Product Management University

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

The problem is you’re just getting started while the majority of your stakeholders are blissfully dusting off their hands thinking it’s done and eager to tackle the next product idea with carbon-copy expectations of success. The Product Version 1 and Done Dilemma – Root Causes! The strategic roadmap is the next layer down.

B2B 147

B2B Vision Roadmap Framework 147

The Product Coalition

APRIL 24, 2023

But if the feedback is siloed, it’s harder to draw accurate and actionable insights to inform their product strategy. However you want to slice it, feedback repositories let you segment your feedback so you can build evidence-based roadmaps and strategies. Savio helps you build evidence-based product roadmaps.

Feedback Software 102

Feedback Software Analytic Tools User Testing Customer Feedback 102

The Basics of Product Management

JULY 17, 2020

Choosing the right product strategy framework is very important for every product manager. Remember, choosing the right product strategy will go a long way in making sure that the entire product life cycle proceeds flawlessly. Learn the top skills of product management. Product Strategy Frameworks.

Framework 52

Framework Product Strategy Strategy Customer Satisfaction 52

Melissa Perri

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Product Roadmaps, in general, are confusing. Even the most experienced Product Managers still don’t have them fully figured out. Three years ago I wrote a blog post about Rethinking the Product Roadmap , in which I advocated for a focus on solving customer problems instead of listing out features with deadlines.

Roadmap 220

Roadmap Product Research Research Software Feedback Software 220

Product Innovation Educators

APRIL 29, 2024

Product innovation involves creating value, which is judged by the customer. [3:23] 3:23] What factors influence product innovation? Product Strategy Well-defined new-product strategy First-to-market or fast-follower strategy Focus on sustainability Intellectual property considerations Global business model [13:24] 3.

User Testing 117

User Testing Product Research Research Software Finance 117

Roman Pichler

APRIL 5, 2022

For example, a product strategy workshop might have the objective to identify the key changes required to achieve product-market fit. Contrast this with a sprint review meeting , which might help you determine if users can easily sign up for the product. Assess product strategy and adjust if necessary.

Weak Development Team 267

Weak Development Team Product Management Product Manager User Testing 267

Dear Strategy

OCTOBER 6, 2021

On this episode of Dear Strategy, we talk about the difference between a product strategy and a go-to-market plan, and why it’s important to have both of these key planning tools working together in harmony. That’s really all a strategy is – an overarching plan that provides context and meaning to a set of actions.

Differentiation 52

Differentiation Product Strategy Strategy Marketing 52

Mironov Consulting

DECEMBER 5, 2023

  (For fun, let’s call those things strategies.) ”  “Once product/engineering give us hard dates tied to exact feature definitions and use cases and Ideal Customer Profiles, Sales can form the right account-based selling teams. ” What To Do?   [pause. 

Data Visualization 78

Data Visualization Strategy Artificial Inteligence Weak Development Team 78

The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 30, 2022

Roadmaps require massive prioritization. It’s nice, but there is a much higher level of prioritization that needs to happen and would impact your roadmap much more. The same happens with your roadmap. Your roadmap must serve the company’s (business) goals , and therefore that’s where you need to start. Photo by Anete L?si?a

Roadmap 115

Roadmap Travel User Testing Leadership 115

Ask Benny

JANUARY 25, 2020

How to effectively build and manage your roadmap and your stakeholders’ expectations. The Roadmap Challenge I recently participated in a meetup of very experienced product management leaders arranged by ProductX. We discussed roadmaps and the challenges surrounding them. Modify the roadmap based on their input if needed.

Roadmap 97

Roadmap Customer Experience User Testing Vision 97

Ask Benny

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

How to effectively build and manage your roadmap and your stakeholders’ expectations. The Roadmap Challenge I recently participated in a meetup of very experienced product management leaders arranged by ProductX. We discussed roadmaps and the challenges surrounding them. Modify the roadmap based on their input if needed.

Roadmap 133

Roadmap Customer Experience User Testing Vision 133

ProductPlan

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Companies had to shift their product strategy. They had to shift their product strategy. My role was definitely more of a CEO role,” Tan said. “It I’m going to have to take on that more focused leadership role, put a strategy in place to steer us out of this conundrum.”. Investing in the Roadmap.

