ProductATL Foundations 
Program

FAQ

• How long is the program?
  The program is 3 weeks long. Workshops will be held for 2 hours on Tuesday evenings. The dates for the Fall 2023 workshop are 10/17, 10/24 and 11/7. Participants are expected to attend all sessions to complete the program.
• What can I expect to learn?
  You will learn the basics of product product management including strategy, discovery, and delivery. By the end of the workshop, you will be familiar with key terminology and concepts related to the product management field. During the workshop, you will participate in hands-on activities to build product management skills. The artifacts from these activities can be referenced in interviews and to build your portfolio.
  
• Is this in person or remote?
  Our current schedule for Fall 2023 is to host the workshops remotely to enable broad participation from universities. Once our cohort is selected, we will survey the group to see if there is appetite and availability to have one of the sessions in person.
• What does it cost?
  ‍This workshop is free! Instructors and facilitators are all volunteers from the ProductATL community. They are product leaders who are passionate about sharing their knowledge with the next generation. 
  
• How will information be communicated about the program?
  We will communicate predominantly through the ProductATL Slack community. You can join here. There will be opportunities to ask questions prior to the program, and once we select the Spring 2023 cohort, a private channel will be created to share program details. We will share other information via email.
• I am not available on one of the program dates - are makeups offered?
  Make up sessions will not be offered. If you will not be available for all of the dates of the program, please consider applying in the fall.
• How much work should I expect to do outside of workshop sessions?
  We expect to cover all learning and activities within our sessions and will complete hands-on activities as a group. This is why it is so important to be able to attend all of the sessions. There will be optional homework coming out of the weekly sessions. These assignments are opportunities for you to continue to build your skill set and get some 1:1 feedback from your instructors.
• How will this help lead to an internship or job?
  A few ways. You will be trained in key concepts of product management and tips for interviewing to help make you more successful, and you will have some hands-on experience that you can reference in interviews. ProductATL is supported by a variety of Atlanta-based companies who are eager to hire interns & entry-level PMs that have completed this workshop. We will connect our participants to those companies.
• What kind of roles will I be connected to through the program?
  We are partnering with companies who are interested in hiring interns and entry-level product management roles. If you are looking for other roles, you will get valuable skills to help with the interview process, but might not get connected to roles through our business partnership network.