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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Roman Pichler

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Listen to this article: [link]. 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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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

TL;DR Regular roadmaps kill outcomes by forcing teams to think in the categories of features and timelines. It’s difficult to implement outcome-based roadmaps because stakeholders don’t trust product teams to deliver on business goals. Build a product that users love by delivering value and a good product experience.

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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. Unfortunately, product leadership culture can get a little messy.

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The Product Guy

MAY 7, 2020

Hence it is critical that one is aware of the best practises of the role and develops his own philosophy which results into maximum positive leverage for the organization. This is my motivation behind writing this article. This article explores multiple aspects of product management. Product Strategy.

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Userpilot

DECEMBER 13, 2023

How do you develop a robust UX strategy? This is the main focus of the article. We also look at: What a UX design strategy is Why it’s important Its core principles and elements A practical example of a company with well-established UX strategies Let’s dive right in!

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 7, 2023

How to prepare for a user interview, all the way to sharing the results with your team. The skill of running effective user interviews is key to defining your target users, finding product-market fit , growing your product, figuring out what to build next — or just simply understanding how users perceive your product.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Often we talk more about the technical skills, like, portfolio management, being more strategic, etc but being good at those things mean nothing if you can’t build a culture conducive to good product management practices. Setting an awesome strategy without building the enablers to executing on it is just a pipe-dream.

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Userpilot

OCTOBER 25, 2022

If you’re wondering what strategic product management is, you’ve come to the right place! In the article, we’re looking at the responsibilities of strategic product managers and how they can use data effectively to shape product strategy and deliver delightful experiences to users!

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Tyner Blain

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

These mistakes can make a product strategy incoherent, excessively expensive, and ineffective. How we talk about what we choose to do sets our teams up for success. I’ll review each of the three areas, and then dive into the first one in this article, leaving the others for follow-up articles. Or failure.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 3, 2020

So, it was natural that we should want to develop a talent growth plan for our people. Each month we send out an NPS survey to assess whether the company is being a great place to work, but a few months ago I also sent Google’s manager feedback survey to my team of 10 product managers. Product manager motto?—?Dan

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Userpilot

MAY 19, 2022

Kano analysis helps distinguish between essential features and those which make your product stand out. Product excellence is a framework that relies on user feedback to inform product strategy and roadmap for faster delivery of products. Successful products satisfy user needs.

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Userpilot

JUNE 26, 2023

Want to track the different types of product metrics to get product growth insights ? Product metrics are critical for product growth managers to develop the right product strategies and drive continuous value for customers. You can also use a product metrics framework, ie.

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Mind the Product

JUNE 14, 2019

A bad day in the office, a chance LinkedIn message, and before you know it, someone has moved jobs. This kind of serendipity is not a viable career strategy! It wouldn’t happen, because we all realise that serendipity is not a viable product strategy. We’ve all seen it play out, either ourselves or through others.

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Folding Burritos

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

Yet, I wanted to dig deeper into this issue by focusing on: The reasons why a Solution-first culture makes your life harder; A “framework” to drive stakeholders to think in terms of Problems. You want the stakeholders’ input, but you need it to be (and need them to think) in terms of problems for you and your team to solve.

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ProductPlan

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

The OKR methodology can be a powerful motivator for high performance and product excellence within teams and companies. Implementing a goal-setting framework that sets the bar high sounds like a no-brainer, right? The focus then shifts towards outcomes and individual and team authority and ownership.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 18, 2018

If you work in a product team or in a digital business, you’ve probably heard a lot about this topic, or might even have lost some sleeping nights due to the lack of it in your daily basis. I have some thoughts about this and I will share with you in the following article. Yes, you’ve read it right!

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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. Many Product Leaders start a new role by focusing outwards.

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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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Mind the Product

JULY 6, 2018

Failing is an eventuality in software development. And yet, the job of the product manager comes with a level of accountability and scrutiny that is unique. Product managers are asked to look after all facets of a product’s development, from conception to launch. Let’s do it over and over again!

