The Product Guy

OCTOBER 9, 2018

I became a product manager because I wanted to take a more strategic role at my company. First, I did not know how to frame, develop and present product strategy in a systematic way, and second, as a startup, my company has not historically had a good track record of strategy being developed outside of senior management (read: founder).

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The Product Guy

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Guest Post by: Alex Hsu (Mentee, Session 4, The Product Mentor) [Paired with Mentor, Addi Regev]. Why do I need a framework? A research conducted by Alpha UX found that 25% of Product Manager surveyed wished for a clearer product roadmap and strategy. This was second only to increase in salary! Research article.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

I have some takeaways and learnings to share that I covered as a coach for their onboarding strategy. On the other hand, the strategy across the dimension should be flexible enough to respond to any changes. What are those 8 dimensions for startup onboarding strategy? I have defined the below dimensions as a cohesive framework.

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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. Here’s the day-to-day product-shaping work of a PM, and how I believe AI will impact it: 1.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Dave Martin on how product roadmaps kill outcomes. They lack vision and lead nowhere. It’s difficult to implement outcome-based roadmaps because stakeholders don’t trust product teams to deliver on business goals. Strategic value is about aligning features with the company’s vision and long-term goals. Product vision.

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Userpilot

MAY 1, 2024

Try Userpilot and Take Your Product Experience to the Next Level Get a Demo 14 Day Trial No Credit Card Required What is the digital product experience (DPX)? Digital product experience (DPX) refers to all the touchpoints and interactions a customer has with a digital product across its lifecycle.

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Userpilot

OCTOBER 25, 2022

In the article, we’re looking at the responsibilities of strategic product managers and how they can use data effectively to shape product strategy and deliver delightful experiences to users! Product strategy defines who we are building for, what to build, and how to build it. What is product strategy?

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Mind the Product

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Mixing the words, key responsibilities across companies started to emerge: Define product vision and strategy. The product manager career path at XO and the “levels framework” from the book “Org Design for Design Orgs” (by far the best book I’ve read on UX management) were amazing and helpful resources.

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Roman Pichler

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

A framework like Scrum offers specific techniques that ensure sustainable pace—unfortunately, only for development team members and not for product people. But sustainable pace is equally important for you, the person in charge of the product. Consequently, make enough time for strategic work. Share the Work. Prioritise.

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ProductPlan

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Now, after a decade of managing products and advising, I find it exciting. Throughout my experience, I’ve used many frameworks and tools to support the research and discovery process. Start with your company and product mission and vision. You’ll find out sooner or later, and it’s far less costly to find out sooner.

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

While product development describes the process of creating the product itself (i.e. designing screens, writing code, running tests), product management is a broader concept that encompasses strategy , vision, and product-market fit. Ensure all product development refers to different team members.

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Userpilot

JULY 20, 2022

Quality Function Deployment (QDF) is a framework that helps teams translate customer requirements into technical requirements, and design the product and processes needed for its development. Thanks to QDF you can build products that meet user expectations and decrease the development time and cost. Are you ready?

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Gainsight

MAY 13, 2020

We listen to the voice of the customer and it translates to many of our new products. Two, we also have a vision to expand our offering and to make it even more competitive not just for the “now,” but also for the future. Vision and voice of the customer have made us the leader among customer success software vendors.

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Userpilot

JULY 9, 2021

Continuous Discovery Habits is the culmination of Torres’ eight years of work coaching teams on product discovery. It’ll teach you how to set up continuous discovery with your product trio team of product managers, design leads, and tech leads. Overview of Eureka framework for user onboarding. Key learnings. Where to buy?

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Provide context and direction First and foremost, product leaders should provide context for teams to make informed and aligned decisions. Leaders should understand the company’s vision and strategy, be able to communicate it in a meaningful way, and clarify the role their “unit” (*) plays in that strategy.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 3, 2020

Is the PM someone with great responsibility but no formal authority as stated by Dan Olsen or is the CEO of the product? Product manager motto?—?Dan Dan Olsen Welcome to the Cynefin Framework We choose to use the Cynefin Framework to decide which path to take. Data-driven : Decisions based on objective criteria.

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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. If you find yourself in a showdown with a skeptic about your roadmap or product strategy, you’ve got to get strategic about winning them over to your point of view.

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Department of Product

OCTOBER 23, 2022

The reference to reinventing the wheel is important too, since this reiterates the importance of component oriented thinking and how this can aid the overall design process. Similarly, your vision and strategy help with this too. A deep dive into the tools, frameworks and processes used by product managers from top companies.

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Usersnap

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Part of this requires having a solid product vision. Offering a clear idea of what the purpose of your product is, and the positive change it brings about for customers. Keeping this product vision in the back of your mind while iterating on product strategy keeps you closer to being on the right track.

