Userpilot

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Roadmaps vs backlogs: What’s the real difference and why does everyone keeps using these terms interchangeably when they mean different things? TLDR Understanding the difference between a product roadmap and a backlog is crucial for product managers. Everyone knows the difference between a roadmap and a backlog… right?

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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.

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Product Management University

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

The backgrounds and experiences of your stakeholders definitely come into play. The strategic roadmap is the next layer down. Product Management Leading by Example You might be thinking the above scenario of starting with a vision and strategy is just what product managers do. It’s part of the job.

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Mind the Product

OCTOBER 23, 2018

I’ve made a lot of roadmaps in my time. In fact, in the first three years I was at WorldRemit, I counted that I represented our company roadmap in 10 different ways. One of many, many roadmaps. One of many, many roadmaps. Yet most roadmaps have a big problem in common. The Wrong Conversation.

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 1, 2020

On this episode of Intercom on Product myself and Paul Adams, our SVP of Product, take a look at roadmapping. Knowing how and when to define a roadmap, who to include and how long to plan for are key elements to finding the balanced approach that you need. As you grow functions, the audience for your roadmap widens.

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 1, 2020

On this episode of Intercom on Product myself and Paul Adams, our SVP of Product, take a look at roadmapping. Knowing how and when to define a roadmap, who to include and how long to plan for are key elements to finding the balanced approach that you need. As you grow functions, the audience for your roadmap widens.

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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.

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Alchemer Mobile

JULY 16, 2021

Customer retention definition. When marketing teams proactively gather feedback from customers, they can better understand the least and most favorite things about the brand and therefore help inform marketing strategy accordingly. Strategies to improve customer retention. Let’s dive into it. Ready to get started?

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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. Addressing Roadmap Skepticism. By definition, a skeptic holds deep doubt about the truth of a particular thing. Don’t be fooled, however.

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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. 

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Mind the Product

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Much has been written about the process of creating product roadmaps, not least the six great articles written by my own team. I believe the actions of a product leader all too often are the root cause of a “bad” roadmap. Without thoughtful leadership around them, it may not be in product manager’s gift to achieve a “good” roadmap.

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Ask Benny

JANUARY 25, 2020

, How to effectively build and manage your roadmap and your stakeholders’ expectations. ,, The Roadmap Challenge. The major reason for this challenge is that the roadmap is not just a tool for a product manager to properly plan. On top of that, your roadmap is also your commitment to your customers.

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ProductPlan

JANUARY 21, 2021

That team’s collective work is often represented, at a high level, as features on the product roadmap. The Role Roadmaps Play in Managing Product Design. The roadmap can be a powerful tool in coordinating these efforts, including the product design team members. Avoid the Temptation for a UX Roadmap.

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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! At its core, a roadmap is nothing more than a specified timeline of actions.

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People-First Product Leadership

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Today we wrap up the three part series on creating your strategy stack. Part 1, we covered the “why” behind creating a strategy stack, with a focus on establishing the organization’s Mission, North Star, and Vision. Part 2, we continued the organizational journey by defining the Strategy and Goals.

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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. How does your product roadmap compare?

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Userpilot

MARCH 24, 2021

Defining your product strategy is the most important aspect of deciding to build something new. What is a product strategy? How do you create a roadmap? Discovery and Experimentation as Part of Product Strategy 5.Where Where to start – Product Discovery vs Product Strategy How Userpilot Helps.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 11, 2020

NAVIGATING THE NATURAL TENSION AMONG STAKEHOLDERS This is the first in a series on product roadmaps. The first post describes why roadmaps matter and who relies upon them. The roadmap is much more than a directive document that tells teams what to do by when. Battleground The product roadmap. Executives?—?Are Marketing?—?Do

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ProductPlan

MARCH 5, 2021

This article tackles one of the areas that gets the most interest from product managers: how can they use an essentialist approach to create and communicate better product roadmaps ? To ensure you’re adding the right features and initiatives to your product roadmap, I’ve outlined several suggestions here. Start with the product vision.

