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519: Product verification, most important of the 19 activities of product management – with Nishant Parikh

Product Innovation Educators

He emphasizes that these activities vary based on context (large vs. small organizations, B2B vs. B2C, Agile vs. Waterfall). Product Roadmapping Once product positioning is established, product managers move into the more action-oriented activity of roadmapping.

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How Product Leaders Thrive in Uncertainty: Planning, Creativity, and Influence

The Product Guy

Planning creates momentum, even without clear outcomes : Roadmaps should adapt to what is known, what is still emerging, and what is possible. Label roadmap items as Known, Possible, or Emergent This shifts the conversation from “What are we delivering?” It is a structure. to “How certain are we?”

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Behind the product: NotebookLM | Raiza Martin (Senior Product Manager, AI @ Google Labs)

Lenny Rachitsky

This allows them to move faster and iterate quickly, much like a startup. Often, powerful technology is already available; the magic lies in how you interact with it.

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Dual Track Agile with Ant Murphy: How to Balance Discovery and Delivery Without Losing Your Mind

Usersnap

If you’re sprinting with delivery while discovery is stuck in the parking lot, you’re not agile. Most product teams talk about dual-track agile, but few actually do it well. How to Set Up Dual-Track Agile (Not Just Talk About It) “Discovery isn’t something you squeeze in between shipping. Discovery gets sidelined.

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Business Agile: A Roadmap for Transforming Your Management & Adapting to the VUCA Environment

Speaker: Peter Taylor, Speaker/Author, The Lazy Project Manager

Business agile is an approach that gives the right business flexibility and fast decision-making in a volatile environment, providing a great capacity for innovation, adaptation and change. Businesses everywhere are trying to “get business agile”—but it’s not easy to adapt to becoming this adaptive.

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What is an Agile Product Roadmap? A Product Manager’s Guide

Gocious Blog

use an agile product roadmap. Do you want to learn how to align your product strategy with your overall business goals? Here’s the secret formula: Flexibility + Strategic Planning = Product Line Alignment. So, how do you solve the equation? It’s simple….

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Three Reasons to Insist on Outcome-Based Planning

The Product Coalition

Photo by AP Vibes Outcome-based roadmaps are considered the best practice; however, they are not as common as you would expect. Each team would have had its own roadmap and priorities, and any real results would have taken years to materialize. I’m sure you know that outcome-based roadmap planning is a good idea.

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Innovating and Driving Agility with Tech: No-Code Development

Speaker: Gautam Nimmagadda, CEO, Quixy

Join Gautam Nimmagadda, CEO of Quixy, and learn how to leverage tech and drive agility with citizen development and the no-code movement. How to recognize emerging trends in tech today and leverage them to stay agile for a holistic business strategy. Tuesday December 15th, 2020 at 11AM PST, 2PM EST, 7PM GMT

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Product Strategy Agility: How to Use Experiments and Options to Create Products Your Customers Love

Speaker: Johanna Rothman - Management Consultant, Rothman Consulting Group

Senior leaders often want to see months - or years - long product roadmaps. That means product leaders need to integrate experiments and options into their roadmaps. In this presentation, Johanna Rothman will explain: How to limit the duration of a roadmap and show possible options.

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The Product Corner: Maximizing Impact, Reducing Hours, and Accelerating Roadmaps with Data

Speaker: Edie Kirkman - VP, Digital at Focus Brands

This approach helps focus development teams on high-impact areas and fosters agility, continuous improvement, and measurable success, driving long-term growth and gaining a competitive edge. By leveraging data-driven insights, companies can accelerate time-to-market, enhance product quality, and align offerings with customer needs.

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5 Product Traps - And Better Paths

Speaker: Johanna Rothman, Management Consultant, Rothman Consulting Group

Is your agile team overloaded with feature requests, with no time for discovery? Do your roadmaps read like impossible wish lists? She will take us through five common traps that agile product teams fall into – and likely you are in several of those traps right now. The proper way to plan your roadmaps.

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From Project to Product: Don't You Dare Mess With Planning

Speaker: Anne Steiner, Vice President of Product and Technology at Cprime

Some in the agile community have resisted the need for planning, while others have simply encouraged planning in shorter cycles. Ways to create roadmaps and product horizons at the portfolio, product family, and product levels. We dislike it because to get it right, we need to accurately predict the future, a largely impossible task.