Roman Pichler

MARCH 9, 2022

Listen to this article: [link]. An inspiring vision creates a meaningful purpose for everyone involved in making the product a success including the stakeholders and development team members. See my article Making Effective Product Decisions for more advice on how to decide together with stakeholders and dev teams.).

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People-First Product Leadership

JUNE 11, 2023

Yet the principles he espoused are and apply directly to today’s working environment - especially for manager’s seeking to create top performing product teams. Today’s articles explore these themes. I enjoyed this article partly because it was ironic. Now you’re ready to tackle the product strategy.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 23, 2023

One of the first things you should do in your new role is to take stock of the current state of the product and its market, which means getting to know your team, customers, and competitors and analyzing any available data on product performance and market trends.

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Roman Pichler

JULY 6, 2021

Consequently, your focus shifts from managing a product to looking after the product people on your team and empowering them to do a great job. For instance, you might show the individuals how they can make effective strategic product decisions, create an actionable product roadmap, and effectively use the right KPIs.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

As a result, I’ve come to value 5 different aspects of product leadership. Aspects which are more on the human skills end of the spectrum and vastly different from being a Product Manager. Shift #1: A leader of leaders The two top things I’ve head people reply to the question “how do I move into Product Leadership?”

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Roman Pichler

JUNE 7, 2022

Listen to this article: [link]. 1 No Product KPIs. The value the product should create is not clearly understood : A validated product strategy and an actionable product roadmap are missing. A powerful stakeholder or line manager determines the KPIs —not the person in charge of the product.

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Product Warrior

DECEMBER 7, 2022

This is the introduction to my 10-part series to help you execute and continuously improve your product strategy. After explaining to board members we could not acquire the Internet, I quickly learned to execute product strategy fast. We must focus on learning velocity and continuous improvement.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 16, 2022

When creating your roadmap, you need to consider what’s important to the company (not just to the product) and what is the best way to make progress across these multiple needs. These are the exact questions you need to ask when creating your roadmap. In startups, it is actually the company roadmap.

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Roman Pichler

MAY 4, 2022

Listen to this article: [link]. 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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Bain Public

MAY 26, 2022

Roadmapping has become a political problem. Over the last decade, there has been advancements in the product world where the CEO is no longer the only one who calls the shots; now, there is a Product Leadership Team (PLT) who is supposed to work collaboratively with the product manager on defining the next set of features of a product.

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Roman Pichler

AUGUST 16, 2022

Listen to this article: [link]. Imagine that John is a sales rep and a key stakeholder who hardly ever attends the product strategy workshops you’ve invited him to. Instead, he requests product roadmap changes by talking directly to you. First, empathy is the foundation for effective leadership.

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Roman Pichler

APRIL 5, 2022

Listen to this article: [link]. 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. 1 Set an Objective.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 15, 2022

that products always require roadmaps. My mentor and I started in our usual spot, talking start-ups, and new products in the healthcare industry. Do you think every company and product needs a roadmap?” Then I thought further; maybe complete scenarios exist where roadmaps aren’t needed. An hour flew by.

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Roman Pichler

JUNE 1, 2020

A stakeholder is anyone who has a stake in your product, who is affected by it, or who shows an interest in the offering. While this definition includes users and customers, I use the term in this article to refer to the internal business stakeholders. Involve the Stakeholders in Important Product Decisions. Build Trust.

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Bain Public

MARCH 14, 2022

Product-led cultures elevate products to the highest levels of the company’s mission. But unfortunately, in many companies, the product leadership team can perpetuate a negative culture — setting up product managers to fail. In essence, the product leadership team are those with influence on the product roadmap.

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Roman Pichler

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Figure 2 contains a set of cascading goals: vision, user and business goals, product goals, and sprint goals. The vision guides the user and business goals, which are contained in the product strategy. The user and business goals help select the right product goals, which I capture on the product roadmap.

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Roman Pichler

JULY 6, 2021

Listen to this article: [link]. Be Prepared to Look after People, Not Products. When you become a head of product, you move into a line management position. Consequently, your focus shifts from managing a product to looking after the product people on your team and empowering them to do a great job.

