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 In my experience, Scrum?—?like

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Roman Pichler

MAY 4, 2022

Scrum is a popular agile framework. This team consists of a product owner , a Scrum Master , and several developers, which are also known as development team. That’s understandable, as the framework is focused on the development of complex products. Listen to this article: [link]. Why the Scrum Team is Not Enough.

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Product Innovation Educators

JUNE 29, 2020

Part of the path to becoming a product master is developing as a leader. Leaders of product management need agility, influence, trust, empathy, and motivating vision. He is the author of several books, including his latest, titled, How to Lead in Product Management. 2:00] What is agile product management?

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Photo: Pixabay/Vision We dream of various things. A vision is intended to capture these aspects in a few sentences and briefly describe how the final product should look like and what it should do. To create the vision, I suggest using The Product Vision Board. The very first step I took was stating the vision.

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Business of Software Conference

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Book Review – Radical Product Thinking – Radhika Dutt. Radical Product Thinking , the new book by Radhika Dutt, is published 28 September and we are delighted and honored she will by joining us for BoS Conference Online Fall 27-29 September to share some of the key messages that the book shares. Where do you start?

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Userpilot

JULY 9, 2021

What are the best product management books to add to your 2021 reading list? So read on for a quick summary of each book, who the author is, and key points, so you can pick a book for your next beach day. Product-Led Growth by Wes Bush is the ultimate book on how to implement product-led growth and build winning products.

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Roman Pichler

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Level three, finally, allows product people and teams to develop the product strategy including the value proposition and business goals. Level 1: Product Delivery If your job is to decide how features are implemented and if you work with one or two development teams to deliver them, then you are at level one.

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Mind the Product

APRIL 10, 2017

Despite the successes Agile has brought us, it’s time to take the things we have learned from Agile and move on. Like the technology we use to build the products we love ages and gets left behind, Agile has died while we were perfecting our standup. We are in a post-Agile world and the terrain has changed.

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Agile Velocity

MAY 14, 2020

Did you know you can maximize your chances of achieving desired business outcomes by combining DevOps with an Agile transformation? When you hear “Business Outcomes,” “DevOps,” and/or Agile transformation” – what comes to mind? Agile Transformation. Agile transformations and DevOps initiatives are complementary.

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Mind the Product

DECEMBER 18, 2019

So, it was natural that we should want to develop a talent growth plan for our people. All of them are accountable for a squad (about five developers and one user experience professional). The results showed that they wanted better (and more frequent) feedback on how to further develop their product management skills.

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Actuation Consulting

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Today we will look at two of the most important: the Product Vision and Product Strategy documents. Defining a Product Vision Document. The Product Vision document looks into the future. Three Things Product Vision and Strategy Should Provide. Characteristics Specific to a Well Developed Product Vision.

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UX Studio

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Working on a product without a decent product vision resembles going into the street with eyes closed. This article will show how a product vision should look, how to create it and communicate it to all stakeholders in play. What is Product Vision? Product vision imagines a product direction in the long-term.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Extensive market research is essential to assess the competitive landscape, identify opportunities, and shape the product vision. Agile is the most common development methodology, so PMs need to be well-versed in its principles. Want to learn how Userpilot can help you develop your PM skills? Book the demo!

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Mind the Product

JUNE 21, 2018

In this talk from this year’s MTP Engage in Hamburg, I share some advice on how product people can use lateral leadership in managing agile teams. It’s especially relevant if you’re a generalist who has to align domain experts from all areas around a shared product vision and manage the practical day-to-day operations. Key Takeaways.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 20, 2020

It’s understandable that most of us don’t make time for personal development. Who wants to spend time after a hard day of work learning and developing when they could be kicking back with a beer and watching The Crown? A few months ago, I introduced a concept I have developed called the PM, or Product, Quadrants.

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Agile Velocity

AUGUST 24, 2020

Focused initiatives and dedicated Teams are created to deliver on key projects… Agile-like. As we move through undoubtedly one of the most unprecedented crisis, how can the practices we learned from the Agile Teams strengthen Southwest’s ability to adapt once again? About David Hawks | Founder and Chief Agilist @ Agile Velocity.

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Roman Pichler

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Product discovery describes the activities required to determine if and why a product should be developed and offered. For example, generate revenue or meet a profit margin, reduce cost, or develop the brand? In the picture above, product discovery precedes product development. What is Product Discovery?

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Userpilot

AUGUST 29, 2023

TL;DR Product management describes the continual process of overseeing the development of a product across its entire lifecycle. A project manager is focused on the completion of a specific project, whereas product managers focus primarily on the long-term vision and evolving a product to deliver value over time.

