Bain Public

MARCH 21, 2020

Demand for Product Management thought leadership is still growing. Here’s a list of our product-centric articles that got syndicated across publishers judged to be the best representative of Product Management thinking. Originally published on ProductCoalition.com What Goes Into a Good Product Roadmap? A Guide to Narrowing your Focus.

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Product Talk

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Tweet This And while you technically don’t need permission to get started, at some point, you will need buy-in and support from your leadership. I have a mission of creating an organization that can execute on Hemnet’s vision and mission by creating value for all our customers in a way that supports business growth,” says Francesca.

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Innovatemap

AUGUST 31, 2020

Some choices are long-standing and are reflected in the product vision, some play into the foundation of a product strategy, and many more reside in the plan to pull it off – the roadmap. All of these are important frameworks and tools. This article provides background and tactics for how to formulate a solid roadmap.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

This article explores both hard and soft skills that product managers need in their everyday work, so if you’re curious to learn more, dive right in. Soft skills, like communication or leadership , are more general and can be used in different contexts. To be a kick-ass product manager , you need a very diverse skill set.

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Usersnap

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

In this article, you’ll evaluate different SaaS growth models. Create your vision and positioning 4. To effectively understand the growth rates for your SaaS company, the Pirate Flywheel Metrics (also known as the AAARRR framework, yes we at Usersnap employ it with an extra “A”. Make sense of your data 2.

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Hutwork

MARCH 9, 2018

Magazine reports that most CEOs read at least a book a week, and this doesn’t include blogs, articles, podcasts, and videos they devour, too. Regardless, the following articles are a must-read for anyone concerned with rolling out the best product in each iteration. Hackernoon published Wayne Chang’s seminal article on user experience.

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Userpilot

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Look no further as this is exactly what this article covers! A successful roadmap should include information on UX vision , strategy, goals, themes, milestones, and a timeline. Having identified the problems, use a framework like RICE or ICE to prioritize those that will make the biggest impact on user experience when solved.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 29, 2023

In this article, we’re going to unpack what is product management , how it differs from traditional project management, the role it plays in building products that delight your users, and the skills a good product manager must demonstrate to succeed. The main difference between product management and project management is the focus.

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Userpilot

DECEMBER 13, 2023

This is the main focus of the article. UX vision is a clear and inspiring statement that guides the long-term design strategy and keeps teams and stakeholders on the same page. To make the vision actionable, break it down into specific objectives and select corresponding success metrics. How do you develop a robust UX strategy?

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Product Talk

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Through a combination of leadership buy-in, reading, and coaching, they committed to mapping opportunities and testing assumptions before jumping to solutions and found new ways to truly put their users first. This was the situation Sören Weber and the Search & Flow team at trivago found themselves in.

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Mind the Product

MAY 14, 2019

Many articles have been written on this subject, most of them either by product consultants or people holding one of the above titles. A product vision is the most crucial thing for a product leader to work on. For example: most people have read about OKRs and want to try this framework. What is the job of a product leader?

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

That’s what Dave Martin , a product leadership coach, has talked about in his talk at this year’s Product Drive Summit hosted by Userpilot. They lack vision and lead nowhere. Strategic value is about aligning features with the company’s vision and long-term goals. Ready to dive in to learn more? What are the most acute ones?

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Agile Velocity

MAY 20, 2020

The recent Harvard Business Review (HBR) article “ The Agile C-Suite ” 1 and Forbes article “Agile Isn’t New: What’s New Is The C-Suite Embracing It” have prompted some good discussion around the Agile Velocity virtual water cooler. . HBR article setup. Balance from the Top. Balancing the Agile Enterprise .

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Bain Public

JUNE 4, 2020

As business advisors and executive coaches, we've worked with dozens of CEOs to help them build and grow their product leadership team as they scale their company. Getting external support, such as product management consulting, can help establish the product leadership team responsible for nurturing and guiding the product team.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 13, 2023

These are the key questions we cover in the article. Examples of different prioritization frameworks. A product prioritization framework helps you maximize customer value and deliver the best ROI by encouraging methodical examination of data before making decisions. Why should product managers use a prioritization framework?

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People-First Product Leadership

APRIL 5, 2024

I recommend taking any career competencies framework as the starting point. If you’re a leader reading this article, remember part of your role is to help set up your team for advancement as well - whether it be to the next level or to a new opportunity. Plus here are two articles which introduce alternative viewpoints.

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Userpilot

JULY 23, 2023

This article covers everything you need to know about assembling the right team and ensuring they collaborate well to achieve desired results. Product Manager : Defines the product vision, roadmap , and features, collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure the product meets customer needs and market demands.

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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. Without thoughtful leadership around them, it may not be in product manager’s gift to achieve a “good” roadmap. Purpose, Vision, Mission and Strategy. What is your role?

