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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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 15, 2022

that products always require roadmaps. Do you think every company and product needs a roadmap?” Then I thought further; maybe complete scenarios exist where roadmaps aren’t needed. Fast forward to the end, there are in fact scenarios where companies and products do not need roadmaps. Tell me your perspective.”,

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 23, 2020

Funding your Product Roadmap How do you ask for funding as you scale your product & team You have a product roadmap (annual / multi-year) in front of you, crafted by you after months of deliberation, discussions, conversations, stakeholder and leadership feedback and reviews. If not, what can we do now to remediate it?

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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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Dragonboat

MARCH 5, 2024

Ryan Polk, a seasoned Chief Product Officer (CPO) with nearly three decades of experience in engineering and product management, recently shared his insights during a CPO Series webinar focused on choosing the right roadmap tool.

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bpma ProductHub

APRIL 10, 2017

By Garima Painuly- One of the constant challenges a product manager faces is creating a focused product roadmap that is aligned with expectations of all stakeholders, and defending that roadmap against distractions. The discussion topics were inspired by a blog post from Fresh Tilled Soil on Building a Product Roadmap.

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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. These include: Engineering?—?What

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 28, 2022

As I’ll explain below, the “why” and “where” form your product vision, and your product team (especially your engineers), not only want this from you, but need it in order to do their best work. Why does product vision matter to your engineers? What is “Product Vision”? Directionality. Point your tickets. Sprint planning. Write code.

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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. The Master Class also works well as a solution under the leadership branch. Product Talk’s Desired Outcome.

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ProductPlan

JULY 30, 2021

Before hiring a product leader, you need to ensure that you understand the most essential product leadership interview questions that can help better inform your hiring decision. . 6 Product Leadership Interview Questions to Ask. Product leadership is about more than bossing around your direct reports.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Between commercial, product, and engineering leadership, a potential anecdote to rebuild trust and transparency can be instituting a simple, scheduled Product Steering process. To rollout a Product Steering process, the leadership team collectively needs to follow these short steps: Steps to Sustainable Product Steering: 1.

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Dragonboat

MARCH 5, 2024

Ryan Polk, a seasoned Chief Product Officer (CPO) with nearly three decades of experience in engineering and product management, recently shared his insights during a CPO Series webinar focused on choosing the right roadmap tool.

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Bain Public

MAY 26, 2022

Roadmapping has become a political problem. Over the last decade, there has been advancements in the product world where the CEO is no longer the only one who calls the shots; now, there is a Product Leadership Team (PLT) who is supposed to work collaboratively with the product manager on defining the next set of features of a product.

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Mironov Consulting

MAY 20, 2019

In addition to my formal coaching of product leaders (Directors, VPs and CPOs who directly manage teams of product managers), I talk with lots of senior individual contributors about the risks and challenges of moving “up the ladder” into product leadership roles. So I have a strong sense of what product managers want.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 28, 2020

So what does this mean for Product teams, and specifically product leadership? With the majority of our product & engineering teams furloughed and operating with a skeleton caretaker team only, here’s my top 10 learnings from recent experience of this crisis: A crisis calls for pragmatism and being truly agile.

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ProductPlan

MARCH 13, 2024

I am deeply familiar with their common refrains of endless roadmap review meetings, repetitive PowerPoint presentations, and the strain of constant context shifting. By working together and being transparent, product and engineering will see each other as partners seeking to achieve the same goals.

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People-First Product Leadership

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Part 3 brings together the Product specific Vision, Roadmap and Goals. Product Vision puts a company’s Vision and Mission into action The Product Vision ensures the Roadmap reflects the priorities which matter the most to the company’s customers and to the company. You’ve met the people.

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Bain Public

MARCH 14, 2022

But unfortunately, in many companies, the product leadership team can perpetuate a negative culture — setting up product managers to fail. In essence, the product leadership team are those with influence on the product roadmap. Product-led cultures elevate products to the highest levels of the company’s mission.

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Product Warrior

MARCH 9, 2023

Unfortunately, without anything better, many product leaders rely on the product roadmap to demonstrate their strategy. What happens when you show a senior leader a roadmap? Product leaders need to create confidence by using the value drivers of their product strategy to frame the roadmap - or in some cases replace it.

