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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Mind the Product

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

so my investor said that I need a product manager to do our product roadmap?”. When I worked as a product management consultant clients would often talk about “needing a product roadmap ASAP”. In reality, asking for a product roadmap was shorthand for “please help me with my strategy”.

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Johanna Rothman

JUNE 13, 2022

In Part 1 , I said that customers need a different kind of roadmap than teams do. One thing to remember: you might not need a customer-facing roadmap at all if you release often enough. And, customers might want different information from the roadmap. In that case, I like a dateless roadmap that you might update every 4-6 weeks.

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Product Talk

JANUARY 13, 2021

And just like I encourage trios to share their discovery context before they share their roadmaps and backlogs, I’ll do the same here, before I talk about my plans for the year ahead. When I first started my consulting practice, I had this goal in mind, but I had no idea how I would reach it. My personal roadmap looks like this: Now.

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Johanna Rothman

JUNE 17, 2022

In Part 1 , I said that product roadmaps are not like car roadmaps. But even car roadmaps showed places of interest—options—for the driver and passengers. Too often, I see very predictable roadmaps for managers. Predictability vs. Option Discussion for Roadmaps. More on that later in this post.).

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Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 31, 2022

However, some teams (and organizations) use backlogs as if they are roadmaps, with every possible idea in the backlog. And, too often, the roadmap does not change, so the backlog stays in place, as if it is a petrified tree, glowering over the team and their work. Those backlogs end up as too bulky and too full of everything.

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Johanna Rothman

JULY 29, 2021

The managers want rigid roadmaps. However, the managers create a roadmap similar to the image above. That roadmap has large features and long “deadlines.” The managers created a Gantt Chart as a picture, not a roadmap. The managers might even think this is roadmap reflects an agile approach.

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Bain Public

MARCH 14, 2020

At Bain Public , we help build roadmaps and innovative products for early-stage companies. As a product management consultant, he acts as a coach and a mentor to his clients, providing them with frameworks that guide them toward making the best product decisions. If the answer is yes, you’re in the right place. How, you ask?

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Intercom, Inc.

MAY 20, 2019

Developing your product design career as an individual contributor. As a designer on the management path, a large part of my focus has been to help individual contributor (IC) designers to develop in their role. Results: The main ingredient of career development. Behaviors: The secret sauce of product design career development.

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Mind the Product

JANUARY 21, 2020

One of the rare people who’s seen our world from all sides – Chris has been a developer, designer, researcher and product manager – he came on the show to share practical and implementable advice on how to move from intentions to actions. Quote of the Episode. The Product Experience is hosted by Lily Smith and Randy Silver.

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Roman Pichler

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

They guide the stakeholders , development teams, and in the case of large products, other product people, to meet the agreed product goals , create the desired outcomes, and achieve product success, as Figure 1 shows. A head of product is responsible for developing the individuals and growing the product management team. See Peter G.

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Product Innovation Educators

APRIL 29, 2024

They study is conducted every few years, and the most recent one was titled Product Development Global Best Practices Survey. [11:26] Development Tools Use market research tools to understand customers Use engineering design tools Emphasis on project planning tools [16:32] 7.

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Mironov Consulting

JANUARY 17, 2021

Half of the calls I get from CEOs include requests for Product Management to boost productivity in Engineering (aka Development aka Makers). To hit more roadmap dates. It also signals a lack of trust between the executive team and the development organization: “how do I know I’m getting my money’s worth out of this mysterious process?

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Roman Pichler

JULY 11, 2016

But let the ScrumMaster or coach tackle people, process, and organisational issues; let the development team figure out what needs to be done to implement the user stories and other product backlog items. Development teams should manage their own work (using a sprint backlog or Kanban board). Help the Team See the Bigger Picture.

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The Product Guy

APRIL 4, 2017

In a recent live stream from one of our mentors of The Product Mentor , Chris Butler, lead a conversation around “Business Development vs. Product Management”. Ladislav focuses on user centric product development, especially on brand, usability and revenue product challenges. Amanda Ralph Product Management Consultant.

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Mind the Product

JANUARY 24, 2017

Therein lies the opportunity for a product management consultant. Consulting on a part-time and freelance basis may be a viable option for you, depending on where you are in your career. Even if you’re only thinking about it as a temporary move, it’s important to think about the goals you may have as a consultant.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

APRIL 19, 2020

After working in consulting, many management consultants desire to exit into and work at a tech company. If you want to learn more about the consulting role vs the product role, read this article on the topic. It is important to note that most PM job postings ask for prior PM experience.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

APRIL 19, 2020

After working in consulting, many management consultants desire to exit into and work at a tech company. If you want to learn more about the consulting role vs the product role, read this article on the topic. It is important to note that most PM job postings ask for prior PM experience.

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Alchemer Mobile

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Incorporating these tools into your customer experience tech stack will drive more engagement, gather high-quality customer feedback, and help inform your product roadmap. Developers can remove the pains associated with constantly incorporating new SDKs into an app and focus on delivering products that transform the customer experience.

