The Secret PM Handbook

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

A properly constructed value proposition is extremely compelling to prospects. It rests on another critical mental model, which also underlies “agile” – this is the idea that focusing on the most important thing first is the best use of your time. .” I’m sure you’ve heard this term. Here are a few of my favorites: Stack ranking.

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Mind the Product

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Agile, discovery, experimentation have all become embedded in what we do. I have even met product teams who define their mission as being “exemplary at agile” in their organisation. Agile is not a strategy. That’s why you have to start with vision and strategy, they give you purpose and direction. Emotional.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

DECEMBER 14, 2020

There is plenty to choose from, whether it be Agile, Waterfall, Scrum, or Kanban. By and large, however, the two most popular for today's organizations are the Waterfall and Agile methodologies. Let's get started with Agile vs. Waterfall. Without and further delay, let's look at two of the most common: Waterfall and Agile.

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Product Innovation Educators

OCTOBER 17, 2016

The best practices for constructing product roadmaps. For example, organizations moving to an agile development process may have greater uncertainty over a longer period. If you’re an agile organization and you’re working in epics and stories,the roadmap should be at that epic level. But there are some caveats.

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Mind the Product

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

The only constructive byproduct is a learning experience worth communicating to save other products from succumbing to the same mistakes. Vision: The art of Seeing What is Invisible to Others. Moreover, regardless of the delivery methodology (waterfall, agile, pseudo-agile, SAFe etc.) Prioritization: Keep it in Order.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

On the other hand, the Scrum Master theses also cover, for example, the relationship with the Product Owner, they deal with agile metrics, and how to kick-off an agile transition, thus moving beyond the original framework of the Scrum Guide. Do you want to get this article in your inbox? Learn more on Retrospectives.)

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 6, 2023

It allows businesses to remain agile and adaptable while responding to changing customer needs and market trends. Shared Vision: Establish a shared vision and purpose for the team. Regular Feedback: Provide regular feedback and constructive criticism to help team members grow and improve.

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Roman Pichler

MAY 11, 2021

Consequently, a Scrum product owner should own a product in its entirety—from the product vision to the product details. But the situation is different for product owners in the agile scaling framework SAFe. The individual should carry out product discovery and strategy work in addition to taking care of the product backlog work.

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Mind the Product

JUNE 22, 2018

Be Faithful to Agile Principles. While everyone in your team needs to be united by the same vision, it’s far more important that your team works in close collaboration and everyone understands the impact of their work on the rest of the team. It’s OK to improvise without knowing where this will take you.

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Roman Pichler

JULY 11, 2016

Provide constructive feedback and share your concerns. You can learn more about effectively guiding the development team as the product manager or product owner by: Attending my Product Leadership Workshop ; Reading my book Agile Product Management with Scrum. Assume that the team members want to do their best. Be honest and open.

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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

JUNE 8, 2021

Aside from generating revenue, it’s also important to check if the solution aligns with the business’s direction, vision, and values. These processes with IMPACT can help you articulate what’s meaningful to business: Vision & Mission—Although it’s often handed down from senior management, it still influences your work.

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Tyner Blain

JULY 3, 2020

A well-constructed epic achieves two objectives. This coherence check is the first important alignment activity required to assure the organization is effectively executing on the vision of the organization. Through the problem statement we can collaborate to achieve a shared understanding of how the teams will realize the vision.

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Mind the Product

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

On top of that they’re also highly sceptical – the best ones question everything (in a collaborative, constructive fashion). Involve engineering early and often, so everyone has a chance to contribute to the product vision and buy into where the product is headed. When in doubt, these should serve as your North Star.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

An outcome-based roadmap just sounds like a c-suite failing to construct a functional product organisation.”. Creating space for discovery and experimentation is crucial for agile development. Think waterfall vs agile methodologies.). When Agile came along, the idea of an ‘end date’ or ‘end product’ ceased to exist.

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Haines-Group

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Product Management establishes the vision for exactly what we should make, Engineering/Development designs and builds it, and Marketing figures out how to get customers to buy it. The result is increased agility and proactivity. The second issue with journey maps is the importance of constructing both current and future state versions.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 8, 2020

Shared vision & working practices At the organisation level your vision should be value-driven, emotionally engaging, & underpinned by metrics. In agile software methodologies we run “retrospective meetings” focused on improving our practices every 2 weeks?—?my Delegate & challenge constructively.

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Modus Create

MARCH 8, 2022

What is Agile Release Planning? In Agile, a release is a group of software features that can be developed and deployed to the users in a given period. Adding more plans and meetings to an Agile team can seem like a slowdown which feels scary given that Agile is all about speed and deployments. How Do You Plan a Release?