Product Strategy 59

Product Strategy Strategy Leadership Consulting 59

ProductPlan

MAY 11, 2020

Proof Over Opinion: 8 Strategies for Selling a Roadmap to a Skeptic. Here you are up to your eyeballs, creating a killer product strategy and roadmap. Unfortunately, this is a widespread scenario in product management. Addressing Roadmap Skepticism. Don’t be fooled, however.

Roadmap 70

Roadmap Strategy Customer Experience Vision 70

ProductPlan

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Roadmaps are a unique tool for creating and maintaining stakeholder alignment, resource planning, and budgeting purposes. But what happens when you’re managing a product that is being continually updated? This is the situation for countless SaaS product management professionals lucky enough to manage products via this model.

Research Software 98

Research Software Roadmap User Testing Onboarding KPIs 98

Ask Benny

JANUARY 25, 2020

, How to effectively build and manage your roadmap and your stakeholders’ expectations. ,, The Roadmap Challenge. I recently participated in a meetup of very experienced product management leaders arranged by. The major reason for this challenge is that the roadmap is not just a tool for a product manager to properly plan.

Roadmap 78

Roadmap Customer Experience User Testing Vision 78

ProductPlan

MARCH 17, 2021

At its most basic level, a customer-led product strategy means that your customers are the top priority at all times. You don’t have to copy their approach, but you can tease out the best bits and blend them into the perfect strategy for you. Start with the product vision statement, then set out your goals and initiatives.

User Testing 63

User Testing Reporting Tools Data Visualization Customer Feedback 63

ProductPlan

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Companies had to shift their product strategy. They had to shift their product strategy. My role was definitely more of a CEO role,” Tan said. “It I’m going to have to take on that more focused leadership role, put a strategy in place to steer us out of this conundrum.”. Investing in the Roadmap.

Product Strategy 52

Product Strategy Strategy Leadership Consulting 52

ProductPlan

JANUARY 21, 2021

That team’s collective work is often represented, at a high level, as features on the product roadmap. The work of a product designer, however, is distinct from their developer counterparts. Also, the role of product design in designing great user experiences is both tactical and strategic.

Research Software 97

Research Software Roadmap Product Research Customer Experience 97

The Product Coalition

MARCH 26, 2020

Get real about roadmaps and plans Beyond Gantt Charts and releases If this was 40 years ago and you were doing a cross-country road trip from the American east coast to the west coast, you’ld probably have a roadmap. Your software product roadmap or project plan should do the same for you. to your product and its KPIs.

Roadmap 82

Roadmap Feedback Software Vision Engineering 82

Roman Pichler

MAY 4, 2022

You might not know, for example, which marketing strategy is most appropriate or which sales channels are most effective. You need the stakeholders’ active contribution to progress the product and reach the product goals. I believe that the first definition is more helpful, especially in an agile context.

Product Research 301

Product Research Agile User Testing Framework 301

Roman Pichler

JUNE 1, 2020

A stakeholder is anyone who has a stake in your product, who is affected by it, or who shows an interest in the offering. While this definition includes users and customers, I use the term in this article to refer to the internal business stakeholders. Involve the Stakeholders in Important Product Decisions.

Weak Development Team 307

Weak Development Team Product Research Customer Experience Workshop 307

Userpilot

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Tech PMs work actively with product teams on the product vision and strategy. A big part of their job is managing the roadmap and prioritizing technical initiatives in the product backlog. Their technical expertise allows them to identify risks and develop effective mitigation strategies. Product vision.

Analytic Tools 105

Analytic Tools Feedback Software Research Software User Testing 105

Mixpanel

MAY 20, 2020

The reality is that companies can’t afford to hit the brakes on innovation at any point —they should be accelerating on the execution of their roadmap to set themselves up for future success. Below, I’m sharing some guiding principles to help teams move away from a one-size-fits-all approach to product strategy.

Weak Development Team 52

Weak Development Team Product Strategy Strategy Customer Experience 52

ProductPlan

MARCH 17, 2021

At its most basic level, a customer-led product strategy means that your customers are the top priority at all times. You don’t have to copy their approach, but you can tease out the best bits and blend them into the perfect strategy for you. Start with the product vision statement, then set out your goals and initiatives.

User Testing 52

User Testing Reporting Tools Data Visualization Customer Feedback 52

Bain Public

OCTOBER 19, 2021

By definition , a moat is "a long, wide hole that is dug all the way around a place such as a castle and usually filled with water, to make it more difficult to attack". I know you’re probably wondering: what does this have to do with your product roadmap strategies ? When you think of the term ‘moat’, what comes to mind?

