Roman Pichler

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Consequently, a product manager and a Scrum product owner are leaders, too. They guide the stakeholders , development teams, and in the case of large products, other product people, to meet the agreed product goals , create the desired outcomes, and achieve product success, as Figure 1 shows.

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Roman Pichler

MAY 11, 2021

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. The framework uses its own product owner role, which is different from the one in Scrum.

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Johanna Rothman

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

In How Product Goals Make it Easier to Create Sprint Goals and Reduce Feature Factories, Part 1 , I started responding to Tom's interview question. Here's the question again: “The product owner and dev team cannot decide on a sprint goal, even after hours of discussion. I'll return to that later.)

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

The Snitch, the Whip, the Bookkeeper, the Six Sigma Black Belt™ Like a job ad for a Scrum Master position, the equivalent for the Product Owner position also reveals excellent insight into an organization’s progress on becoming agile. Shall I notify you about articles like this one?

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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. In the picture above, the process starts at the top of the cycle by creating a new strategy, either for a brand-new product or an existing one. I call these outcomes product goals.

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Roman Pichler

MARCH 9, 2021

Product Goals Defined. The Scrum Guide released in November 2020 states that “the product goal describes a future state of the product … [It] is the long-term objective for the Scrum team.” It also suggests that “the product goal is in the product backlog. Figure 1: The Product Goal in Context.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 11, 2021

You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 29k other subscribers. ?? Free: Hands-on Agile #29: Scrum Guide 2020?—?Reloaded and the newly introduced Product Goal as all of them are linked to one of the three Scrum artifacts as commitments.) For the Sprint Backlog it is the Sprint Goal. •

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 28, 2021

You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 31,000-plus other subscribers. ?? Join more than 150 peers from May 27–29, 2021 , for the Virtual Agile Camp Berlin 2021, a live virtual Barcamp using open space technology principles and practices. Follow me on Twitter and subscribe to my blog Age of Product ??

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Roman Pichler

APRIL 5, 2022

For example, a product strategy workshop might have the objective to identify the key changes required to achieve product-market fit. Contrast this with a sprint review meeting , which might help you determine if users can easily sign up for the product. This might be your Scrum Master or an agile coach.

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Roman Pichler

MAY 11, 2021

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. The framework uses its own product owner role, which is different from the one in Scrum.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 8, 2020

The Product Owner Theses A Product Owner is an innovator at heart and thus a value creator for customers and organizations if given a chance to work in an agile manner. The Product Owner is also the most vulnerable Scrum role. as in being the guardian of the Product Backlog?—?, Source: Scrum Guide 2020.)

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The Product Coalition

MAY 17, 2021

Explore with me three widespread examples of how stakeholders fail their Scrum teams in three short video clips, totaling 6 minutes and 5 seconds. ?? You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 31,000-plus other subscribers. ?? Shall I notify you about articles like this one?

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

How dare you: Agile is a mindset, not a methodology. Then sign up for the Food for Agile Thought newsletter and join 27k other subscribers. 160 Examples of How to Improve as a Scrum Team?—?Download For example, they put a lot of effort into preparing the Sprint Planning during the frequent Product Backlog refinement sessions.

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Userpilot

JANUARY 6, 2023

Agile teams use story points to express velocity and burndown charts to track it. What does velocity mean in product management? It is a well-known instrument used in Agile delivery frameworks like Scrum. For example, it’s normal for the velocity of your team to be low in the early days of their work together.

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The Product HQ

APRIL 20, 2024

For example, if you want to start applying for a product director job, you have to organize your CV according to it. For example, a proper career path starts from a junior product manager to a product manager to a senior product manager. At times, it also shows your potential for a product leadership role.

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Mind the Product

MARCH 10, 2020

32:20 | Are there any frameworks/tools to help me manage multiple products? 40:42 | What are good examples of teams who have effectively scaled their product organisations with multiple levels of product managers and multiple agile teams? Using The Kano Model To Prioritize Product Development (blog).

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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. An impact map is a visual representation of the connections between the goals you want to achieve, the customers, and solutions.

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UX Planet

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Even if UX work seems fine at your organization, know that there are still some things to set a budget for, like improving the product’s creation process, or your customers’ and users’ experiences. Have you defined your short-term and long-term product goals? It also helps in saving on directionless development costs.

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Roman Pichler

MARCH 9, 2021

Product Goals Defined. The Scrum Guide released in November 2020 states that “the product goal describes a future state of the product … [It] is the long-term objective for the Scrum team.” It also suggests that “the product goal is in the product backlog. Figure 1: The Product Goal in Context.

