Roman Pichler
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
Listen to the audio version of this article: [link] Leading as the Person in Charge of the Product When you hear the term leadership , you might first and foremost think of a senior manager like the head of product, Director of Product Management, VP of Product, or Chief Product Officer.[
Mind the Product
APRIL 7, 2020
A longtime consultant, author and teacher, we grabbed him for a chat focusing on some of the lessons contained in his fourth book, How to Lead in Product Management. Roman’s new book is How to Lead in Product Management. Patrick Lencioni’s book, The 5 Dysfunctions of a Team. Quote of the Episode.
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Roman Pichler
SEPTEMBER 11, 2023
To effectively staff the product team, I recommend including the people shown in Figure 1. [1] 1] Figure 1: The Product Team Members Let’s look at the product team members in Figure 1 in more detail starting with the person in charge of the product. 3] Figure 3 illustrates the team’s ownership of the goals.
Roman Pichler
MAY 4, 2022
You need the stakeholders’ active contribution to progress the product and reach the product goals. As the Scrum product owner, you should therefore establish close and trustful connections with the key stakeholders, collaborate with them, and involve them in important product decisions on a regular basis.
Roman Pichler
JULY 6, 2021
If it’s hard for you to let go of being actively involved in managing a product or if you don’t find it rewarding to help and support a group of product people, then becoming a head of product is probably not right for you, at least not at this point in time. Grow Your Leadership Skills.
Roman Pichler
DECEMBER 1, 2020
It’s worthwhile to note that OKRs were originally invented by Andy Grove at Intel in the 1970ies to facilitate “ excellent execution ,” that is, to help people set hard, measurable goals and to be able to clearly determine if these have been met. Goals in Product Management. Capturing Product-related Goals as OKRs.
Roman Pichler
FEBRUARY 9, 2022
While the role is discussed in many books and articles, I find that it is still not always correctly understood. What’s more, it’s not uncommon in my experience that product owners have to do their job without the support of a Scrum Master or agile coach. The individual is not a product backlog manager or a user story writer.
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