Feedback Software 52

Feedback Software Roadmap Data Visualization Strategy 52

The Product Coalition

MAY 9, 2021

When I talk about roadmaps with younger product leaders, I often hear things like “we don’t need one, we are agile” or “why build a roadmap when things will surely change”. The roadmap sets the strategic direction of the company, and when built right it also doesn’t have to change that frequently, despite your agility.

Agile 134

Agile Roadmap Feedback Software User Testing 134

Dear Strategy

JULY 23, 2019

Dear Strategy: “How do I align my product strategy and product roadmap with our technology roadmap, in the face of a strong engineering organization?”. Ahh, the product roadmap… such an overused yet somehow still elusive term! So, let’s see if we can clear that part up just a bit.

Roadmap 40

Roadmap Strategy Feedback Software Weak Development Team 40

Product Management University

AUGUST 15, 2023

If product priorities are shaped by market segment priorities instead of individual product needs, aren’t the priority debates just shifting from products to markets? It’s a logical question but the answer is a definitive no. Definitely yes but it’s not as complicated as you might think.

Product Management 246

Product Management Product Manager White Paper Management 246

Ask Benny

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

How to effectively build and manage your roadmap and your stakeholders’ expectations. The Roadmap Challenge I recently participated in a meetup of very experienced product management leaders arranged by ProductX. We discussed roadmaps and the challenges surrounding them. Modify the roadmap based on their input if needed.

Roadmap 74

Roadmap Customer Experience User Testing Vision 74

Lenny Rachitsky

APRIL 9, 2024

Instead, I believe that AI will have the most profound impact on the high-level (and historically most valued) skills of product management: developing a strategy, crafting a vision, identifying new opportunities, and setting goals. That sounds a lot like a tool that would be incredibly good at identifying a clever strategy.

Data Visualization 120

Data Visualization ChatGPT Research Software Product Management 120

ProductPlan

JANUARY 11, 2024

To make sure we’re speaking the same language, let’s level set on the definition of OKRs: OKRs : a management strategy for setting business objectives and measurable outcomes. Define specific goals : Set specific and achievable goals in alignment with your product strategy. GQMs are often compared to OKRs.

Analytic Tools 77

Analytic Tools Customer Feedback Framework Customer Experience 77

The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Every software team out there uses some sort of planning system or tool to do product roadmaps and sprint plans, and yet many are unhappy with the tools, or frustrated at the lack of getting things done, or getting “pointless” things done, and the list goes on. What do the product roadmapping or planning tools offer us?

Roadmap 78

Roadmap Feedback Software Document Weak Development Team 78

Product Management University

OCTOBER 11, 2023

They’re bombarding product management with critical enhancement requests just to get the customer up and running. Problem 3 Product managers are now forced to erect detour signs all over their roadmaps to get customers up and running (…we need the revenue).

Product Research 130

Product Research Feedback Software Differentiation Management 130

The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 1, 2018

How to effectively build and manage your roadmap and your stakeholders’ expectations. The Roadmap Challenge I recently participated in a meetup of very experienced product management leaders arranged by ProductX. We discussed roadmaps and the challenges surrounding them. Modify the roadmap based on their input if needed.

Roadmap 60

Roadmap Customer Experience User Testing Vision 60

The Product Guy

MAY 7, 2020

Primarily there are 3 major aspects to understanding and performing well as a Product Manager, which are as listed below: Understanding the Role Definition Hard Skills required for the Role Soft Skills required for the Role. Understanding the Role Definition. Definition of PM role. Product Strategy.

Technical Review 159

Technical Review Research Software Onboarding KPIs Reporting Tools 159

Roman Pichler

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Different people have suggested different definitions for the term software platform. Let me briefly share mine: I view such a platform as a collection of software assets that are used by several products, as the following picture illustrates. In the picture above, product A, B, and C are built on the platform and use its assets.

Feedback Software 256

Feedback Software Software Review Technical Review Customer Experience 256

Bain Public

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Most companies don’t have a clear picture of their roadmap. Bain Public’s SOAP™ methodology and tool offers a full picture of your product strategy, tactics, metrics and roadmap all in one place. It breaks product innovation in 3 steps -- Product Mission, Product Blueprint and Roadmap Pillars.

Framework 52

Framework Leadership Customer Communications Definition 52