Userpilot

JULY 18, 2023

What does a product manager do? We look at: 7 key responsibilities of product managers. Different kinds of product manager roles. Qualities of a good product manager. TL;DR A product manager is in charge of the entire product lifecycle. Who is a product manager?

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Roman Pichler

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

For example, a product manager might determine the product strategy and one or more development teams might be tasked with executing it. Based on this insight, I have come up with the product strategy cycle shown in the picture below. I call these outcomes product goals. Enter the Cycle.

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BrainMates

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Adaptive Mindset 'Hats' Your Product Manager Wears By DAVID ALLSOPP No matter the product, industry or company size, successful Product Managers must wear various ‘hats’ on any given day to make all the pieces of the puzzle fit together. The Product Management profession itself is still relatively new.

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ProductPlan

MARCH 5, 2021

The product manager career path is an exciting one with lots of possible on- and off-ramps. According to LinkedIn, interest in product management has doubled in the United States in the past 5 years. What is the Product Manager’s Career Path? Typical Product Management Roles. Product Manager.

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Roman Pichler

JUNE 19, 2017

Additionally, you may want to ask the team to help refine product backlog items or update the product roadmap , for instance. [2]. Therefore, don’t turn it into a product backlog or roadmapping workshop. Similarly, if you require the help of the team to work on the product roadmap, then hold a separate workshop.

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Roman Pichler

MAY 11, 2021

But the situation is different for product owners in the agile scaling framework SAFe. The framework uses its own product owner role, which is different from the one in Scrum. The SAFe product owner is tactical in nature and focuses on working on the product backlog and guiding the development teams.

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Userpilot

OCTOBER 26, 2022

When do you need it and how does it help product managers build better products? Impact mapping is a collaborative strategic planning technique used by product managers, product owners , and senior technical leadership, who work mostly in Agile software delivery. What is impact mapping in agile?

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 8, 2020

The following 58 Product Owner theses describe the PO role from a holistic product creation perspective. They cover the concept of the Product Owner role, product discovery, how to deal with external and internal stakeholders, product portfolio and product roadmap planning, and the Product Backlog refinement.

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ProductPlan

MARCH 5, 2021

The product manager career path is an exciting one with lots of possible on- and off-ramps. According to LinkedIn, interest in product management has doubled in the United States in the past 5 years. What is the Product Manager’s Career Path? Typical Product Management Roles. Product Manager.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Product managers, have you ever wondered what user story mapping is? User story mapping is a simple method for converting your vision of a product into a roadmap that allows broad team collaboration and enables your entire team to see the bigger picture, how everything connects, and how to plan the minimum viable product.

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Roman Pichler

MARCH 9, 2021

Product Goals Defined. The Scrum Guide released in November 2020 states that “the product goal describes a future state of the product … [It] is the long-term objective for the Scrum team.” It also suggests that “the product goal is in the product backlog. Figure 1: The Product Goal in Context.

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Userpilot

JANUARY 6, 2023

Feature velocity is one of the product management buzzwords but what exactly does it mean? A product roadmap consists of themes; themes consist of initiatives and initiatives of epics. Agile teams use story points to express velocity and burndown charts to track it. What does velocity mean in product management?

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Userpilot

AUGUST 13, 2023

Next, put them on the roadmap , considering feature interdependencies and timelines. A feature prioritization matrix is a product management tool that helps teams decide what features to develop next. Why should product managers use a prioritization framework? Product vision. Effort – 40%, so 5 x 0.4=

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UX Planet

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Even if UX work seems fine at your organization, know that there are still some things to set a budget for, like improving the product’s creation process, or your customers’ and users’ experiences. Have you defined your short-term and long-term product goals? It also helps in saving on directionless development costs.

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Userpilot

APRIL 25, 2022

Are you using a friction log to track and prioritize what to improve in your product? In this guide, our aim is to help savvy product managers understand what friction logs are, where you might use them, and how to create them. Product friction describes anything that causes your users difficulty. Let’s dive in!

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ProductPlan

JULY 16, 2021

Acquiring a consensus on product direction remains the number one challenge for product professionals, according to ProductPlan’s 2021 State of Product Management Annual Report. The art of product leader communication relies on the concept of responsibility without authority. You could use a command approach: (1.)

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The Product Coalition

JULY 28, 2020

The role of a Product Owner/Manager/Strategist is to help startups capture and transform customer insights into full product experiences that in turn increase customer satisfaction, loyalty, retention, and the business values. Analysis of Share of Voice (how consumers perceive the product) 4.

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Userpilot

JUNE 26, 2023

Choosing the right feature request prioritization framework enables product teams to make informed decisions and deliver the maximum customer value possible, especially when resources are limited. They can also help product managers secure key stakeholder buy-in. Pros and Cons Quick, easy, and intuitive.

