Roman Pichler

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Listen to the audio version of this article: [link] Introduction To discuss empowerment in product management, I find it helpful to distinguish three main levels of decision-making authority, product delivery, product discovery, and product strategy, as the model in Figure 1 shows. [1]

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 13, 2021

Product strategy is one of the most important tasks of the product leader, and definitely one of the hardest things to do. In the effort to bring the company’s vision into reality, the details matter, often more than the innovation and completeness of the vision itself. This should be your first step into product strategy.

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Mind the Product

MAY 23, 2022

Read more » The post Build what matters with vision-led product management appeared first on Mind the Product. In this #mtpcon Digital Americas session, CPO at WHOOP and author Ben Foster, explains how to think and operate like a true product leader regardless of your level or title. [.]

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 8, 2024

Explore digital transformation strategies for enterprises Have you wondered why digital transformation strategies are a necessity? This comprehensive guide empowers you to harness the power of digital transformation strategies, propelling your business toward a thriving future. What are digital transformation strategies?

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Mironov Consulting

JANUARY 24, 2024

Expanding on a recent post ( Revenue Goals are Not Company Strategies ), I’ve been seeing lots of maker teams (product, engineering, design) struggling to form product strategies without a company strategy to hang them on.    If these strategies don’t hang together, we each hang separately.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 25, 2021

This month, we’re focusing on all things Product Leadership. Before we start diving into the ins and outs of leadership in Product Management, it’s important to ask and to understand what we mean by Product Leadership. We use Product Leaders to describe a lot of different people in the Product Management world.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 9, 2021

Your vision of the future should bring clarity to your roadmap. It aligns business decisions with strategic vision. Effective roadmaps translate leadership’s vision into a guided conversation with stakeholders. Balance the need for flexibility in your market strategy against the average size of projects.

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Product Bookshelf

APRIL 15, 2024

Martin Good Strategy, Bad Strategy by Richard Rumels Product strategy is a set of choices informed by product vision and company objectives. A good strategy consists of a diagnosis, guiding policy, and coherent actions. Why is product strategy so hard? “What is product strategy?”

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Roman Pichler

APRIL 3, 2018

Business Strategy vs. Product Strategy. A business strategy describes how a company wants to achieve its overall aspiration and create value for its users, employees, and shareholders. The business strategy provides the company with the basis for making the right investment decisions. What is the company’s vision?

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svpg

JULY 15, 2016

I’ve explained that the context typically needs to be the product vision, and a specific set of outcome-based objectives for each team (OKR’s are an effective way to do that). Product Vision. Product Vision. Strong technology people are drawn to an inspiring vision; they want to work on something meaningful.

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Roman Pichler

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Goals in Product Management. As I explain in my book How to Lead in Product Management , setting the right goals is crucial to align stakeholders and development teams and to achieve product success. Does this mean that there is a natural fit between goals in product management and OKRs? Should You Use OKRs for Your Product?

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The Product Manager Coach Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

In the intricate world of product management, a compelling product vision isn’t just a “nice to have” – it’s a necessity. He introduced a vision – ‘an iPod, a phone, and an Internet communicator.’ ’ That vision changed the mobile industry forever.

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Alchemer Mobile

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Whether you’re new to the product management field or a seasoned professional, it’s always valuable to learn from your peers’ lived experiences. What strategies do you use to prioritize your product roadmap? Meet our product management experts. Ian Hassard , Senior Manager of Product Management at Auth0.

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Nulab

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Traditional top-down managerial structures for leadership are being replaced with bottom-up styles of working. Organizations need to be dynamic if they want to attract and retain the best workers — and collaborative leadership is one way to do that. What is collaborative leadership? Here’s everything you need to know.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 28, 2022

Let’s talk about how to define a product vision, and why the lack of a product vision is so detrimental to your team. 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. What about 3?

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Ronke PM

APRIL 5, 2023

Table of Contents Product and design partnership What does design-driven leadership mean? Design-driven leadership is product management Final thoughts The very essence of leadership is creating a space that enables our teams to dream big, imagine, and bring what was once unthinkable to life - therefore, changing humanity.

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Userpilot

APRIL 25, 2022

What is product leadership and how is it different from product management ? In the article, we’ll be discussing what the product leadership role entails and how it is different from the product management role. Product managers step in later and they are in charge of implementing the strategy and building the product.