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Lenny Rachitsky

APRIL 30, 2024

The ability to build constructively in a limited-resource environment (potentially having to wear several hats) is the most important to us. If I see the terms “Agile expert” or “scrum master” in the resume, it’s probably not going to be a great fit.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 15, 2020

represent speed and agility. Product strategy exists outside the well defined guideposts of dual-track agile (a product discovery and delivery methodology). Product strategy should help you decide which problems need to be solved to make your product vision a reality. He did, however, have a few gems.

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Intercom, Inc.

MAY 28, 2020

While older legacy companies have struggled to adapt to working at home, agile modernists like Aircall have taken advantage of total integration with the cloud to seamlessly make the switch. Jonathan, you mentioned Aircall’s original vision and mission back in 2014 when you got started was to reinvent the business phone.

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ProductPlan

JULY 13, 2020

That’s because growth often brings culture shifts, new offices in different locations, and new hires with the different product vision. The only constant you see throughout the growth of a company is the need to align strategy and vision throughout all of the groups, as product managers, we need to make it part of our core goal.

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UX Studio

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

It doesn’t align to the product vision, nor to the business goals. Constructive critique. The agile design process is about iteration agile, so critique can help a team find what needs changing. The designer has presented their masterpiece; they anticipate feedback; you were awaiting it; the deadline nears.

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Antwak Blog

APRIL 8, 2021

Product definition can become an isolated activity even for an agile environment that encourages collaboration. In the daily grind, with project groups engrossed in their specific tasks, the product owner endures the worst part of outlining the product vision. The person in question actually has responsibility for product vision.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 19, 2018

But most teams do a poor job of constructing hypotheses, or laying out their expectations of what the product release is meant to get them. Anchored to your solution, iterating from product release to product release, hoping to discover the missing piece that will make your vision come alive. Garbage in?—?garbage garbage out.

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Usersnap

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Both roles are big players within an agile team (or scrum team) of a business. The product manager’s role is about the business’s vision for the product, primarily on the market and customer feedback. They organize the visions of the product and map the route to be taken to meet customer requests. Do You Need Both?

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ProductPlan

JULY 1, 2021

Smaller, younger firms are by nature more agile, and it’s easier to get change buy-in. Define and articulate a vision. I do this to create the best chances for a successful interaction by acknowledging their feelings and speaking to them constructively. But small teams also have less to lose.

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ProductPlan

MARCH 19, 2019

Even if you can’t hire everyone right away, having a vision for the structure , responsibilities, and desired experience and expertise you’d ultimately like to put in place is a worthwhile exercise. This moment also represents an opportunity to determine what an ideal product team would look like. Less can be more.

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Izenda

JUNE 17, 2019

When a clear path and vision is necessary for success, it makes sense that taking the proactive approach would yield the best chances. By seeing what issues may come with each step of product development, they can remain keen and agile, adjusting and shifting as necessary. Be a communicator. Even set a specific time do it.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 18, 2018

Different ways of thinking in the workplace Working with somebody that sees things in a very different way than you do must be taken as a constructive challenge, not as an issue. I have some thoughts about this and I will share with you in the following article. All those steps must be time-boxed and measured.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 21, 2019

The following is a framework that I use (loosely based on the Scaled Agile Framework ) to help navigate the strategy maze and to stay focused on influencing the appropriate stakeholders. Each of these decisions should be relatively contained and be able to be made by the agile team without any external dependencies.

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Userpilot

JULY 28, 2024

Here is a detailed list of the main responsibilities and duties of a project manager: Communicating with stakeholders and getting the vision they have for the project. A project manager is needed in all sectors, from construction to healthcare to information and technology. What are the four types of project management?

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Amplitude

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

A product is no different from a well-constructed story. Agile development. They’re responsible for turning your product vision into a tangible product users appreciate and gravitate to. Explore each idea and evaluate how each one adds to the product vision. Editorial mindset.

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Gainsight

OCTOBER 1, 2021

If the CS team was advanced enough, CS Ops were building out onboarding procedures, enabling support with better motions, and constructing customer-facing teams, such as renewals, while keeping them aligned. These questions are grouped together because they center on a particular quality: the vision to see the bigger picture.

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The Product HQ

JUNE 1, 2024

Having an understanding of their demands, challenges, and goals as software engineers will lay the foundation to provide and receive feedback and constructive criticism from both parties. Additionally, an agile mindset is essential to navigate the frequent pivots and rapid changes inherent to startup life.

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The Product HQ

JUNE 1, 2024

Agile Knowledge Nowadays, inspiring and effective leadership for product managers follows the Agile approach. Continuous learning, strategic planning, departmental and personal growth, teamwork, consistent development, and simplified delivery are all components of the agile methodology. Looking to become a group product manager?

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BrainMates

MAY 7, 2019

Product Managers must bring the Product Vision to life, they have to wrangle multiple product requests with aplomb, steer the success of the Product through the efforts of others and much, much more. bring the appropriate people together in constructive ways with good information”. These activities are leadership activities.

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