The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Agile just turned twenty-one, but don’t put away that fake ID yet. This software development methodology is still in its infancy when it comes to our understanding of which teams should be embracing it and which should be shunning it. All of this adapted to small development teams or small companies is no problem.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Remote development teams have accelerated from being nice to have to become the need of the hour. Why Should you hire a remote development team? A company might choose to hire digital teams and outsource projects or hire dedicated developers to fill gaps in existing teams. How to hire a remote development team?

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Product roadmaps is one of the subjects I am probably the most passionate about in the product world. While browsing one of the online communities I am part of, someone commented that outcome-based roadmaps were just ‘regular roadmaps’ anyway, and that: “… Any product manager that knows what they’re doing doesn’t need outcome-based roadmaps.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 5, 2020

It’s Product Roadmap Building Time Again! The end of 2020 is nearing and it’s product roadmap building time again?—?at at least for those companies that are still dedicated to the old command-and-control model. Then sign up for the Food for Agile Thought newsletter and join 27k other subscribers.

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Roman Pichler

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

How does it differ from a product roadmap and how do the two plans relate? To answer these questions, I have developed the model shown in figure 1. At the heart of the model in figure 1 are four artefacts: the product vision, the product strategy, the product roadmap, and the product backlog. Figure 1: My Product Strategy Model.

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Gocious Blog

JUNE 8, 2023

As increasing amounts of software are being integrated into hardware products, companies must do away with the traditional stage-gate methodology of planning, approving, and testing products and employ agile or hybrid systems instead.

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Gocious Blog

AUGUST 23, 2022

Product roadmaps are not a new idea, but how we develop, follow, and manage roadmaps is changing. Every company needs to have sleek, powerful software that allows agility, oversight, and transparency for product management to stay competitive.

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bpma ProductHub

APRIL 17, 2017

By Don Stoddard – In the very best companies, roadmaps support key objectives with very specific measures impacting the business. Roadmaps are great at showing a direction, but they often don’t tell the story of “why.” Great companies have systems and processes and a way to talk about the “why” behind what they are doing.

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 1, 2020

On this episode of Intercom on Product myself and Paul Adams, our SVP of Product, take a look at roadmapping. Knowing how and when to define a roadmap, who to include and how long to plan for are key elements to finding the balanced approach that you need. As you grow functions, the audience for your roadmap widens.

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Agile Velocity

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

As the pace of change continues to accelerate, embracing agility – the ability to turn on a dime for a dime – has become a key to ongoing success for many organizations. However, when companies launch Agile Transformations in hybrid environments, it can introduce a new set of challenges.

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 1, 2020

On this episode of Intercom on Product myself and Paul Adams, our SVP of Product, take a look at roadmapping. Knowing how and when to define a roadmap, who to include and how long to plan for are key elements to finding the balanced approach that you need. As you grow functions, the audience for your roadmap widens.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 1, 2021

Check out these Product Companies and their Public Roadmaps Photo by Tim Mossholder from Pexels Are you considering making your roadmap public? Or perhaps you constantly have customers asking about what’s coming up, where things are on the roadmap, etc. Slack Platform Roadmap for Developers. among others.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 15, 2019

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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Modus Create

MARCH 17, 2022

Our recent report 2022 State of Digital Transformation revealed that 57% of enterprises had adopted an agile framework for implementing digital initiatives. Even the federal government follows agile methodologies for 80% of its IT projects. . What is Agile Leadership? 5 Principles of Agile Leadership.

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Mironov Consulting

DECEMBER 5, 2023

We’re in the Silly Season: companies of all sizes are doing annual planning — intending to lock down 12 months of iron-clad commitments, non-negotiable delivery dates, major organizational changes, and accurate predictions of revenue.    I’m not against planning.    [pause. 

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ProductBoard

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Agile teams often view product roadmaps as an extra step that slows down the agile process. However, if you take a closer look at the Agile Manifesto, you realize that many of the principles are achievable with a product roadmap. To understand why.

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Modus Create

JULY 21, 2020

Agile at Scale, or Scaled Agile, is all the rage! When and who should implement Scaled Agile? Scaled Agile is a way for organizations with many teams to plan, coordinate, and track work on large initiatives. In this blog post, we’ll review why, when, and how organizations should consider adopting Scaled Agile.

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Ask Benny

JANUARY 25, 2020

When it gets to development culture many product managers feel it is not their problem because it is the domain of the VP R&D. While this is true, I do not think that as product managers we can ignore the development culture. You are only as fast as your development team As product managers, we are constantly looking for an impact.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 23, 2020

From objectives to roadmap, the strategy behind product development?—?Part large enterprise tech companies meant to connect between the company’s goals, the department’s, the team’s and even personal goals over a specified period of time. This framework, which is widely common in medium?—?large

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Gocious Blog

MARCH 28, 2023

This dependence on electronic devices means that electronic manufacturers must stay on top of market trends, customer feedback, and competing companies to stay relevant.