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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. As a rule of thumb, avoid meetings with more than ten attendees when you have to make high-impact decisions and/or rework the product strategy , product roadmap , or product backlog.

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Alchemer Mobile

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

What strategies do you use to prioritize your product roadmap? You can have beautiful roadmap decks and beautiful PowerPoints. And so I think that’s definitely a trend that I don’t see going away. ” What strategies do you use to prioritize your product roadmap? What tools or methodologies do you use?

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Alchemer Mobile

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Definition of the Voice of the Customer (VoC). Once companies collect that VoC data, they can use those insights to inform their mobile strategy, loyalty programs, marketing campaigns, product roadmap, and more. It also helps you understand what areas of your product roadmap to prioritize. What do your customers not like?

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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.

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Gainsight

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

So a product roadmap serves as a tool for alignment: it’s a strategy-first, visual document that communicates what type of problem a product solves, how, and for whom. Yet because product roadmaps are living, breathing documents that can and should evolve, it can be frustrating to construct them. A roadmap to revenue growth.

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Alchemer Mobile

JUNE 8, 2022

Definition of the voice of the customer (VoC). Once companies collect that VoC data, they can use those insights to inform their mobile strategy, loyalty programs, marketing campaigns, product roadmap, and more. Download the guide today ! What you’ll learn. What is VoC. How companies use VoC data . Why VoC is valuable .

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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?

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Agile Velocity

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

All fit our definition of hybrid. When combined with an Agile Transformation, all require an intricate balance of strategies. Strategies to Overcome The Challenges of Hybrid Agile Transformation Emphasize Agile Training Combined with Agile Coaching: Combining Agile training with Agile coaching creates a powerful synergy.

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Intercom, Inc.

MAY 13, 2021

We recently sat down with Linda to chat about how customer success matures as you move upmarket and which strategies can help you to better serve your customers going forward. Your customer success managers need to be in tune with each customer’s business and challenges and work together to create a roadmap to meet their goals.

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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.

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Product Management University

AUGUST 15, 2023

It’s a logical question but the answer is a definitive no. Definitely yes but it’s not as complicated as you might think. The only thing that changes is the prioritization process that feeds your product roadmaps and backlogs. PPM Explained for B2B WHITE PAPER: Product Portfolio Strategy

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Roman Pichler

MAY 4, 2022

You might not know, for example, which marketing strategy is most appropriate or which sales channels are most effective. The marketer might have to create or update the marketing strategy; the sales rep might have to adapt the sales channels, for instance. Invite the individuals to product strategy review meetings and sprint reviews.

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ProductPlan

JANUARY 28, 2020

Your roadmaps aren’t for everyone. It’s essential to tailor your product roadmaps for your audience. Your Roadmaps Aren’t for Everyone. While you might think you want to share your roadmap with everyone possible (except your competitors), that’s not the best strategy. Everyone doesn’t need to see your roadmap.

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Roman Pichler

JUNE 1, 2020

While this definition includes users and customers, I use the term in this article to refer to the internal business stakeholders. Collaboratively set goals , for example, user and business goals on the product strategy and product goals on the product roadmap. The following tips will help you with this.

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ProductPlan

JANUARY 21, 2021

That team’s collective work is often represented, at a high level, as features on the product roadmap. The Role Roadmaps Play in Managing Product Design. The roadmap can be a powerful tool in coordinating these efforts, including the product design team members. Avoid the Temptation for a UX Roadmap.

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ProductPlan

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Are your roadmapping habits holding you back? But while breaking a habit isn’t easy, sometimes it’s definitely worth it. Clear’s advice proves useful for product managers to implement his philosophy into their own atomic roadmapping habits. External factors affecting our atomic roadmapping habits.

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People-First Product Leadership

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Welcome back to creating your strategy stack. In Part 2, we dive into establishing your organization's strategy and goals. If you missed Part 1, we covered the “why” behind creating a strategy stack, with a focus on the Mission, North Star, and Vision. Subscribe now What’s in a Strategy?

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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 roadmap. Product vision.

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