IoT Product Management at Stanford University

By 2020, it’s estimated that 50 billion devices—from smartphones to kitchen appliances and well beyond—will be connected to the Internet.

You’ll learn a step-by-step strategic framework for making IoT product decisions related to business strategy, user experience, technology, data, security, and industry regulation.

Throughout the course, you’ll work in teams to gain hands-on experience using this framework as we apply it to real-world IoT situations.

Whether you have a business, technology, or design background, this course will provide a well-rounded overview of what it takes to build products in the era of the Internet of Things.

No specific prior experience or knowledge is required, but experience working with technology products will be helpful.

Here’s What Students Are Saying

Kudos to Daniel’s IoT courses at Stanford Continuing Studies “Product Management for IoT” class! It was thought-provoking, insightful, and well structured using Daniel’s IoT Decision Framework.

David W. – Product Manager, San Francisco

Daniel’s class was very well designed and expertly executed.

Varsha K. – Software Engineer, Bay Area

As a professor Daniel really shines. He shows an incredible amount of passion in making sure his students learn and takes the time to connect with every single student to better understand what they want out of his class.

Akhil B. – Business Development Exec, San Francisco

Note: My next time teaching this course at Stanford will be in the Summer of 2022. But you can learn the same material online by enrolling in my IoT Product Manager Certificate Program.

Topics Covered in my Product Management for IoT Course at Stanford Continuing Studies

My IoT courses at Stanford combine lectures, interactive exercises, and hands-on team projects.

Week 1: Introduction

• Welcome and introductions
• The IoT landscape
• Key applications across industries
• Introduction to the IoT technology stack and the IoT Decision Framework
• Form project teams

Week 2: IoT User Experience (UX)

• Understanding your target users at each layer of the IoT technology stack
• Identifying IoT Personas (internal and external facing) across the IoT customer lifecycle
• Work on team project in-class: UX decisions

Week 3: IoT & Big Data

• How data flows through the IoT technology stack
• Sources of data
• Integration with 3rd party systems
• Digital twin
• APIs
• Analytics
• Work on team project in-class: Data decisions

Week 4: The Business of IoT

• Business models
• The IoT value chain
• Build vs. buy across the IoT technology stack
• Calculating cost across the IoT technology stack
• Work on team project in-class: Business decisions

Week 5: The Technology of IoT

• Devices
• Embedded software
• Communications
• Cloud platforms
• Applications (internal and customer-facing)
• Work on team project in-class: Technology decisions

Week 6: IoT Security and Standards & Regulations

IoT Security:

• Security challenges in IoT
• Physical security
• Cybersecurity
• Creating a culture of security in your company
• Work on team project in-class: Security decisions

Week 7: IoT Standards & Regulations

• Impact of standards & regulations to an IoT solution
• Work on team project in-class: Standards & Regulations decisions

Week 8: Team Presentations

• Each team presents highlights of their framework and roadmap

I hope to see you in class! And remember, if you can’t make it to Stanford, be sure to check out the online version of the course where you can learn the same material at your own pace, whenever, wherever.

Click here to learn more about the Online IoT Product Manager Certificate Program.