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The Product Manager Coach Blog

MAY 7, 2024

These titles may sound similar, but they encompass different levels of organizational expertise and leadership. In this article, I will review the differences between the Staff Product Manager and the Senior Product Manager roles, helping you gain clarity and make an informed decision about your career path.

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Roadmunk

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

Throughout my career as both a product manager and startup founder, there’s been one severely underrated skill I credit for much of my success—and that’s reading. I’m constantly consuming articles on product management, product culture, startups and entrepreneurship to bolster my career as a product person and leader.

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Bain Public

JUNE 16, 2021

Paul’s unique experience brings together the necessity of great engineering and the beauty of product strategy. With this, he has identified an actionable process that enables him to offer concrete messages about product management and operations. Session Information. About NEXT AI.

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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. You may be an entrepreneur creating SaaS platforms or a product manager for an enterprise. Here are the top 33 most amazing product management articles in no specific order.

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The Product Guy

AUGUST 1, 2017

A product leader not only has to manage products but also to guide and direct the overall product strategy and team, and ensure that products are delivered to market. A new leadership role is also a good opportunity to assess and evaluate whether you have the right skill sets and resource capacity in your team.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 19, 2022

Once the product-based revenue potential is rolled up across the portfolio, an enterprise number emerges to share with leadership. Of course, that product-driven revenue potential will be negotiated with leadership. In following this approach, you are taking an important and impactful step toward product-centricity.

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Userpilot

JULY 13, 2022

Do you follow any product manager blogs? Would you like to discover new ones that will give you valuable insights into product management ? In our article, we introduce 20 of our favorite product manager blogs that every product pro should follow, regardless of their experience. If yes, you are in the right place!

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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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ProductPlan

JULY 2, 2021

Our library of content helps thousands upon thousands of product people every month continue their education and understanding of the product space, thought-leadership, best practices, and trends, all for free. Similar to Google Search, you can search for anything product management-related. The Product Strategy Playbook.

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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. Product vision depicts the future the product aims to create and is used to inspire teams and customers.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

To be a kick-ass product manager , you need a very diverse skill set. 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. Product manager skills: user path analysis. This comes with a lot of experience.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 16, 2023

My personal passion is to bring back this very important dimension into product management and leadership. In today’s article I have summarized the three most important mindset changes that you need to make in order to be able to change your actions accordingly. Job titles generally reflect that distinction but not always.

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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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Product Innovation Educators

APRIL 17, 2023

Paul acquired the breadth of experience through his leadership roles at San Francisco Bay Area startups and high-growth companies. He helps rapidly scaling early-stage startups craft their Product Strategy and everything related to it. I eventually got fired as a product manager. Not really.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 29, 2023

Product management is equal parts art and science – and it’s vital to the success of your SaaS. Product teams need to have a combination of hard and soft skills to succeed: technical knowledge , communication, leadership, strategic thinking, and empathy. The product strategy should be based on the product vision.

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Bain Public

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Product managers play an important role in steering leadership to evolve the product strategy and corresponding tactics. Companies that are neglecting to take large roadmap bets to competitively capture markets, industries, and geographies will find that this recession will make gaps insurmountable.

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Roman Pichler

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Listen to this article: [link]. Figure 2 contains a set of cascading goals: vision, user and business goals, product goals, and sprint goals. The vision guides the user and business goals, which are contained in the product strategy. A product goal, finally, helps determine the right sprint goals.

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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. Let’s dive deeper!

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 31, 2023

As you might have noticed from reading this blog, I share many stories related to my personal relationships as a means to talk about product leadership. Often it’s because so much of product leadership is about relationships. Keeping an Objective Eye on the Marke Do people really need your product?

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Bain Public

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

His job is to not only create and maintain a product roadmap according to the business ROI, but also lead the quarterly roadmap prioritization and help with development and go to market efforts. This helps him outline their challenges and present them to the leadership team so the product can continue to improve.

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