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

The leadership team finally agreed on the vision. The series of choices following a framework = the product strategy. As I considered the merits of each possible option to build a user base, I weighed them against the product strategy framework, the pros/cons, coherence, and value. The north star was clear?—?enabling

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Agile Velocity

MAY 3, 2024

Create a Vision : Develop a compelling vision for the future state of the organization post-transformation. Gain Leadership Support : Agile Transformation is as much about culture as it is about processes. Leadership buy-in is crucial for driving cultural change, allocating resources, and removing organizational barriers.

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Mind the Product

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Mixing the words, key responsibilities across companies started to emerge: Define product vision and strategy. The product manager career path at XO and the “levels framework” from the book “Org Design for Design Orgs” (by far the best book I’ve read on UX management) were amazing and helpful resources.

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Bain Public

JANUARY 11, 2022

Let’s face it, most organizations have poor habits around roadmap completion — this is why getting leadership (or stakeholders) to develop consistent, stable and familiar routines reinforced through repetition and communication is valuable. Saying no isn’t always easy, but it plays a big part in contributing to a healthy product culture.

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BrainMates

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Up until now, Product Leaders have had to rely on the approaches and frameworks designed specifically for Product Managers or use generic leadership practices which don’t necessarily cover the unique leadership challenges Product Leaders experience. This is a mistake, particularly if you are new to leadership.

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ProductPlan

MARCH 5, 2021

This article tackles one of the areas that gets the most interest from product managers: how can they use an essentialist approach to create and communicate better product roadmaps ? Start with the product vision. To begin, an essentialist has a clear vision for the direction of the product. Think “Minimum Product.”.

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Roman Pichler

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Listen to the audio version of this article: [link] Organise the Team around a Product As the name suggests, a product team is focused on a product. This individual leads the product team, not by being the boss but by exercising emergent leadership. To help you with this, I’ve created the framework shown in Figure 2.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 15, 2019

The agile manifesto turned eighteen this year, the Scrum framework is even older?—?have Scrum came about even earlier than the agile manifesto almost a whole decade to be exact (although you can traces origins earlier back to 1986 with the article The New New Product Development Game ). are they one role, two roles?

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Bain Public

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

The focus on profitability really fortifies the importance of collaborative decision-making between product managers and the leadership team. Stakeholders need to buy into the vision, whether they are product leaders, engineers, the sales team, or the support team. Article written by Jessica Scandaliato.

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ProductPlan

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Implementing a goal-setting framework that sets the bar high sounds like a no-brainer, right? The OKR methodology helps organizations measure success and stay on target with their strategy and vision. The objectives and key results framework establish direction and creates an opportunity for growth.

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The Product HQ

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

This article provides you with various core skills beneficial to your search. As a technical program manager, you communicate with product managers, leadership teams, and external vendors. Technical program managers demonstrate leadership and team building with key stakeholders to ensure successful project delivery.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 22, 2021

In this article, I discuss how individual contributors can become effective interviewers and demonstrate leadership skills in improving their hiring process. Their leadership in the vision, strategy, and roadmap drives customer and business outcomes. Thanks again for reading this articles series.

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People-First Product Leadership

MAY 29, 2023

The following articles provide tips and guidance. Subscribe now Unlocking the Power of Psychological Safety I’m preparing for the June cohort of People-First Product Leadership. Both of these articles ( article 1 , article 2 ) offer frameworks leveraging Amy Edmondson’s research Why go to this effort?

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Bain Public

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Its host, Michael Luchen, explores how to do product management the best in terms of product strategy and vision, product development frameworks, customer research, and startups. You can listen to Paul Ortchanian, CEO and Founder of Bain Public, speak about product leadership teams here ›. Article written by Jessica Scandaliato.

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Roman Pichler

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

A framework like Scrum offers specific techniques that ensure sustainable pace—unfortunately, only for development team members and not for product people. You can find out more about participatory decision-making in my article “ Use Decision Rules to Make Better Decisions ”.). Share the Work. With Other Product People. Prioritise.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 19, 2021

There was not a particular framework that made the difference; it was their willingness to find the best approach for their organisation and workers. Mission and Vision Are your company’s mission and vision well defined? In many organisations, the mission and vision are not clearly defined. You create a job listing.

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Bain Public

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Not only that: giving back requires active involvement and implementing solutions in response to product leadership challenges and Canadian startup ecosystem expectations. The hope is that startups will gain from our processes, framework, experience as well as our product know-how and ideas.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 2, 2022

Every time I navigate the ocean of Product Management frameworks, we are not tackling one essential part of our role: People and Ourselves. There is a framework for almost every stage of our Product development lifecycle, but one of the only transversal things is that we need people to make things happen.

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BrainMates

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Up until now, Product Leaders have had to rely on the approaches and frameworks designed specifically for Product Managers or use generic leadership practices which don’t necessarily cover the unique leadership challenges Product Leaders experience. This is a mistake, particularly if you are new to leadership.

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