Johanna Rothman

JUNE 27, 2019

A colleague asked me about the kinds of documentation the team might need for their stories. What was reasonable for the stories, the epics, and the roadmap? How little could they do for requirements documentation? That's one way to create minimum documentation—break the story into usable pieces. I break the story.

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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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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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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.

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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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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 28, 2023

you’ll identify both functional and non-functional requirements to create a comprehensive Product Requirement Document. Every product and company is one and only you shouldn’t go with the Agile because of its popularity. You can create a Customer Journey Roadmap, Flowcharts, etc. The next step is Creating a Plan.

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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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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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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Every software team out there uses some sort of planning system or tool to do product roadmaps and sprint plans, and yet many are unhappy with the tools, or frustrated at the lack of getting things done, or getting “pointless” things done, and the list goes on. What do the product roadmapping or planning tools offer us?

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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. We need a serious talk about The Agile Illusion.

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Mind the Product

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

so my investor said that I need a product manager to do our product roadmap?”. When I worked as a product management consultant clients would often talk about “needing a product roadmap ASAP”. In reality, asking for a product roadmap was shorthand for “please help me with my strategy”.

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Split

JUNE 25, 2019

“ We’re agile, so we don’t need a product roadmap. ”. In an increasingly agile world, I’ve heard this statement and variations of it time and time again. Organizations implementing agile methods often struggle to see how and where a long-term strategy fits in while working under a philosophy built on uncertainty.

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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. Participants: Product Manager (required), Product Owner (required), Development Manager (required), Business stakeholders (optional) Guiding Questions: What are the highest value projects that will help realize your strategy at the end of the roadmap.

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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 So Agile 2.0.0

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Gainsight

JUNE 21, 2022

When it comes to creating product roadmaps, product leaders face a plethora of challenges. . Not only can it be difficult to figure out which features to prioritize, but product leaders can also struggle with engineering dependencies, executive demands, and the need to operate with agility in a market that moves faster every day.

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Roman Pichler

MAY 4, 2022

Scrum is a popular agile framework. Forming such a team connects the person in charge of the product—the product owner—with the people who design, architect, program, test, and document the solution—the developers. I believe that the first definition is more helpful, especially in an agile context.

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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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Roman Pichler

MAY 11, 2021

But the situation is different for product owners in the agile scaling framework SAFe. I have always regarded the Scrum product owner as an agile product manager, and I find it an unfortunate mistake that SAFe use the same name for its tactical product role. This has created more confusion and increased the misconceptions of the role.

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The Basics of Product Management

JULY 6, 2020

A Business Requirements Document is the foundation of any successful product launch. In every organization, the product team is the primary team that is responsible for preparing the business requirements document. What Is A Business Requirements Document (BRD)? Business Requirements Document – Steps.

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ProductPlan

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

There are many ways to build a roadmap and many types of roadmaps you can make. Roadmaps for sales and marketing tout new functionality and minimize the time spent on technical debt and scalability. Roadmaps for sales and marketing tout new functionality and minimize the time spent on technical debt and scalability.

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Bain Public

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

At times, that requires a lot of diplomacy and emotional agility. Without collective discovery, pillar documentation and pre-wiring (i.e. Execute Collective Product Discovery There is one major activity that needs to be included in every product manager’s roadmap framing technique — collaborative discovery.

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The Product Guy

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

A research conducted by Alpha UX found that 25% of Product Manager surveyed wished for a clearer product roadmap and strategy. While salary increase is a complex subject with variables outside of our control, I believe that having a clear product roadmap and strategy is every Product Manager’s responsibility. Research article.

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The Basics of Product Management

JUNE 21, 2020

These two questions form the basis of any good product roadmap. Learn how to create the best product roadmap. Learning how to build a product roadmap is a key requirement to break into product management. The ability to prepare a great roadmap is one of the must have skills for any Product Manager. Roadmap Guidelines.