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ProductPlan

DECEMBER 20, 2018

To understand the problem with technical debt roadmaps, we’ll start with a quote from renowned philosopher, Homer Simpson. When you create a dedicated roadmap for technical debt, you are removing the the problem from your immediate sight. In this article, we’ll discuss why technical debt roadmaps don’t work.

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Mind the Product

APRIL 6, 2020

Product (and company) strategy is the backbone that guides product goal-setting and roadmap definition, although it’s sometimes overlooked or confused with having a vision. Without it, product teams become feature teams focused on outputs and not outcomes. It is the guiding principle for OKRs and roadmaps.

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The Product HQ

APRIL 20, 2024

Becoming a director of product requires years of experience managing products and working with other product managers. That gives you the experience and expertise to get to the next level, where you start managing other product managers. Then you’ve come to the right place.

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Bain Public

MARCH 20, 2021

I am ready to provide business leaders and product managers the information, access, and expert guidance that they wish they had earlier in their product journey. I share my passion for product through workshops, published articles and speaking engagements. Interested in having me speak or attend an event?

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CardBoard

AUGUST 31, 2023

We’re about to unpack user story mapping, a concept that transforms your product planning process. Understanding User Story Mapping User story mapping is a visual tool used in product management. It’s a way to illustrate the user’s journey through your product using user stories.

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Roman Pichler

MARCH 9, 2021

Product Goals Defined. The Scrum Guide released in November 2020 states that “the product goal describes a future state of the product … [It] is the long-term objective for the Scrum team.” It also suggests that “the product goal is in the product backlog. Figure 1: The Product Goal in Context.

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ProductPlan

JANUARY 5, 2023

Moreover, they must maintain a consistent overall business strategy and set goals. While some of this rapid recalibration is healthy—and might be heavily influenced by the Agile onion impact on planning —executive teams, board members, and investors take little comfort in a zig-zagging product plan.

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Roman Pichler

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

2 Use Scrum for Products that Experience Uncertainty and Change Scrum is often seen as the standard way to create digital products, and I have met more than one company where the product managers were told to be agile and do Scrum. As I mentioned earlier, Scrum is not a product management framework.

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Roman Pichler

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Goal-oriented (a.k.a. Traditionally, product roadmaps are output-focussed plans that map features like registration, search, and reporting onto a timeline. Such a roadmap essentially states when a piece of functionality will be delivered. Listen to this article: [link]. Outcome-based).

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The Product Coalition

MAY 7, 2020

Source: Animated Times During my career, I have worked extensively as both a project manager and a product manager; within consulting and in multiple industries. I’ve worked in companies that have both roles, companies that only have project managers and companies that only have product managers.

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Roman Pichler

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

This includes a sound understanding of the market, the user and customer needs, and the competition as well as solid product management skills such as the ability to develop an effective product strategy and an actionable product roadmap (as I explain in more detail in the article The T-Shaped Product Professional ).

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The Product HQ

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Technical program manager (TPM) roles range from mid to senior-level positions that support organizations with their product goals. TPMs must communicate strategies, roadmaps, and program issues with all key stakeholders. Potential technical program managers must keep this unique communication challenge in mind.

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Roman Pichler

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Goal-oriented (a.k.a. Traditionally, product roadmaps are output-focussed plans that map features like registration, search, and reporting onto a timeline. Such a roadmap essentially states when a piece of functionality will be delivered. Listen to this article: [link]. Outcome-based).

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BrainMates

MAY 7, 2019

As Jim Collins says, The highest level of leader “builds enduring greatness through a paradoxical blend of personal humility and professional will” A Product Leader is more than a Senior Product Manager. The Product Manager is often seen as the leader of a single product. Coach their team.

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DISQO

JULY 1, 2016

To combat this, Wizeline’s Head of Product, Wendy Johansson, argues for organizations to diversify their pool of product managers. To do so, organizations should let a product owner, engineering lead, and UX lead collectively set the roadmap. Customer-informed roadmaps. Keeping stakeholders aligned.

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DISQO

JULY 1, 2016

To combat this, Wizeline’s Head of Product, Wendy Johansson, argues for organizations to diversify their pool of product managers. To do so, organizations should let a product owner, engineering lead, and UX lead collectively set the roadmap. Customer-informed roadmaps. Keeping stakeholders aligned.

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DISQO

JULY 1, 2016

To combat this, Wizeline’s Head of Product, Wendy Johansson, argues for organizations to diversify their pool of product managers. To do so, organizations should let a product owner, engineering lead, and UX lead collectively set the roadmap. Customer-informed roadmaps. Keeping stakeholders aligned.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 6, 2019

Working as a product manager can be a busy, unpredictable and octopus-like existence. Bringing team members together, organizing user research, product demos, road mapping and more. If you’re a mobile app product manager there’s a whole additional layer of complexity to add to that cake.

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Roman Pichler

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

What’s more, it’s not uncommon in my experience that product owners have to do their job without the support of a Scrum Master or agile coach. Staffing : Help find people who have the right skills and are motivated to work on the product and who can fill the roles. The same is true for setting product goals.

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