Google Surveys, SurveyMonkey, Pollfish, and Typeform, give test users an easy, web-based forum to submit their input in response to specific questions\u2014which features they use most, for example, or would most like to see added in the future. But while these can often point you in the right direction to start, they\u2019re not sufficient alone, as they\u2019re limited by the questions you ask and by how well customers understand their own habits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To learn things about your users that they don\u2019t know about themselves\u2014and so can\u2019t report\u2014there are product analysis tools like Pendo, Mixpanel, or Amplitude. These help Product Managers collect data on the user experience by tracking users\u2019 actual behavior on their sites or using their software. Often, data recorded this way can reveal insights about user behavior that even users weren\u2019t aware of. Additional tools such as FullStory and Hotjar allow Product Managers to recreate test users\u2019 actions and even build engagement heat maps to visualize the areas where users are lingering longest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sometimes, users do have valuable insights about how they use a product, perhaps even in ways the Developers never intended, and speaking directly with them can be the best way to hear about them. As you move into the later stages of user testing and feedback gathering, virtual conferencing tools like Zoom or GoToMeeting let you not only converse directly with customers or test users to hear their feedback firsthand, but also to record these conversations for later review.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-bstn-blocks-heading bstn-blocks-heading bstn-blocks-heading--h3 has-text-align-left\"><h3 class=\"bstn-blocks-heading__heading-element\">Project tracking and management tools<\/h3><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>There are a few different tools available for project tracking and management\u2014Jira, Microsoft Project, Pivotal Tracker, and Trello among them\u2014but they all share an ability to help Product Managers keep track of different tasks and their statuses, share information with team members, and monitor issues for resolution. Essentially, these project management programs help you stick to the roadmap you\u2019ve developed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Within product development specifically, programs like LaunchDarkly and Split.io give you the option to effectively A\/B test new features, activating or deactivating them once code is live, or simply to experiment with new ideas. This is also useful for managing feature launches, or even pulling a launched feature for retooling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-bstn-blocks-heading bstn-blocks-heading bstn-blocks-heading--h3 has-text-align-left\"><h3 class=\"bstn-blocks-heading__heading-element\">Collaboration tools<\/h3><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Last but not least are the tools Product Managers rely on to help run a (potentially large) team of people, often spread across multiple departments, and even working in different locations. For team messaging, platforms like Slack and Confluence can be indispensable, while collaborative files frequently live in places like Evernote, Google Drive, and Dropbox. And of course no team leadership would be complete without the occasional presentation; don\u2019t be surprised if, as Product Manager, you\u2019re called on to use PowerPoint or Keynote to deliver ideas to team members or other stakeholders.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-bstn-blocks-content-navigation-footer bstn-blocks-content-nav-footer\"><div class=\"bstn-blocks-content-nav-footer__links-container\"><div class=\"bstn-blocks-content-nav-footer__link-container\"><p class=\"bstn-blocks-content-nav-footer__link-title bstn-blocks-content-nav-footer__link--desktop\">Previous<\/p><a class=\"bstn-blocks-content-nav-footer__link\" href=\"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/career-guides\/how-much-do-product-managers-make\"><span class=\"bstn-blocks-content-nav-footer__link-icon-wrapper bstn-blocks-content-nav-footer__link-icon-wrapper--left\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 18 18\" fill=\"none\" class=\"bstn-blocks-content-nav-footer__link-icon 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