The Secret PM Handbook

AUGUST 4, 2017

The Secret Product Management Framework. Finally writing down the Secret Product Management Framework was a revelation for me. One test of a new framework is how well it explains “previous observations.” ” In this case, the previous observations are the articles I’ve been posting on the blog.

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Roman Pichler

AUGUST 15, 2023

Listen to the audio version of this article: [link] 1 No Strategy The first and most crucial mistake is to have no product strategy at all. What are the benefits the product should generate for the company developing and providing it? It consequently fails to align everyone involved in developing and providing the product.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 23, 2020

From objectives to roadmap, the strategy behind product development?—?Part Objectives key results (OKR) is a popular management strategy framework for defining and tracking objectives (goals) and their outcomes. This framework, which is widely common in medium?—?large

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Roman Pichler

MAY 11, 2021

Listen to this article: [link]. Instead, you should engage the stakeholders, leverage their expertise, and generate as much buy-in as possible , as I explain in more detail in my article “ Stakeholder Management Tips for Product People.” But the situation is different for product owners in the agile scaling framework SAFe.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 9, 2021

Part one of this article taught you how to align a roadmap with aspirational business goals. The initial steps of this framework took collaboration between business leadership and the product team to set a direction for development decisions. This step gets into what people think of when they ask for a roadmap.

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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. I believe the actions of a product leader all too often are the root cause of a “bad” roadmap. I would define a good roadmap as one that the team understands and feels ownership over.

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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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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

For new product managers or in startups with newly formed product teams, the building roadmap is their first kick at having the influence of the company direction. You might be super excited to go away for 2–3 weeks, conduct market research and come back with a colourful looking roadmap.

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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. 9 Dear Product Roadmap, I’m Breaking Up with You.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 8, 2019

Highly effective Product Managers develop themselves in 5 key areas. In some jobs, you can get by with just Competence, but in the unkempt, fuzzy, team-oriented domain of Product Management, you need both. Here are 2 actions you can take to develop your Craft Competence: Craft Competence ?? and others feel that.

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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

DECEMBER 13, 2023

How do you develop a robust UX strategy? This is the main focus of the article. TL;DR UX strategy provides guidance to the UX design team on how to create and improve experiences that satisfy user needs. TL;DR UX strategy provides guidance to the UX design team on how to create and improve experiences that satisfy user needs.

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Roadmunk

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

I’m constantly consuming articles on product management, product culture, startups and entrepreneurship to bolster my career as a product person and leader. This list is not the be all end all; there are countless ‘must-read’ articles for PMs. I’ve hand-picked articles that specifically helped me during key moments in my career.

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Mind the Product

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Consider this article a requirements document: it’s structured into several user stories from the perspective of a hiring manager, for a product manager role. Use this article as a guide to polish your resume and improve your job-hunting prospects. If you’re. Storytelling. Highlight the relevant features of your previous roles.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Good product teams understand that their customers’ needs and behaviours are ever changing and the way to truly predict what impact any update will have is to try it on a small set of real customers. Since experimentation has become a discipline on its own, there are established best practices for cross functional teams to follow.

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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 Roadmap. Product Roadmap.

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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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Userpilot

APRIL 6, 2023

Developing and releasing sophisticated products with all the bells and whistles imaginable might seem like a great idea. In this article, we look at different ways for product managers to avoid falling into the overengineering trap. Poor prioritization and external pressure are also common causes. But worry not! Book the demo!

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

It may be reading articles on your blog, engaging with ads, leaving reviews, contacting the support team, and so on. Consumer touchpoints help to evaluate the degree of customer satisfaction and timely spot friction points (product bugs, lousy customer experience, poor UX, etc.). SaaS Pirate Metrics framework.