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Gainsight

MAY 14, 2019

A product roadmap is a high-level, visual representation of the direction your product offering will take over time. A good product roadmap will provide your colleagues and stakeholders with the “why” behind your product and should serve the following purposes: Lay out the overarching strategy. Executive-level product roadmaps.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 23, 2022

Many of us think that detailed documentation in JIRA or Confluence, or a 10 page product requirements document is what is required to create shared understanding, but it isn’t. Documentation is never a proper stand-in for conversation. Documentation is never a proper stand-in for conversation. Don’t sandbag, either?—?leaders

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Antwak Blog

APRIL 8, 2021

Are you looking for some kind of inspiration for your first Product Roadmap (PR)? And wondering how to create a professional product Roadmap ? Are you planning to implement good practices in your product roadmap to get sustained growth? It helps you to design a successful Product Roadmap. Categories of Product Roadmap.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

If I could pick one thing to kill because of the problems it causes, roadmaps might very well be at the top of the list. And it’s not that I don’t like roadmaps, or at least the principle of a product roadmaps. Sometimes the misinterpretation of a roadmap actually causes far more problems than the roadmap sets out to solve.

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 28, 2019

You need enough insight or prediction to start the marketing campaign or to create training videos or product documentation. Agile and Lean Program Management , and in Create Your Successful Agile Project. You might not have a product without documentation tutorials or marketing. You can see demos. That's not the problem.

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Johanna Rothman

OCTOBER 10, 2017

In Create Your Successful Agile Project , I ask the question: How little can we do to satisfy our needs? I apply that thinking to the backlog, the roadmaps, the feature sets, everything. See my series about the agile roadmaps to see how that might work in practice. Let Agile Teams Manage Themselves.).

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Agile Velocity

JUNE 6, 2018

Agile Roles are well defined in any foundational training for Scrum or Kanban. At Keep Austin Agile 2018, I presented a talk called “So You Made Your Project Managers into ScrumMasters: Roles Transitions When Becoming Agile”. Learn Agile. Documentation. Making giant, meaningless documents. Agile training.

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

You can do that with innovations like 'fake door tests' Once you know you've got something valuable, you need to test your concept and plan your roadmap so you and your team have a clear strategic plan. This stage is all about concept testing to refine your product idea and building a product roadmap.

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Product Culture

APRIL 4, 2015

A good product roadmap is one of the most important and influential documents an organization can develop, publish and continuously update. It’s the one document that steers the entire organization in delivering on the company strategy. It's key to success, and yet many organizations struggle to produce effective roadmaps.

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Roman Pichler

MAY 11, 2021

But the situation is different for product owners in the agile scaling framework SAFe. I have always regarded the Scrum product owner as an agile product manager, and I find it an unfortunate mistake that SAFe use the same name for its tactical product role. This has created more confusion and increased the misconceptions of the role.

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ProductPlan

MARCH 27, 2019

When you’re continually shipping code, how do you plan, build, and communicate your roadmap? In this post we’ll outline the basics of continuous delivery, what it means to you as a product manager, and how to adapt your roadmapping process to best work in a continuous delivery environment. Continuous Delivery 101.

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ProductPlan

APRIL 1, 2020

So how do product roadmaps help ensure this remains the case? Product Roadmaps for Computer Software Product Managers. Product roadmaps provide the cohesive vision and story for your product, aligning stakeholders , and illustrating how each minor improvement leads to more significant gains. Good ideas are a dime a dozen.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 25, 2023

Everyone pokes fun at the user interface (UI), but it’s useful for document and content management, and it’s very easy to learn, especially for non technical users. I interviewed up to ten internal super users who would each review one hundred and twenty SharePoint documents a day. However, there was one big problem.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 28, 2022

I’ve been told by multiple engineers in the past, that modern agile development + a lack of vision results in them feeling like they are just a worker on an assembly line. Document your product vision! If you don’t already have a documented product vision, spend time with your team, create one, and document it.

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