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Product Warrior

MARCH 9, 2023

Unfortunately, without anything better, many product leaders rely on the product roadmap to demonstrate their strategy. What happens when you show a senior leader a roadmap? Product leaders need to create confidence by using the value drivers of their product strategy to frame the roadmap - or in some cases replace it.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 7, 2023

When you complete your product discovery work and have the work ready to be executed, you can’t always just expect engineers and designers alike to follow along with your desires. Designers have new proposals to your solution, which requires refactoring of engineering work. Nurture your Relationship with Leadership.

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Bain Public

JULY 1, 2022

Paul’s unique experience brings together the necessity of great engineering and the beauty of product strategy. Title: How to prioritize features and create product roadmaps Date: Tuesday, June 5th, 2022 Where: In-Person and Online Workshop (open to cohort participants only). Session Information. About NEXT AI.

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ProductPlan

MAY 19, 2020

Resilient Leadership During Challenging Times. We had been gearing up our offensive for several quarters investing in engineering and building out our go-to-market team to better capitalize on opportunities within the business. We reviewed our product roadmap with an eye toward “what do our customers need now ?”

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ProductBoard

AUGUST 3, 2022

Perhaps his electrical engineering background plays a part, but one thing is clear about Amir Rozenberg: he really likes solving one of the central questions in Product leadership. With Product experience spanning infrastructure automation to.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

TL;DR Technical product managers work with engineering and development teams on the technical performance of software products. A big part of their job is managing the roadmap and prioritizing technical initiatives in the product backlog. To become a TPR you don’t need a degree in software engineering, but it will definitely help.

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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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Bain Public

JUNE 16, 2021

Paul’s unique experience brings together the necessity of great engineering and the beauty of product strategy. Title: How to prioritize features and create product roadmaps Date: Thursday, June 17th, 2021 Where: Online Workshop (open to cohort participants only). Session Information. About NEXT AI.

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Ronke PM

MARCH 26, 2024

At the heart of an organization that creates product magic is a product leader who is an expert at leadership and coalition building. Product leaders must influence and engage all stakeholders, from sales and technical support to client success, design, research, marketing, and engineering.

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Sachin Rekhi

AUGUST 4, 2021

There was even an emerging set of courses focused on product leadership. Or PMs at larger established tech firms might see great PMs at work within their company, but they struggled to reverse engineer just how to recreate their success for themselves. Take product roadmaps for example.

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Bain Public

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Most companies don’t have a clear picture of their roadmap. This is the reason why many businesses fail, so the question to many business owners out there is this: are you confident that your engineering team is building the right features? Step 1: Your Product Mission Step 2: Your Product Blueprint Step 3: Your Roadmap Pillars.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

I’ve reviewed roadmaps for hundreds of different products. I’ve participated in more roadmap review meetings than I can remember. And until now, I never thought to share the view a product leader has on roadmaps — at least publicly. When reviewing a roadmap with the product team, there are six points I always look for.

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Mind the Product

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Read more » The post A designer, a product manager, and an engineer walk into a bar…by Karishma Irani appeared first on Mind the Product.

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Product Innovation Educators

APRIL 22, 2019

Product roadmaps are frequently used badly, almost as handcuffs for product managers. A year ago we explored roadmaps and how they should be used with Bruce McCarthy. At the time, he had recently co-authored the book, Product Roadmaps Relaunched: How to Set Direction while Embracing Uncertainty. Who the roadmap is for.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 19, 2022

Once the product-based revenue potential is rolled up across the portfolio, an enterprise number emerges to share with leadership. Of course, that product-driven revenue potential will be negotiated with leadership. Roll up the opportunity roadmaps across the enterprise to understand revenue potential.

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Bain Public

MAY 22, 2020

Paul’s unique experience brings together the necessity of great engineering and the beauty of product strategy. During his workshop, Paul will take NEXT AI’s 2020 cohort through the process of creating a successful product roadmap. Title: What Goes Into a Good Product Roadmap? Session Information. Date: Friday, June 8th.

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Bain Public

APRIL 17, 2020

Career Development Program Details: Whether you are a Founder or part of the Product, Engineering or leadership team, you need actionable strategies and impactful techniques that drive results today. This is our framework that we base all our lessons on: Your Product Mission Your Product Blueprint Your Roadmap Pillars.

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Bain Public

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

The focus on profitability really fortifies the importance of collaborative decision-making between product managers and the leadership team. Stakeholders need to buy into the vision, whether they are product leaders, engineers, the sales team, or the support team. As the legendary statistician and management consultant, W.

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