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ProductPlan

JANUARY 21, 2021

In modern software development, product designers tend to be embedded on a cross-functional squad or scrum team. That team’s collective work is often represented, at a high level, as features on the product roadmap. The work of a product designer, however, is distinct from their developer counterparts.

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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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Userpilot

APRIL 30, 2024

He is perhaps most recognized for his influential work as a consultant, writer, and speaker on product management, particularly within the realm of software and technology companies. Marty Cagan is the founder of the Silicon Valley Product Group (SVPG), a consultancy firm that helps companies build successful products.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

DECEMBER 14, 2020

A common question for product managers, project managers, technical program managers, and software developers alike is what methodology to use given a project. There is plenty to choose from, whether it be Agile, Waterfall, Scrum, or Kanban. Let's get started with Agile vs. Waterfall. So what are the differences?

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Product Management University

AUGUST 15, 2023

The biggest difference between product management and portfolio management is product management focuses specifically on the success of each product whereas portfolio management focuses on the success of the company (the portfolio) in chosen market segments. Does portfolio management impact our agile process?

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Agile Velocity

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

The leaders and change agents we meet are eager to ensure their Agile transformation avoids hitting rocks or running aground. We aim to address those obstacles in this article by offering three Agile transformation OKRs (Objectives and Key Results) for you to consider. The First Agile transformation OKR – “Leader Engagement”.

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ProductPlan

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Vital to delivering successful products at Clickatell , an effective product roadmap can quell the confusion and missteps that often derail well-meaning product delivery organizations. Roadmaps provide the required context to understand how individual initiatives combine to meet strategic objectives.

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Roman Pichler

OCTOBER 5, 2021

A few years ago, I was asked to help a healthcare company with their agile transition and its impact on product management. One of the challenges the agile transition team was concerned about was the choice of the right product backlog tool, which at first seemed odd to me. The Product Backlog is Too Big.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 24, 2020

Spanning up to 24 months of planned features and functionality, long-term roadmaps are a conventional staple in development offices. and roadmaps keep your software on track. Here, we explain the problem plaguing long-term roadmaps. The logic behind long-term roadmaps Planning is a good thing.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 9, 2021

Part one of this article taught you how to align a roadmap with aspirational business goals. The initial steps of this framework took collaboration between business leadership and the product team to set a direction for development decisions. This step gets into what people think of when they ask for a roadmap.

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Mind the Product

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Much has been written about the process of creating product roadmaps, not least the six great articles written by my own team. I believe the actions of a product leader all too often are the root cause of a “bad” roadmap. Without thoughtful leadership around them, it may not be in product manager’s gift to achieve a “good” roadmap.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Managers and product managers are often frustrated by the apparent lack of care the development team is showing for the needs of the business. It’s tempting to think that the developers?—?engineers, Departmental goals and incentives further push developers towards building robust, scalable, elegant software. Development ?

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Product Warrior

DECEMBER 7, 2020

I expect most people reading this now would say “we are agile”. The nasty truth is that very few companies are agile, it is a big illusion, and it is stalling your company and your growth. Companies who are agile stand out above the others with innovation and market share. It is not all doom and gloom.

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Roman Pichler

MAY 11, 2021

As the product owner, then you should own the product on behalf of the company and be empowered to have the final say, particularly if no agreement can be reached. But the situation is different for product owners in the agile scaling framework SAFe. Myth #2: The product owner is a tactical role focused on managing the product backlog.

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Johanna Rothman

JUNE 13, 2022

In Part 1 , I said that customers need a different kind of roadmap than teams do. One thing to remember: you might not need a customer-facing roadmap at all if you release often enough. And, customers might want different information from the roadmap. In that case, I like a dateless roadmap that you might update every 4-6 weeks.

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Mind the Product

JUNE 19, 2017

The only part of it that ever made me cringe was when a question about the product roadmap caught me flat-footed: “Why is this on the roadmap?”. “Oh, It’s been on the roadmap for a while, but I’m not sure we’ll actually get to it…”. “Oh, Having a captive audience eager to learn about the product is red meat to me.

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Product Management University

MARCH 5, 2024

Over the past few years, I’ve noticed a growing sentiment that the definition of product management keeps shrinking to the point where it’s becoming only the tactical things required to execute the next set of (agile) sprints. In other words, the agile development process is redefining what we call product management.

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