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Userpilot

APRIL 30, 2024

He is perhaps most recognized for his influential work as a consultant, writer, and speaker on product management, particularly within the realm of software and technology companies. Marty Cagan is the founder of the Silicon Valley Product Group (SVPG), a consultancy firm that helps companies build successful products.

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Johanna Rothman

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

As a consultant, I create many kinds of information products: both writing and speaking. That allows me the most flexibility in my product development. I'll use my product development as an example to explain how my experimentation and finalization work. That feedback arises from my writing, speaking, and consulting.

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Usersnap

JULY 21, 2021

An additional effect is that by consulting consumers in the product development phase, companies are able to meet their expectations. By doing so, companies save the time and resources that would otherwise be spent on developing rarely or never used features. Are there any Downsides to Customer-Driven Development?

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 17, 2020

In the world of SaaS (software as a service) it usually comes down to one person who devises a strategy for developing and unraveling a perfect product. This requires product managers to maintain a well-organized, streamlined process of product development. Introduce your users to your product roadmap! Let’s get started!

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Actuation Consulting

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

When you begin developing your product roadmap, you start to envision how your product strategy will actually be accomplished. These set of activities will typically cover multiple product development cycles and define high-level deliverables. Purpose of the Product Roadmap. The post What is a Product Roadmap?

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Bain Public

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

As legendary statistician and management consultant W. Pillars intend to provide context and a framework for product roadmap planning and decision-making , which also helps product managers thoroughly consider and evaluate the initiative, pushing them to be more research and data driven. Final Thoughts.

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Bain Public

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

As the legendary statistician and management consultant, W. Pillars intend to provide context and a framework for product roadmap planning and decision-making , which also helps product managers thoroughly consider and evaluate the initiative, pushing them to be more research and data-driven. Final Thoughts.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 20, 2020

It’s understandable that most of us don’t make time for personal development. Who wants to spend time after a hard day of work learning and developing when they could be kicking back with a beer and watching The Crown? A few months ago, I introduced a concept I have developed called the PM, or Product, Quadrants.

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Under 10 Consulting

MAY 15, 2020

Your roadmap is a plan, not a commitment . "We We allocate 100% of our resources to the roadmap. We plan to use the other 100% of our resources for special projects." — Johnson's Roadmapping Conundrum. ?. But here’s the rub: A roadmap is not a task list or project plan. That’s not a roadmap; that’s a release plan. ?.

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Mironov Consulting

DECEMBER 31, 2017

I get pulled into lots of discussions among product managers about the best ways to represent (and then present and present and present) roadmaps or backlogs, especially to internal sales/marketing/support audiences. Each functional group has its own product priorities, so each wants a different roadmap. Just sign here.”)

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 16, 2023

.” The number of quarters they already planned in their roadmaps. Their roadmaps tended to be 12-18 months in duration. With 30 people, they could not develop and maintain 10 products. Here's what else they decided: Toss all those long roadmaps. Here's their data: Approximately 25 feature sets in progress.

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Product Innovation Educators

JUNE 12, 2023

Before joining Google, Neha worked as a Management Consultant at Essex Product Consulting, where she helped organizations build products. Planning includes the product vision, strategy, and roadmap. How do you set the vision, strategy, and roadmap? Finally we write the roadmap for year one.

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Business of Software Conference

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Rich Mironov, CEO/Founder, Mironov Consulting. Your product roadmap is not a model, an algorithm or an artifact, it is an ongoing political process that requires careful management of the relevant stakeholders. All I want is for people to love me and love my roadmap and love my product that I put so much of my time into.

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UX Studio: Product Management

MAY 13, 2024

The design system expert could audit the product, develop the design system, consult with developers about its implementation, and train the designers on the new system. Even if you have researchers on your team, consulting with experts can streamline the research process and ensure top-notch data governance.

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Actuation Consulting

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

A PRD is a document that serves the development team. Done right, the PRD will move the development team beyond considering what to build to how to build. Advancing the Profession of Product Management website I consulting I training I toolkits I books I blog I twitter. What is a Product Requirements Document?

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Mironov Consulting

APRIL 8, 2024

  The context: like this recent post , my coachee and I were talking about every product leader’s frustration that our go-to-market-side partners (GTM) and stakeholders have rampant “roadmap amnesia” and assume their next request is easy and are always trying to push 100 pounds more into our 5-pound R&D process. 

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Johanna Rothman

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

I also know my cycle times to develop workshops and video them. All this collaboration and learning together means the team shares its product development. No one can work alone for product development and know that they will make great decisions. Easier Product Development Decisions and Why Backlogs Might Slow You Down (Day 3).

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 23, 2023

So I did what every well-trained consultant knows to do — I asked a question. This smartphone is produced by a Dutch social enterprise of the same name, with a clear and compelling mission: to develop a phone that doesn’t harm people or the environment. Instead, think about a product roadmap like a GPS for your product’s journey.

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