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Decoding Product Leadership

Roman Pichler

1 ] In fact, some people argue that product leadership can only be exercised by a management role. Leadership can therefore be exercised without being a boss. The leadership they exercise is called emergent or lateral leadership.[ The leadership they exercise has been assigned or granted by the CEO or another executive.

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How To Avoid the Product Version 1 and Done Dilemma

Product Management University

Version 1 Products Need a Vision and Strategic Roadmap The easiest way to avoid the version 1 product dilemma is to describe what the product will ultimately help customers accomplish, why that outcome is valuable, and in pecking order, the biggest obstacles standing in the way of that outcome. The strategic roadmap is the next layer down.

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How To Create Kick-Ass Product Roadmaps (Spoiler Alert: There are 3 types of Roadmaps)

The Product Coalition

3 Different Types of Roadmaps Every PM Needs to Master Roadmapping is not easy. Every company demands different types of Roadmaps, and every PM has their own flavour. Here is a step by step process to create roadmaps so you can influence anyone in your company like a true Jedi. So what is Product Roadmap?

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Mastering Product Sense and Execution Interviews

The Product Coalition

I am not in favor of assigning home exercises. Candidates are expected to engage with the question critically, asking clarifying questions, applying analytical frameworks, and building on their assumptions despite not being market experts on the topic at hand.

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Use This Framework to Unblock Your Product Roadmap

Gainsight

As you complete the exercise above for each issue and product opportunity, thoroughly document your findings. As your team lays out the product roadmap for a period of time (quarter, cycle, sprint, etc.), After our product team finishes the 9-Blocker exercise we start shopping it around to the rest of the organization.

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MVP Roadmapping

The Product Guy

and approach the exercise with a ”Yes, And.” This is where Roman Pichler’s GO Product Roadmap comes in handy. Both the GO Product Roadmap and the User Story Map will describe the same picture but at two different zoom-levels. Start with the most critical user and then add additional users. Exploration. Think about “what if’s.”

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Evolution of our Customer-Facing Roadmap

ProductPlan

ProductPlan has consistently seen changes over the past 12 months, and our very own product roadmap has been a part of that journey. We’ve seen a little bit of everything, and the customer-facing roadmap has been critical during these changes. Five questions to answer For this exercise, we go all the way back to square one.

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