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Johanna Rothman

APRIL 6, 2022

A colleague unfamiliar with lifecycles or agility asked, “How can we use sprints in this approach?” See Create Your Successful Agile Project for more details.). They don't have a specific sprint goal. They do have product goals. And you don't have to use an agile approach to use an iteration.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 13, 2023

Examples of different prioritization frameworks. TL;DR A feature prioritization matrix helps product teams decide which features to develop next, focusing on high-impact features and resource optimization. It also helps them to avoid falling into the build trap and building bloated products with a diluted value proposition.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Interestingly, the authors also axed other elements of the 2017 edition of the Scrum Guide that I thought less contested, for example, the magnitude of work allocated to Product Backlog refinement and servant-leadership. It is a cohesive unit of professionals focused on one objective at a time, the Product Goal.”

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Roman Pichler

JUNE 19, 2017

As the person in charge of the product, you should participate in the Daily Scrum at least twice a week. [1] You may find, for example, that some user stories are done and can be reviewed; or you may discover that the team is struggling with some acceptance criteria and requires your input. And what can you do to feel more at ease?

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Userpilot

JUNE 26, 2023

In the MoAR method, teams consider how well a feature helps achieve a product goal and the resources it requires. To decide which prioritization framework is right for you, consider important factors, like the product management stage and the time available to create the feature. Pros and Cons Quick, easy, and intuitive.

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Roman Pichler

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

2 Use Scrum for Products that Experience Uncertainty and Change Scrum is often seen as the standard way to create digital products, and I have met more than one company where the product managers were told to be agile and do Scrum. It therefore offers only limited support for product people.

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Roman Pichler

DECEMBER 4, 2018

As the person in charge of the product, you may not be terribly concerned about how clean and well-structured the code is. The messier the code and the less modular the architecture is, the longer it takes and the more expensive it is to change your product.

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CardBoard

AUGUST 31, 2023

It’s a tool for prioritizing work, tracking progress, and facilitating meaningful discussions about the product. In the world of Agile, it’s a key player in managing the product backlog effectively. The concept of user story mapping was popularized by Jeff Patton, a leading figure in Agile product management.

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Roman Pichler

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

For a commercial product, they might include a marketer, a sales rep, and a customer support team member, as I explain in more detail in the article Getting Stakeholder Engagement Right. To do a great job, each key stakeholder requires the necessary expertise, authority, and availability to work on the product team.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Why is it important to create a user story map for your product? Your customers need a simple way to confirm product goals. Compatible with agile methods for development. Developers can see the entire specification for the product. Discover your goals and map your journey. Go wide, not tall.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 24, 2021

The importance of building products that customers valued and the limited amount of finances forced startups to take a different approach when building their products. New movements such as agile engineering and lean product management became the core philosophy of lots of successful startups around that time.

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ProductPlan

JULY 16, 2021

The art of product leader communication relies on the concept of responsibility without authority. Product managers who follow this concept understand the responsibility to influence others to achieve the organization’s product goals. As product managers, we have the power to task others with responsibilities.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 7, 2020

I’ve worked in companies that have both roles, companies that only have project managers and companies that only have product managers. Several prominent blogs that I’ve read assert that project managers and product managers are ‘two sides of the same coin’ and should work harmoniously to deliver product goals.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

For example, solving a critical bug or adding a feature without which a user’s workflow is incomplete. these are features that are not aligned with the product goals. Managing Product Backlog ] [ Next : Chapter 15 -Managing Product Development ] [Back to content page ?—? Should have?—? Won’t have?—?

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ProductPlan

JANUARY 5, 2023

Moreover, they must maintain a consistent overall business strategy and set goals. While some of this rapid recalibration is healthy—and might be heavily influenced by the Agile onion impact on planning —executive teams, board members, and investors take little comfort in a zig-zagging product plan.

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Userpilot

JULY 18, 2023

They allow PMs to keep internal stakeholders on the same page and communicate the product direction to current and prospective customers. Product roadmap example. Collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders Product management is not a one-person show. Release note example from ClickUp.

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Mind the Product

APRIL 6, 2020

Product (and company) strategy is the backbone that guides product goal-setting and roadmap definition, although it’s sometimes overlooked or confused with having a vision. Without it, product teams become feature teams focused on outputs and not outcomes. Product Strategy in an Agile World Marty Cagan.

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Roman Pichler

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

What’s more, it’s not uncommon in my experience that product owners have to do their job without the support of a Scrum Master or agile coach. Staffing : Help find people who have the right skills and are motivated to work on the product and who can fill the roles. The same is true for setting product goals.

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