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Roman Pichler

JULY 11, 2016

But let the ScrumMaster or coach tackle people, process, and organisational issues; let the development team figure out what needs to be done to implement the user stories and other product backlog items. Development teams should manage their own work (using a sprint backlog or Kanban board). Help the Team See the Bigger Picture.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

JULY 1, 2020

A product manager that I hire needs to always keep in the mind the product vision and key success factors, and emphasize them through all of the discussions with company teams that seek to limit their own team's effort, expenditure, or risk, and will blindly limit the product's potential. Product vision statement 5. Product Vision 4.

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ProductPlan

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Product owners play a crucial role in “by-the-book” Agile scrum, while product managers are largely absent. The product owner role was born in Agile scrum , a process initially created to deliver software more quickly by giving the product development team more autonomy in exchange for frequent releases that increase customer value.

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Roman Pichler

JANUARY 8, 2019

Such a map visualises the steps users take and any issues they encounter like waiting, delays, and errors (as I explain in more detail in my book Strategize ). Capture your decisions and document the new strategy for your product, for instance by creating a new, forward-looking Product Vision Board.

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Mind the Product

JUNE 13, 2019

Establishing agile and product culture is critical to us becoming a modern organisation that continuously improves. Supporting their development, helping them to think and act as agile and product champions. This is a large and varied group, with some more aware of product and agile than others.

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Userpilot

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Impact mapping is a collaborative strategic planning technique used by product managers, product owners , and senior technical leadership, who work mostly in Agile software delivery. Book the demo ! The tool was initially used in Agile software delivery to set key business objectives and plan how to achieve them.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 7, 2023

What I have observed is that there is a lack of resources for product managers about the importance of vision or more important how to create one. Right now the top product management books are about Building , Building , Building , NOT building by having Empathy instead, Building , Empathy … see what I mean?

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Roman Pichler

APRIL 5, 2022

For product strategy and roadmap meetings, I recommend involving the key stakeholders , for example, someone from sales, marketing, support, and finance, as well as development team representatives—ideally members who know about the user experience (UX), architecture, and technologies. This might be your Scrum Master or an agile coach.

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ProductPlan

JUNE 8, 2021

After reading a blog or a book or attending a conference or talk on product management, I’m always excited to try out the new processes and frameworks I’ve learned about. Aside from generating revenue, it’s also important to check if the solution aligns with the business’s direction, vision, and values.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 13, 2023

How to develop your own prioritization matrix. TL;DR A feature prioritization matrix helps product teams decide which features to develop next, focusing on high-impact features and resource optimization. To see how Userpilot can help you make informed prioritization decisions, book the demo! Product vision.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

It’s obvious that these tools were developed with little or no customer participation. In this situation, it doesn’t matter who creates the product, whether it’s two fellow developers or a corporation giant like Google?—?or This is a famous quote from Steve Blank, the founder of the customer development approach.

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Modus Create

APRIL 30, 2020

Modus Create, a disruptive consulting, product strategy and Agile development firm, today announced the release of Modus Kickstart, a structured, facilitated set of workshops and deliverables designed to help customers prepare for a successful software development project. Modus Kickstart was created to achieve that alignment.”

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 8, 2019

Highly effective Product Managers develop themselves in 5 key areas. Here are 2 actions you can take to develop your Craft Competence: Craft Competence ?? Product vision, strategy, goal setting User experience. Iterative development, scrum/agile/kanban, product roadmaps, QA Technology. and others feel that.

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Roman Pichler

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

For example, a product manager might determine the product strategy and one or more development teams might be tasked with executing it. It’s a model of an iterative process that systematically links the product strategy with the product roadmap , the product backlog , the development work, and the key performance indicators (KPIs).

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Roman Pichler Roman has his own website which is well known within the product and agile development communities, but he still has a decent amount of content on Medium. Rich Mironov - Medium Nir Eyal Author of the best-seller ‘Hooked’, Nir is a don when it comes to behavioural psychology and how it applies to product development.

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Revulytics

JANUARY 23, 2018

For instance, data on metrics like overused and underutilized spaces, and scheduled versus actual use of spaces, aims to help leaders understand why some conference rooms and spaces are used more than others, as well as alert people when space is available in real-time even if it may show as booked.

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Mind the Product

JUNE 20, 2019

While many companies adopt agile and product discovery techniques to better understand their customers faster, it still takes too much time and effort to identify suitable solutions that solve real user problems and also help the business. Vision and mission presentation at XING’s yearly kick-off event. Understanding User Needs is key.

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Tyner Blain

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

“Agile” is something most teams do wrong*, without realizing they’re doing it wrong. Let’s apply this lens to agile as applied within a company, and see if it helps people decide to do things differently. When You Say Agile, What Do You Mean? When You Say Agile, What Do You Mean?

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Product Innovation Educators

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Empowering product teams to create an agile culture with a customer focus. So, when I saw a new book titled, Deliver Great Products That Customers Love , I knew I had found a kindred Everyday Innovator and I asked him to talk with us. The author of the book is Valerio Zanini. 2:46] Why did you write this book?

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