The Product Guy

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

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. Research article. Without a clear roadmap and strategy, a Product Manager won’t be able to make impactful decisions. This was second only to increase in salary!

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Agile Velocity

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Scaled Agile Framework or SAFe ® is the most popular and far-reaching of the Agile scaling frameworks out there. But before you make the decision to go all-in with this popular framework, it’s important to know the facts. Scaled Agile Framework is prescriptive! SAFe is a framework.

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The Secret PM Handbook

AUGUST 4, 2017

The Secret Product Management Framework. Finally writing down the Secret Product Management Framework was a revelation for me. One test of a new framework is how well it explains “previous observations.” ” In this case, the previous observations are the articles I’ve been posting on the blog.

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The Secret PM Handbook

AUGUST 4, 2017

The Secret Product Management Framework. Finally writing down the Secret Product Management Framework was a revelation for me. One test of a new framework is how well it explains “previous observations.” ” In this case, the previous observations are the articles I’ve been posting on the blog.

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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] I certainly don’t intend to make anyone feel bad.

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Roman Pichler

MAY 4, 2022

Listen to this article: [link]. Scrum is a popular agile framework. That’s understandable, as the framework is focused on the development of complex products. You might not know, for example, which marketing strategy is most appropriate or which sales channels are most effective. Why the Scrum Team is Not Enough.

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Agile Velocity

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Scaled Agile Framework or SAFe ® is the most popular and far-reaching of the Agile scaling frameworks out there. But before you make the decision to go all-in with this popular framework, it’s important to know the facts. Scaled Agile Framework is prescriptive! SAFe is a framework.

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Product Management University

JULY 23, 2020

Agile is a software development methodology. Agile development is a methodology for building software, and it’s a good one! There’s one part of product management that’s been lost with agile development – longer-term value-based plans that map to customer strategies, goals and priorities. The Irony of Agile Development.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 27, 2020

TL; DR: The Cargo Cult Agile Checklist for Download You want to know the state of agility in your organization? If the average number of checkboxes marked is higher than nine, then you are probably practicing cargo cult agile in one form or another. like all other agile frameworks?—?isn’t

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The Product Coalition

JULY 25, 2022

How I came to realize product strategy doesn’t exist in isolation “Two roads diverged in a wood and I?—?I So what exactly is product strategy? How I defined product strategy would define my professional career. The agile product life cycle started with ideation/discovery. I snapped out of la la land.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 23, 2022

A Product Framework from Concept to Delivery: Part 1 Why “FE²AR” As a technology executive, I have seen my share of successful and not-as-successful products. The best products fail nowadays due to a lack of consideration of Ecosystems, an example that I will walk through in Part 2 of this article. The solution isn’t a good fit.

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Roman Pichler

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Listen to the audio version of this article: [link] Leading as the Person in Charge of the Product When you hear the term leadership , you might first and foremost think of a senior manager like the head of product, Director of Product Management, VP of Product, or Chief Product Officer.[ Know when to delegate. See Peter G. See Peter G.

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CardBoard

OCTOBER 6, 2023

It’s a practical, hands-on framework that’s designed to make your role as a product owner more manageable and more effective. It’s a moment of high collaboration, strategy, and quick decision-making. Agile vs Scrum: Clearing the Confusion Let’s address a common point of confusion head-on: Agile and Scrum.

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Agile Velocity

MAY 20, 2020

The recent Harvard Business Review (HBR) article “ The Agile C-Suite ” 1 and Forbes article “Agile Isn’t New: What’s New Is The C-Suite Embracing It” have prompted some good discussion around the Agile Velocity virtual water cooler. . HBR article setup. Balancing the Agile Enterprise .

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 13, 2022

Applying the Framework 17-mile drive, California?—?Photo Photo by Harish Natarahjan As we discussed in the previous article, four parameters influence the success of a solution?—? In addition, understanding Ecosystem synergies and building win-win strategies are critical. The Four Towers?—? Compliant? —?As The Four Towers?—?Applying

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Roman Pichler

MAY 11, 2021

Instead, you should engage the stakeholders, leverage their expertise, and generate as much buy-in as possible , as I explain in more detail in my article “ Stakeholder Management Tips for Product People.” The individual should carry out product discovery and strategy work in addition to taking care of the product backlog work.

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Hutwork

MARCH 9, 2018

And as a product manager finding out how others made a strategy work, whether it was implementing a road-map software or avoiding other’s pitfalls can make or break your product’s success. Magazine reports that most CEOs read at least a book a week, and this doesn’t include blogs, articles, podcasts, and videos they devour, too.

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Product Innovation Educators

MAY 13, 2024

This article explores the fundamentals of portfolio management, its goals, and frameworks for structuring portfolios, and provides insights on aligning product innovation projects with organizational strategy. ” Portfolio management is the key to driving successful innovation and creating products that customers love.

