280 Group

OCTOBER 16, 2023

6 Product Management Nightmares Just when you thought your strategy was safe — your product vision clearly defined and your roadmap carefully scheduled and planned — we introduce the new and disturbing PRODUCT NIGHTMARES, coming to you in the form of 50s and 60s B-horror flicks.

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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. Learn More.

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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.

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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.

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Mind the Product

OCTOBER 21, 2019

A strong product strategy is often neglected because of the absence of any strategic thinking in product teams. What can product managers do to make sure they give their product strategy the attention it warrants? But today many, if not most, product teams fail this very first test. Sound familiar?

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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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Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 14, 2021

And so, in 2014, he founded Productboard , a product management system that incorporates customer feedback and insights to help product teams build better products. Use it to make better product decisions. Information from the front lines is critical when helping product decision-makers prioritize what to build next.

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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. Product storyline.

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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]

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280 Group

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Are Product Managers both Traditional and Agile? Secondly, is an Agile Product Manager a Product Owner? Let’s start by remembering that Agile and Waterfall/Traditional are development methodologies – ways to build a product. There are a couple of ways to address this question.

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Product Culture

MAY 10, 2023

Lots of firms say they are Agile, to sound like Amazon or Google, but don’t have the mindset. They don’t brand themselves “Agile” because they view what they’re doing as common sense. I like this article: Understanding Fake Agile. What Agile sins have you witnessed? Tell me a story. Interested?

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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. 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.

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ProductPlan

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Iterative planning enables product management teams to respond quickly to changes in the market and emerging trends. The ability to adapt and adjust to changing product strategies positions companies for continuous improvement and sustained success. Firstly, you want to review your product vision.

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Mind the Product

JANUARY 18, 2017

In this in-depth and inspiring talk, Keela Robinson , Founder and CEO PM Loop, unpacks what vision is, why it matters and how to find it. Crucially, she demonstrates how to communicate and reinforce vision to your team by sharing an incredible 30 practical strategies for meaningfully tying your vision to all that you do.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 29, 2023

The main difference between product management and project management is the focus. 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. Drives product success.

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280 Group

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Hybrid work environments are now commonplace, requiring distributed teams to find ways to collaborate effectively using tools like Zoom, Teams, Jira, Slack and others across various time zones, while bringing innovative products to market. What Is a Product Manager? .

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Mind the Product

AUGUST 3, 2017

Being the first product manager at a startup typically means being the 10th or 15th employee, and recognizing that – although product management has both tactical and strategic components – you’ll initially be more focused on tactics. Strategically, this is about focusing vision and limited resources.

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ProductPlan

JANUARY 8, 2019

In today’s article, we’ll discuss the agile roadmapping process. We’ll start by reviewing the objectives of roadmaps and planning for agile teams, then share some special considerations for agile roadmaps. From there, we’ll walk you through the agile roadmapping process step by step. Eisenhower.

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Roman Pichler

MARCH 11, 2020

Guiding the development team and stakeholders towards product success requires leadership at three levels: vision, strategy, and tactics, as illustrated in following picture. Consequently, do not neglect the product discovery and strategy work. Agile Process Constraints. Leadership at Multiple Levels.

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Roman Pichler

MARCH 11, 2020

Guiding the development team and stakeholders towards product success requires leadership at three levels: vision, strategy, and tactics, as illustrated in following picture. Consequently, do not neglect the product discovery and strategy work. Agile Process Constraints. Leadership at Multiple Levels.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Extensive market research is essential to assess the competitive landscape, identify opportunities, and shape the product vision. PMs need to know how to use product analytics tools to gain actionable insights. Agile is the most common development methodology, so PMs need to be well-versed in its principles.

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bpma ProductHub

APRIL 22, 2018

By Ellen Gottesdiener – Product Roadmaps Are Necessary for Product Success A product roadmap visually depicts how your product will evolve over time to realize your product vision and achieve continual value for your customers and business. (I

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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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280 Group

APRIL 28, 2019

The importance of product backlog management is discussed in this article along with our top tips for backlog optimization. A product backlog is an essential component for your Agile development team. ” What can you do to avoid chaos and mismanagement in your product backlog? Set priorities.

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ProductPlan

MARCH 23, 2020

Since releasing both a webinar and book on the impact of feature-less roadmaps on your product strategy recently, we’ve gotten a lot of questions about why we’re so hostile to including features on product roadmaps. Features have long been the basic unit of measurement that product development teams track. Of course not.

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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. Assess product strategy and adjust if necessary.

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Roman Pichler

OCTOBER 6, 2020

In order to answer the questions above, you may want to use techniques such as direct observation, user interviews, prototyping, creating a strategy canvas or E-R-R-C grid , and you may capture some of them using a tool like my product vision board.

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Amplitude

MARCH 11, 2020

Roadmapping is at the core of product strategy and product management. As a product person, and the VP of Product at Yesware , I’ve never come to fully embrace the discussion of what each team would deliver, in what sequence and within a long timeframe. Start with company vision and direction.

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ProductPlan

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Product owners play a crucial role in “by-the-book” Agile scrum, while product managers are largely absent. This article explores the product owner role and how it fits into the broader product team. The product owner’s role. The product owner’s role. The product owner and development.

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The Product Guy

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Once implemented and properly maintained, this can help you obtain the goal of having a clearer roadmap and strategy, which should help make good product decisioning easier. Lastly, to make the most out of this framework, it’s best if your organization has already implemented some variation of the Agile Methodology.

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Actuation Consulting

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Over the past few weeks we’ve considered a number of key product management tools. 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.

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The Product Guy

MAY 15, 2017

In a recent live stream from one of our mentors of The Product Mentor , Dustin Levy, lead a conversation around “Product Strategies for Non-Strategists”. We are always looking for more product mentors from all around the world. About The Product Mentor. Krishna Madhuvarsu Director of Product Strategy, Oracle Inc.

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280 Group

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Many companies make the mistake of jumping straight into development, particularly when working with teams employing Agile methodologies, without performing due diligence on the business and strategy aspects of the product first. Document planned changes for product strategy, directions and features in a product roadmap.

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Mixpanel

MAY 20, 2020

That’s why I developed a new model for product-led engagement based on building adaptive product teams that, by definition, adjust their actions and behaviors to the organizational context. Below, I’m sharing some guiding principles to help teams move away from a one-size-fits-all approach to product strategy.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 9, 2023

Product development is a complex process that involves three layers: vision, product strategy, and tactics. Continue reading on Product Coalition ».

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Roman Pichler

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Sustainable pace is an important agile principle. The Agile Manifesto defines it in the following way: “The sponsors, developers, and users should be able to maintain a constant pace indefinitely.” If it doesn’t, then include it in the product roadmap —assuming it serves a user or business goal stated in the product strategy.

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

While product development describes the process of creating the product itself (i.e. designing screens, writing code, running tests), product management is a broader concept that encompasses strategy , vision, and product-market fit. "Agile is an attitude, not a technique with boundaries."

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