Johanna Rothman

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

In How Product Goals Make it Easier to Create Sprint Goals and Reduce Feature Factories, Part 1 , I started responding to Tom's interview question. Here's the question again: “The product owner and dev team cannot decide on a sprint goal, even after hours of discussion. I'll return to that later.)

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Roman Pichler

APRIL 5, 2022

For product strategy and roadmap meetings, I recommend involving the key stakeholders , for example, someone from sales, marketing, support, and finance, as well as development team representatives—ideally members who know about the user experience (UX), architecture, and technologies. Assess product strategy and adjust if necessary.

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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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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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Roman Pichler

MAY 11, 2021

The individual should carry out product discovery and strategy work in addition to taking care of the product backlog work. 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.

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Userpilot

OCTOBER 26, 2022

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. An impact map is a visual representation of the connections between the goals you want to achieve, the customers, and solutions.

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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

JANUARY 6, 2023

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? It is a well-known instrument used in Agile delivery frameworks like Scrum. Source: Jira.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 13, 2023

To choose the right matrix for your team, consider your development framework, the product’s development stage, the organization’s values, available time, and the number of stakeholders involved. Next, put them on the roadmap , considering feature interdependencies and timelines. Product vision.

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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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ProductPlan

JULY 16, 2021

The art of product leader communication relies on the concept of responsibility without authority. Product managers who follow this concept understand the responsibility to influence others to achieve the organization’s product goals. As product managers, we have the power to task others with responsibilities.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 28, 2020

Structure of Product and Engineering Teams The Product team helps drive all the product related decisions, working in tandem with the Business and Engineering teams as well as understanding the needs of users in order to prioritize various product modules. Analysis of Share of Voice (how consumers perceive the product) 4.

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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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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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Userpilot

JUNE 26, 2023

In the MoAR method, teams consider how well a feature helps achieve a product goal and the resources it requires. To decide which prioritization framework is right for you, consider important factors, like the product management stage and the time available to create the feature. Pros and Cons Quick, easy, and intuitive.

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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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Bain Public

MARCH 20, 2021

Bain Public is a product leadership firm that helps companies make informed decisions and deliver superior quality products that appeal to customers and achieve business goals. A lack of strategy in planning your products is accompanied by a lack of focus and direction, which means things can quickly get out of hand.

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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

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The Product Management profession itself is still relatively new. With no university degree course or global certification standards, most practitioners step into being a PM from areas like Engineering & Agile Operations. Even the little wins can give everyone a morale boost as they make progress towards your bigger product goals.

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CardBoard

AUGUST 31, 2023

It’s a tool for prioritizing work, tracking progress, and facilitating meaningful discussions about the product. In the world of Agile, it’s a key player in managing the product backlog effectively. The concept of user story mapping was popularized by Jeff Patton, a leading figure in Agile product management.

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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. It therefore offers only limited support for product people.

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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. This includes agile project management or the process of releasing features in shorter iterations.

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Userpilot

JANUARY 29, 2023

What is agile release planning? How can product managers leverage them to build successful products? TL;DR Agile release planning breaks the project scope into smaller chunks and prioritizes their delivery over a number of iterations. The next step involves reviewing the backlog to align it with the goals.

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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

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

I’ve worked in companies that have both roles, companies that only have project managers and companies that only have product managers. Several prominent blogs that I’ve read assert that project managers and product managers are ‘two sides of the same coin’ and should work harmoniously to deliver product goals.

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ProductPlan

MARCH 5, 2021

In terms of day-to-day work, associate product managers do everything a product manager does, but on a smaller scale. In other words, you may not set the product strategy or own the product roadmap , but you will set priorities for your projects. Do you always start as an Associate Product Manager?

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Roman Pichler

DECEMBER 4, 2018

As the person in charge of the product, you may not be terribly concerned about how clean and well-structured the code is. The messier the code and the less modular the architecture is, the longer it takes and the more expensive it is to change your product. You intentionally slow down, so to speak, to go faster afterwards.

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ProductPlan

MARCH 5, 2021

In terms of day-to-day work, associate product managers do everything a product manager does, but on a smaller scale. In other words, you may not set the product strategy or own the product roadmap , but you will set priorities for your projects. Do you always start as an Associate Product Manager?

User Testing 98

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DISQO

JULY 1, 2016

According to Johansson, product teams need to continuously track evolving customer activities while simultaneously supporting those activities with an evolving product. To do so, organizations should let a product owner, engineering lead, and UX lead collectively set the roadmap. Customer-informed roadmaps.

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DISQO

JULY 1, 2016

According to Johansson, product teams need to continuously track evolving customer activities while simultaneously supporting those activities with an evolving product. To do so, organizations should let a product owner, engineering lead, and UX lead collectively set the roadmap. Customer-informed roadmaps.

User Testing 40

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DISQO

JULY 1, 2016

According to Johansson, product teams need to continuously track evolving customer activities while simultaneously supporting those activities with an evolving product. To do so, organizations should let a product owner, engineering lead, and UX lead collectively set the roadmap. Customer-informed roadmaps.

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Userpilot

APRIL 25, 2022

Product friction describes anything that causes your users difficulty. Function friction is primarily about users being blocked from reaching their product goals because of an error, poor UX, or other factors. Those logs will quickly drive out a roadmap of areas to improve. Developers can implement fixes faster.

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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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BrainMates

MAY 7, 2019

At one end of the Product Leadership continuum, Leaders need the ability to execute (but not execute) the work of a Product Manager. Having hard Product skills is important as a Product Leader. They should be able to: Communicate and defend a worthy Roadmap that demonstrates the Product path for the next 12-18 months.

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