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 23, 2022

The article discusses an approach to solving the “Cheaper/Faster/Better” problem from the lens of Vertical Integration. I apply this lens to a startup that develops solutions in the health-tech market. Going from concept to production and subsequently getting the product in the hands of a customer takes significant effort.

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ProductPlan

OCTOBER 6, 2022

A blank page, much like the one I’m using to write this article, used to scare me. A new product can feel the same way. There is a place between nothing and a great product that’s full of uncertainty. Now, after a decade of managing products and advising, I find it exciting. Earlier in my career, this was nerve-wracking.

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UX Studio

MAY 8, 2018

Good team competency management is key for high-quality work, so, we recently mapped the whole team. In this article, we present a step-by-step guide on how to do it yourself. Each member of our team eagerly improves their own skill-set all the time. Competency maps can benefit any team, product or otherwise.

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Roman Pichler

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Listen to the audio version of this article: [link] 1 Complement Scrum with a Product Discovery and Strategy Process Scrum is a simple framework that helps teams develop successful products. Continue the discovery and strategy work while the product is being developed.

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Mind the Product

OCTOBER 31, 2018

So you’ve read all those books and articles on how to become a product manager, about how tough it is, but also how rewarding it is. I remember when I moved from being a sales engineer to product manager. With no resources, no developers, no release cycle, no roadmap? This isn’t product management, is it?

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Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Intercom, the product, continued to develop at a fast pace with hundreds of new features big and small – from an entirely reimagined Messenger to a thriving Intercom App Store to next generation chatbots, Custom Bots and Answer Bot. Eoghan McCabe, CEO , and Matt Hodges, VP of Commercial Product Strategy.

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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. Many Product Leaders start a new role by focusing outwards.

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Roman Pichler

JUNE 6, 2023

Here are four examples: Joe, the sales rep, has promised a feature to an important customer without first talking to you—the person in charge of the product. Sue, the Scrum Master , wanted to help the development team get better at sprint planning. But the team still over-commits and under-delivers.

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Userpilot

JULY 14, 2023

What is a product analytics framework and why is it important? These are only two of the many questions this article tackles. We also look at: Different types of analyses to include in your framework How to develop a product analytics framework And, the best product analytics tools.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MAY 15, 2022

Specifically, UX designers sit at the intersection of product design, market research, interaction design, product strategy, human computer interaction, visual design, and more! UX design was first developed by Don Norman , who was actually working at Apple at the time. However, this is not always the case.

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Roman Pichler

MAY 5, 2020

But you can think of the product owner as an agile product manager, as I explain in the article “ Product Manager vs. Product Owner ”. If the product owner owns a product and is responsible for maximising its value, then it is important to understand what a product is.

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Roman Pichler

MARCH 9, 2021

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. The entire Scrum team is “focused on one … product goal” at a time.

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ProductPlan

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Even among experienced product professionals, a common misconception in business holds that product strategy and business strategy mean the same thing. Product professionals need to understand the distinction between business strategy vs. product strategy. A Closer Look at Each Strategy.

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ProductPlan

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Contextual links to help articles on the support section of their website. This is specifically helpful for anyone who might be new to roadmapping or product management in general. They can use these templates as a framework for how their own roadmaps could be built and function as a great jumping-off point. Edge: Roadmunk.

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ProductPlan

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Contextual links to help articles on the support section of their website. This is specifically helpful for anyone who might be new to roadmapping or product management in general. They can use these templates as a framework for how their own roadmaps could be built and function as a great jumping-off point. Edge: Roadmunk.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

JUNE 8, 2020

This article was written by Timothy Fallen-Bailey, an Exponent PM Coach. Tim has recruited, mentored, and managed product managers in each of these positions, so you could say he knows a thing or two about interviewing for product managers. Answer here: Apply Porter's Five Forces Model to a Product you have worked on 2.

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Surya Suravarapu

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

It is wanting more that pushes humanity to seek improvements, develop new technologies, and reach for a higher level." The research team led by George Loewenstein studied two types of emotions that create anxiety: 1) anticipatory, and 2) anticipated emotions. (We As part of the product strategy, plan for trials, refunds, and discounts.

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