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Product Innovation Educators

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

A four-layer framework to create a winning product strategy Today we are talking about creating product strategy. Bob is the author of the book Creative Strategy Generation. I first heard of Bob when he was the president of Sequent Learning, the product management training company. Our guest is Bob Caporale.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Often we talk more about the technical skills, like, portfolio management, being more strategic, etc but being good at those things mean nothing if you can’t build a culture conducive to good product management practices. Setting an awesome strategy without building the enablers to executing on it is just a pipe-dream.

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The Product Manager Coach Blog

MAY 7, 2024

Navigating the world of product management can be overwhelming, especially when trying to understand the different roles and responsibilities. Two positions that often cause confusion are Staff Product Manager and Senior Product Manager. What is a Staff Product Manager? What is a Senior Product Manager?

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 9, 2021

You’ve got a clear vision for the future, and it looks bright! The initial steps of this framework took collaboration between business leadership and the product team to set a direction for development decisions. At first glance that seems like balanced priorities, but the strategies in the lower half are less important than top.

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Userpilot

DECEMBER 13, 2023

How do you develop a robust UX strategy? We also look at: What a UX design strategy is Why it’s important Its core principles and elements A practical example of a company with well-established UX strategies Let’s dive right in! The strategy should also have information about the UX team, processes, and guidelines.

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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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People-First Product Leadership

MARCH 24, 2024

His people-first leadership approach lives on through his son who recognized his father’s skills and ability to lead by example. Nobody wants you to be more awesome than your manager does, because when you're amazing, your manager, his life gets easier, her life gets easier. I won’t ruin the movie for you.

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Product Management University

JUNE 21, 2021

If you’re waiting for someone to crown your product management team the kings and queens of strategic direction, you better get a nice comfy chair with all the reclining, heating and massaging accoutrements because you’re in for a long wait! Here’s the thing about product management though. Zero or very few.

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People-First Product Leadership

JUNE 11, 2023

He stood out from the other managers as he didn’t come across as a hot head, prima donna or just a total jerk. Yet the principles he espoused are and apply directly to today’s working environment - especially for manager’s seeking to create top performing product teams. The clincher was Arsène Wenger.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

To be a kick-ass product manager , you need a very diverse skill set. This article explores both hard and soft skills that product managers need in their everyday work, so if you’re curious to learn more, dive right in. Soft skills, like communication or leadership , are more general and can be used in different contexts.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

Drawing upon a rich vein of experiences — from leadership roles in engineering to insightful albeit brief stints as a founder and CTO and steering roles focusing on morphing concepts into market-ready products — my tenure in this vibrant ecosystem has been incredible.

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ProductPlan

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

At times, product professionals fail to realize the similarities and differences between thought leadership vs people leadership. A compelling thought leader most likely started as a people leader, such as a manager or a director. The Start of Thought Leadership. Product management is complex.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 22, 2021

You have a strategy AND a roadmap, they’re two different things. Continue reading on Product Coalition ».

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BrainMates

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Disrupting the Product - Strategy Questions Answered By DIANE SEXTON Even though periods of decline are a normal part of the economic cycle, there is no denying the enormous pressure these periods place on our organisations. I believe the best strategy is to really go back to your roots. What is the vision that you started with?

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Alchemer Mobile

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Whether you’re new to the product management field or a seasoned professional, it’s always valuable to learn from your peers’ lived experiences. While you can watch the full hour-long interview here , this post breaks down four of the key lessons we learned from Jessi Alva, Director, Technical Product Management at SAP Concur.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

What is a technical product manager? This is the question that opens our discussion of technical product management. TL;DR Technical product managers work with engineering and development teams on the technical performance of software products. Tech PMs work actively with product teams on the product vision and strategy.

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The Product HQ

MAY 10, 2024

Now more than ever, being a principal product manager is a job title that most product professionals aspire to attain. Product management has established itself as one of the leading fields for career development today. According to Glassdoor , the average salary for a product manager is $155,611 as of 2024.

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Sachin Rekhi

AUGUST 4, 2021

For years now loyal readers have been asking me to package up my learnings on product management into a cohesive course on the subject. So in 2020, I took a survey of all the available product management courses out there. There were plenty of courses introducing product management to those new to the role.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 11, 2023

One of the most frequently asked questions in the product field is what constitutes a great product manager. However, certain traits and backgrounds are often associated with great product managers. For example — If you are a product manager of a product for marketers, take the time to understand a marketer day, KPIs, etc.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

The product strategy acts as the playbook for the team, taking them to victory. Your job is to get them past difficult choices, lay out the winning strategy and help them achieve the vision. Having progressed my career in product strategy and management, I’ll never forget my early assignments as part of a larger product team.

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