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! Smaller teams cranking out measurable units of software every 2-4 weeks and iterating toward usable features has done wonders for software development. The Irony of Agile Development.

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Roman Pichler

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Before the advent of agile frameworks like Scrum , a product person—the product manager—would typically carry out the market research, compile a market requirements specification, create a business case, put together product roadmap, write a requirements specification, and then hand it off to a project manager. The Brave New Agile World.

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Roman Pichler

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Traditionally, strategy and execution are often viewed as separate, sequential pieces of work that are carried out by different people. For example, a product manager might determine the product strategy and one or more development teams might be tasked with executing it. Enter the Cycle. I call these outcomes product goals.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 28, 2023

The Software Development Life Cycle provides a practical framework you can apply to your product and improve your processes. With the support of the SDLC, You can track and control your calendar, and increase productivity and speed of development. It helps us meet customers’ demands, needs, and expectations.

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Roman Pichler

JULY 20, 2016

Whenever you are faced with an agile, dynamic environment—be it that your product is young and is experiencing significant change or that the market is dynamic with new competitors or technologies introducing change, you should work with a goal-oriented product roadmap, sometimes also referred to as theme-based. 1 Focus on Goals and Benefits.

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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. Directionality.

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Product Culture

AUGUST 10, 2022

Agile was developed as a response to lack of consistent direction from business execs. But there is something missing in agile and lean. If anything, agile teams complain they spend so much time focused on the next few weeks that they lose sight of the reasons they are doing all this work. Subscribe to One Thing Weekly.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 6, 2023

What you build is your product’s future, and following Product Development Stages is essential to create a customer-centered product, and also following these stages will help you create better, effective teamwork. How you develop, launch, and improve a product determines your success in the market. You’re what you build. Make it real.

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

The product development process is part art, part science, and all important to the success of your SaaS. In this article, we've got a comprehensive review of the entire product development process. While product development describes the process of creating the product itself (i.e. What is product development?

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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. The Role of the Product Strategy Document. Three Things Product Vision and Strategy Should Provide.

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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] It’s the first step to bring about positive change.

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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. In the second half, the product team will work with the development team to tie actionable projects to business goals.

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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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ProductPlan

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

What is an agile release train? An Agile Release Train (ART) is a feature of the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe). The train is made up of multiple agile teams. They work on a fixed schedule and share the vision, product backlog, and roadmap defined by SAFe. Principles of an agile release train.

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Roman Pichler

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Why a Product Strategy Process Matters. An effective product strategy process should ensure that a valid product strategy and an actionable product roadmap are always available—that a shared and valid approach to achieving product success is available at anytime, as the picture below illustrates.

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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 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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Userpilot

APRIL 30, 2024

Throughout his rich career, Marty has worn numerous hats within modern software product organizations, transitioning between roles involving product management, software development, product marketing , user experience design, and general management, among others. Let’s look at each of his books in detail.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 17, 2020

TL; DR: Remote Agile Transitions We are used to saying the Scrum is a perfect probe for organizations, as it will reliably discover all dysfunctionalities. Since the pandemic has forced many of us to work remotely, this unique capability has been kicked into overdrive regarding remote agile transitions. What are we fighting for?—?is

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ProductPlan

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Using Your Product Strategy and Product Vision to Plan Your Roadmap. Product strategies must be rooted in the overall vision of the company and product. When each product initiative advances, the product vision is easy for everyone to be on board. The product roadmap then reflects that strategy.

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Roman Pichler

MARCH 11, 2020

Unlike a line manager, you usually don’t manage the development team and stakeholders as the person in charge of the product, and the individuals don’t report to you. In order to overcome this challenge, build trust with the stakeholders and development team members. No Transactional Power. Limited Influence on Group Selection.

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Roman Pichler

MARCH 11, 2020

Unlike a line manager, you usually don’t manage the development team and stakeholders as the person in charge of the product, and the individuals don’t report to you. In order to overcome this challenge, build trust with the stakeholders and development team members. No Transactional Power. Limited Influence on Group Selection.

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Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 14, 2021

In this episode of Inside Intercom, we caught up with Hubert for a chat about starting small, committing to a product strategy that helps you reach your long-term goals and making sure everyone’s on the same page. A segmentation matrix can help product teams be laser-focused on both the long-term vision and the day-to-day plan.

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CardBoard

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Product Development. In this guide, we’ll unpack what Scrum is, delve into its origins, and show you how it can revolutionize your approach to product development. The origins of Scrum actually have nothing to do with software development. It’s a moment of high collaboration, strategy, and quick decision-making.

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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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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Refusing conventional treatments, he embarked on a mission to heal naturally, a journey that would cultivate not just health but a vision. This vision materialized as UMZU , a company born out of his unwavering determination to offer natural healing paths to others.

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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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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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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. . However, the case being made in this article is that “Agile is primarily for innovation”.

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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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Product Management University

MARCH 16, 2023

In order to make your great idea come to life, you eventually have to prioritize development tasks by collaborating with target customers, stakeholders and other team members. In this post, we’ll introduce outcome-based product backlogs and how to develop one so you can consistently deliver winning products.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 7, 2021

As a consequence of this, the mobile app development industry is on the rise now. Probably, you look for a research-based recommendation of a reliable app development service provider too. Fireart Studio Fireart Studio is a boutique design and software development company with a headquarter in Warsaw, Poland.

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Agile Velocity

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

When going through an Agile transformation, Agile teams often feel like they have a good handle on Agile and Scrum. But when asked about their progress toward the business outcomes their organization hopes to achieve by implementing Agile, their answer is not as confident. This is not unusual.

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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

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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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. The individual should carry out product discovery and strategy work in addition to taking care of the product backlog work. But the situation is different for product owners in the agile scaling framework SAFe.

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Modus Create

APRIL 1, 2019

Modus is pleased to announce Agile 2.0.0 We have taken agile to the power of two by applying Agile to Agile, and eliminating all the waste in software development. We are so taken with this new version of Agile that our entire team has collaborated on this article using modern Agile 2.0.0 30 or more?

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