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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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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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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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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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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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.

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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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Userpilot

JULY 18, 2023

The product manager’s responsibilities include conducting market and customer research using primary and secondary sources like interviews, surveys , or industry publications. Based on the research, PMs develop the long-term product vision and product strategy that are aligned with the overall business strategy.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Product managers, have you ever wondered what user story mapping is? User story mapping is a simple method for converting your vision of a product into a roadmap that allows broad team collaboration and enables your entire team to see the bigger picture, how everything connects, and how to plan the minimum viable product.

User Testing 98

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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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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

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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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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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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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.

Customer Experience 52

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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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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

MARCH 5, 2021

Here is an excerpt from an Associate Product Manager job description (found on ZipRecruiter) at Validity: Example Associate Product Manager Job Description. Driving Agile ceremonies, including planning, grooming, demos, and retrospectives. That they can lead by example. Set a vision. Obsess over customers.

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Johanna Rothman

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Let me start with the idea of a sprint goal. Sprint Goals Clarify a Specific Piece of a Product Goal I don't happen to find sprint goals that useful, but some teams do. And since the Scrum Guide now demands a sprint goal, I guess you need a sprint goal to say you're doing Scrum. Internal release only.

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ProductPlan

MARCH 5, 2021

Here is an excerpt from an Associate Product Manager job description (found on ZipRecruiter) at Validity: Example Associate Product Manager Job Description. Driving Agile ceremonies, including planning, grooming, demos, and retrospectives. That they can lead by example. Set a vision. Obsess over customers.

User Testing 98

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 6, 2019

Start from the beginning A comprehensive audit of your current situation is always the best place to start when it comes to your product strategy. You should know your company’s broader vision, objectives, target, and KPIs inside out and constantly view your product through the lens of this wider context.

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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. Many of us like some planning.

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Intercom, Inc.

MARCH 29, 2022

We were joined by more than 2,500 customers, partners, and others who wanted to learn more about our product, goals, and the path ahead. Des Traynor laid out the six unique beliefs that guide our vision, mission, and roadmap here at Intercom. A good example of this is something like Superhuman, the next-generation email tool.

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