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Mind the Product

DECEMBER 23, 2017

Here are the top 10 most clicked articles from the 408 links featured in this year’s 51 newsletters – 10 articles your peers digged so much you should definitely check them out as well. Development might be faster, but that has no bearing on making the right product decisions, and working to realize real benefits.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MARCH 15, 2021

You’ve probably also been asked “what’s your greatest strength (or weakness)” once or twice while interviewing for jobs. You may have also read the famous article ‘Good Product Manager/Bad Product Manager’ by Ben Horowitz. Maybe it’s a new framework, a new product, or even a new industry altogether.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 10, 2019

The most popular frameworks, like agile, are more about the general approach your office takes. Team structure, work patterns, timing, tool deployment… They are holistic in the way they seek to address your overall operations. The Jobs To Be Done Framework (JTBD, for short) is different. Anything else is just a hobby.

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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. It’s like a chance bit of customer feedback that we end up devoting a two-year roadmap to. Developing a long-term relationship with someone who can act as your mentor and provide advice and direction can help to get around this.

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Tyner Blain

DECEMBER 3, 2014

Your product roadmap is a view of what you are building right now, in the near future, and in the more distant future. Or is your roadmap a view of why you are building whatever you’re building right now, in the near future, and in the more distant future? What the Team Will Be Building. Everyone has a default.

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Userpilot

OCTOBER 25, 2022

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! They tell the product management team what they need to achieve. Are you ready to dig in? What is strategic product management?

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Userpilot

MAY 19, 2022

Product excellence is a framework that relies on user feedback to inform product strategy and roadmap for faster delivery of products. Value Proposition Canvas can help you decide what features to develop to provide value to users. Kano model helps you prioritize feature development. You must delight your customers.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

And too often I’ve seen poor leaders resort to micro-management, HIPPO, and dictatorship in order to fulfil their strategies. is to either be more strategic or to develop more as a leader. and, How do you impart your experience and toolkit onto your team? As a result, I’ve come to value 5 different aspects of product leadership.

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Bain Public

DECEMBER 14, 2021

How do you guarantee that your team is creating value for your customers in a way that creates value for your business? The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni This book is all about the fascinating and complex world of teams. It explores the fundamental causes of organizational politics and team failure.

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Userpilot

APRIL 25, 2022

Function friction is primarily about users being blocked from reaching their product goals because of an error, poor UX, or other factors. Not all friction is bad. Friction logs can be created by the whole team. Not all friction is bad. Those logs will quickly drive out a roadmap of areas to improve. Source: Slack.

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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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Atlassian

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Creating a strong, cohesive team takes intention and planning. Researchers have been studying team dynamics for decades. There’s a significant body of knowledge about which organizational structures provide the best results given the circumstances, goals, and personalities involved in a team. 5-second summary.

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The Product HQ

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

This article provides you with various core skills beneficial to your search. They work with leaders and their own teams across organizations. TPMs must communicate strategies, roadmaps, and program issues with all key stakeholders. In doing so, they often act as leaders across teams. Well, you’re in the right place.

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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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Bain Public

MARCH 21, 2020

Paul Ortchanian recognized this inconsistency, and it sparked the creation of what is now known as Bain Public: a company dedicated to helping local companies make smart product decisions through an organizing principle for allocation of resources: the roadmap. Building Roadmaps. Transitionary Leadership.

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Userpilot

JUNE 26, 2023

Product metrics are critical for product growth managers to develop the right product strategies and drive continuous value for customers. Thus, this article will discuss the 5 essential types of product metrics for your SaaS business and how you can track them to achieve product growth. How to select the right metrics?

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Melissa Perri

MARCH 16, 2017

I head up a cross functional team and set the strategic direction of our product. Additionally, it has an international community of students who share great articles & provide alternate takes on issues that Product people deal with regularly. It's also helped me reverse some bad habits that are easy to fall into.

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Userpilot

OCTOBER 27, 2022

If you’re looking for answers to these questions, you're in the right place, as that's exactly what we're exploring in the article! Once you start developing a feature, you should also test it regularly. Next, use the right tool to collect the right information and use the data to inform new developments.

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