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Roadmunk

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

I’m constantly consuming articles on product management, product culture, startups and entrepreneurship to bolster my career as a product person and leader. This list is not the be all end all; there are countless ‘must-read’ articles for PMs. I’ve hand-picked articles that specifically helped me during key moments in my career.

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Gocious Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Moving from the initial idea to the production and release of the product requires strategy and some type of framework. The most commonly used approaches include stage-gate, agile, and hybrid systems. This article will delve into these three methods and determine where they are most suitable.

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Userpilot

JANUARY 23, 2024

Product positioning strategies are not only a marketing tactic but a survival strategy. In this article, we’ll go over product positioning definitions and their types, then go over our process for creating a product positioning strategy that gets positive user feedback. Why are product positioning strategies important?

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The Product Coalition

JULY 6, 2022

Most of our readers would have heard of Agile product management. In this article, we will look at what Lean product management is, how it can help you and how it can help your startup build great products that your customers love. It’s an actionable framework to achieve this product-market fit.

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The Basics of Product Management

MAY 4, 2020

Top 5 must know Agile vs Waterfall major differences. Agile vs Waterfall is not as common a debate as Scrum vs Kanban. Thus, this article is more for people who have recently entered the job market and have never been exposed to the Waterfall model. Agile vs Waterfall. Also, always have a strategy in mind.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Agile Development Things don’t necessarily get better with agile development. Agile dev did away with project waterfall?—?Specification QA, but it didn’t fix the planning waterfall : Strategy? However this part of agile development is not practiced as religiously. In fact they may get worse. Specification ?

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 23, 2020

From objectives to roadmap, the strategy behind product development?—?Part Objectives key results (OKR) is a popular management strategy framework for defining and tracking objectives (goals) and their outcomes. This framework, which is widely common in medium?—?large What are OKRs?

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Roman Pichler

MAY 11, 2021

Listen to this article: [link]. Instead, you should engage the stakeholders, leverage their expertise, and generate as much buy-in as possible , as I explain in more detail in my article “ Stakeholder Management Tips for Product People.” But the situation is different for product owners in the agile scaling framework SAFe.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 25, 2018

Agile is an awesome approach when done right, but is your team making these common mistakes? Most people will agree that the adoption of agile is now mainstream. This adoption is rightfully so, as agile can be an excellent framework for building software. This is extremely short-sighted.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

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. Agile is the most common development methodology, so PMs need to be well-versed in its principles. To be a kick-ass product manager , you need a very diverse skill set.

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Modus Create

JUNE 18, 2019

When I first attended Scrummaster training, I went in wide-eyed and excited to learn all of the secrets behind this amazing “new” agile project-management strategy called Scrum. It got so bad that the CEO outlawed Agile altogether. To provide a framework for communicating delivery dates to business stakeholders.

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Roman Pichler

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Sustainable pace is an important agile principle. The Agile Manifesto defines it in the following way: “The sponsors, developers, and users should be able to maintain a constant pace indefinitely.” You can find out more about participatory decision-making in my article “ Use Decision Rules to Make Better Decisions ”.).

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Mind the Product

DECEMBER 23, 2017

Here are the top 10 most clicked articles from the 408 links featured in this year’s 51 newsletters – 10 articles your peers digged so much you should definitely check them out as well. Agile Died While You Were Perfecting Your Standup. Why Isn’t Agile Working? Agile is not a silver bullet. I Hate MVPs.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 29, 2023

In this article, we’re going to unpack what is product management , how it differs from traditional project management, the role it plays in building products that delight your users, and the skills a good product manager must demonstrate to succeed. Drives product success. Let’s check out a few common roles occupying a product team.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 8, 2019

But in the context of planning, agile software development practitioners are wise to take Eisenhower’s words to heart. “In Eisenhower Why agile teams need a product roadmap There are many discussions out there on both the importance of, and lack of importance of agile product roadmaps. Instead, we consider the idea of planning.”

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Agile Velocity

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

I’ve found most executives genuinely want to know, “How do I help our Agile transformation?” Becoming an agile company is new for leaders and teams. Yet, leaders are often left out while teams get the lion’s share of the attention from Agile coaches. the partner they choose to provide Agile coaches or Agile consultants).

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ProductPlan

DECEMBER 18, 2018

If you haven’t found the right objective goal-setting framework for setting roadmap priorities, consider Objectives and Key Results (OKRs). The OKR framework was popularized by Google, which attributes much of its success to this goal-setting model. What is the OKR framework? Objective: Increase Quorum user base.

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eG Innovations

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Cloud Migration Strategy: A Framework for Cloud Adoption and Target Cloud Models. This article walks you through: The four stages of cloud adoption that you need to consider in your planning. How specific cloud migration strategies map to cloud computing models. Six Strategies for Cloud Migration. Traditional.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 23, 2021

There should be dedicated automation testers to help build an effective and efficient UI automation framework, or assisting developers themselves in building it as part of your integration tests. If using an Agile development process, the start of a sprint can be utilised to identify which stories will require automation.

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