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Folding Burritos

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

Naturally, this is extremely frustrating; you know it’s the pathway to a disconnected and incoherent product. Tying everything to a strong value proposition and vision is effectively the kind of thing that produces a cohesive product. A Mini-framework to Drive Stakeholders Towards Problems. Why do you think we need that?

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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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Bain Public

JANUARY 11, 2022

The strategy remains a mystery and offers no guidance or direction to product managers and the cross-functional teams they support. It might be time to make your CEO provide a clear vision. The Product Team The third layer of the pyramid is the product team, which includes the product manager, UX/UI and data resources.

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Roman Pichler

MARCH 12, 2024

But this taught me an important lesson: There is no point in worrying about the product details if a sound product strategy is missing. As helpful as a product strategy is, it’s not enough. I have seen companies use a mixture of portfolio and product strategies instead of separate plans.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 15, 2019

The agile manifesto turned eighteen this year, the Scrum framework is even older?—?have The rise (fall) of the Product Owner Trying to solve the organisational dysfunction of the dived between those building the product and those speaking with customers, Jeff Sutherland and Ken Schwaber proposed a new way to build products?—?a

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 26, 2021

80 to over 100 hours per week to “change the world” is what Elon Musk wrote in a 2018 tweet, referring to what was considered a standard working week at the time Tesla was ramping up production of its Model 3 sedans. a clear and compelling vision. Or worse of all, sometimes there was just no Product Vision at all.

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Product Bookshelf

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

The breadth of knowledge you need to be an effective product manager is very complex. ” The book contains a lot of product strategy, positioning, and go to market content which is often missing in books that focus primarily on execution. The Whole Product. Being an effective product leader.

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Userpilot

JUNE 30, 2022

Although easily confused, product-market fit and customer fit have opposite perspectives. Product-market fit is a business development term for building a product that satisfies a market’s demand. Its framework consists in creating a minimum viable product (MVP) to validate that there’re users willing to pay for it.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

If the early experiments give promising results, their findings help develop a solid product strategy. Market and customer research are also the foundation of a GTM strategy. Go-To-Market strategy. A go-to-market strategy is a plan that allows teams to launch the right product to the right customers at the right time.

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Sequent Learning

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

The Product Manager’s Desk Reference , based on over 20 years of benchmark research, provides the foundation for our Product Management workshops and offers attendees a framework for employing best-in-class practices. Develop products, regardless of which development methodology is employed. Path to Innovation.

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Dear Strategy

MAY 26, 2020

Now, for all of these scenarios, the key elements to include in your strategy are the exact same things that I continually refer to in this blog. Those are: a clear vision, a thorough situation analysis, a solid plan, and a clear path toward strategic execution. Problem solved.

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Roman Pichler

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Listen to the audio version of this article: [link] 1 Complement Scrum with a Product Discovery and Strategy Process Scrum is a simple framework that helps teams develop successful products. But it doesn’t tell you where to go and how to get there—that’s what the discovery and strategy work does.

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UX Studio: Product Management

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Our UX experts often travel to meet the client, work right on the spot, and become a true extension of the client’s product team. . Due to the recent global restrictions, we have developed a framework for effective remote collaboration, enabling us to work with clients from various time zones. Wandr Studio.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

APRIL 25, 2022

How would you improve the Facebook login product? Ask clarifying questions and think about things like: Clearly define what the Facebook login product is. In this case, it's referring to a third-party integration that allows for SSO. Who are you improving the product or feature for? What platform are you focused on?

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Mind the Product

APRIL 6, 2020

Product (and company) strategy is the backbone that guides product goal-setting and roadmap definition, although it’s sometimes overlooked or confused with having a vision. Without it, product teams become feature teams focused on outputs and not outcomes. The Approach (the Frameworks).

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BrainMates

JULY 10, 2023

Your Vision is Your Product By MARTIN NORTH We spend our lives surrounded by products, and for those of us who have followed the path to managing and developing them, we use the label “product” to define what we do, and even who we are. Of course, it is a combination of goods and services - but it is also an idea.

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ProductPlan

JULY 15, 2021

Clutch’s survey proves that you need an effective product management strategy to measure product vision success. As a product leader, your product vision anchors everything you communicate to your team. The concept provides your organization with the ideal product. . Metrics are crucial.

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ProductPlan

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Roadmapping software has emerged as a core need for the modern product manager. This is specifically helpful for anyone who might be new to roadmapping or product management in general. They can use these templates as a framework for how their own roadmaps could be built and function as a great jumping-off point. Edge: Roadmunk.

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