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3 Empowerment Levels in Product Management

Roman Pichler

Listen to the audio version of this article: [link] Introduction To discuss empowerment in product management, I find it helpful to distinguish three main levels of decision-making authority, product delivery, product discovery, and product strategy, as the model in Figure 1 shows. [1] I certainly don’t intend to make anyone feel bad.

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How to Perform A Product Feature Analysis

Userpilot

This article aims to simplify feature analysis. Extract feature development insights. Involve cross-functional collaboration with the sales team, product team, engineering, and other relevant stakeholders. Product feature analysis is a powerful tool in the SaaS product manager’s arsenal. Review feature usage data.

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10 Product Roadmapping Mistakes to Avoid

Roman Pichler

Listen to the audio version of this article: [link]. But it has the following three drawbacks: A feature-based roadmap can give rise to and strengthen a feature-factory mindset where adding features is more important than creating value and making a positive impact on people’s lives and the business.

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Top 6 Product Positioning Examples to Inspire Your SaaS in 2022

Userpilot

In the competitive world of SaaS products, product positioning is definitely something your product marketing team can’t afford to ignore. Product positioning allows you to identify your market niche. What is product positioning? Why is product positioning important? Benefits of good product positioning.

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Six Common KPI Mistakes to Avoid

Roman Pichler

Listen to this article: [link]. While common sense suggests that managing a product without the right measurements is not a sensible approach, I’ve seen product teams who did not use any KPIs. Consequently, these teams relied on: Anecdotal feedback : “Customers love our product, they told me so.” 1 No Product KPIs.

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Common Product Vision Board Mistakes

Roman Pichler

A Brief Guide to this Article. This article assumes that you are familiar with the product vision board or the key elements of a product strategy : market, value proposition, standout features, and business goals. A good vision exercises pull—it describes a future state that people want to bring about.

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How to Mentor and Manage Your Junior Product Managers?

The Product Coalition

Not only does this help them develop their skills and expertise, but it also ensures that your team is constantly improving and growing. Having said so, in this article I‘d like to share my experiences and lessons learned. This will help your PM’s understand the way they should position themselves within the company.