Roman Pichler

APRIL 1, 2020

While I really appreciate this entrepreneurial aspect of our work, it can bring up tension, stress, and frustration when we are trying to progress our products towards agreed goals but are in danger of missing them, be it a sprint goal , product goal on the roadmap , or a strategic user or business goal.

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

How do product management and marketing teams work together to build successful products? TL;DR Product managers define the overall product direction and oversee the entire product lifecycle. Product marketing, on the other hand, promotes the product to the outside world.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 19, 2021

The first product manager in a startup is a critical role with immense impact on the startup’s success?—?both Photo by Tolga Ulkan on Unsplash When I joined Twiggle as their first VP Product I was the thirteenth employee. Shortly after I started, the CEO surprised me by saying I should hire a product manager.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Userpilot is a product growth platform that enables teams to collect feature requests , run surveys, and carry out experiments. Book the demo to find out more! A weighted scoring model is a technique that enables product and project managers to make informed and objective prioritization decisions. A roadmap in Miro.

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Roman Pichler

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

You can avoid these drawbacks by using a different roadmap type: a goal-oriented or outcome-based product roadmap. As its name suggests, this roadmap focuses on product goals and outcomes, such as acquiring customers, increasing engagement, and future-proofing the product by removing technical debt.

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Roman Pichler

MAY 4, 2022

But what Scrum lacks in my mind, is a way to involve the key stakeholders in strategic product decisions and the product discovery work. That’s understandable, as the framework is focused on the development of complex products. You need the stakeholders’ active contribution to progress the product and reach the product goals.

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Userpilot

JULY 18, 2023

It takes a fair bit of effort and time to keep up with the constant innovation in the product management software space. The tools are constantly evolving and changing their pricing plans, so it may be difficult to ensure that your product team is using the right tools and getting the best value for the money.

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Roman Pichler

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

For example, a product manager might determine the product strategy and one or more development teams might be tasked with executing it. For example, the market segment you have chosen might be too big and heterogenous , the value proposition might not be compelling enough , or the business goals might not be feasible.

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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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Userpilot

APRIL 6, 2023

Overengineered products are difficult to use, filled with bugs, and instead of improving your users’ lives, they make them unnecessarily complicated. In this article, we look at different ways for product managers to avoid falling into the overengineering trap. Book the demo! But worry not! What is overengineering?

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Userpilot

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

What is product optimization? Is it the same as product discovery? How should product managers go about optimizing their products? What are the best product optimization practices? Use user behavior and product usage data to choose your optimization goals. Book the demo! Want to see how?

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Roman Pichler

MARCH 9, 2021

Product Goals Defined. 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. Figure 1: The Product Goal in Context.

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Userpilot

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

In this article, we look at 13 different ways to collect feedback that product managers can leverage to gain a deep understanding of customer needs and make informed product decisions. If you want to see how you can collect different types of customer feedback with Userpilot, book the demo! Let’s dive right into it!

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Userpilot

APRIL 25, 2022

Are you using a friction log to track and prioritize what to improve in your product? In this guide, our aim is to help savvy product managers understand what friction logs are, where you might use them, and how to create them. Product friction describes anything that causes your users difficulty. Let’s dive in!

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Userpilot

JULY 8, 2021

Product manager courses are everywhere. Product management is one of the most diverse disciplines and requires an extremely broad set of skills. Additionally, the product manager role drastically changes with your seniority. Beginner product manager. Mid-career product manager.

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Roman Pichler

JUNE 19, 2017

You should also investigate why you find it hard to let go and trust the team to do a good job: Are you anxious to meet an ambitious product goal? Do you doubt the team’s ability to meet the sprint goal? In the book Agile Project Management with Scrum , the meeting is changed to allow product owners to contribute (see pp.

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Roman Pichler

JULY 6, 2021

Ensure that Your Core Product Management Skills are Strong. To be able to guide, mentor, and coach other product people, you should ensure that your own product management “hard” skills are strong and that you don’t have any major gaps in your product management knowledge.

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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.

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Userpilot

JUNE 20, 2022

Anyone even remotely involved in product management will tell you that! In this article, we’ll explain what A/B testing is, why it matters for product managers, and how product teams should plan and run a test. What is A/B testing in product management? A/B testing in product management use cases.

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Bain Public

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Who is the face behind Timechain’s innovative product management? Meet Mario Munoz, the Product Manager at Timechain. 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.

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Roman Pichler

MARCH 9, 2021

Product Goals Defined. 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. Figure 1: The Product Goal in Context.

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Userpilot

OCTOBER 26, 2022

When do you need it and how does it help product managers build better products? Impact mapping is a collaborative strategic planning technique used by product managers, product owners , and senior technical leadership, who work mostly in Agile software delivery. Book the demo ! Ready to dive in?

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Roman Pichler

JUNE 1, 2020

Involve people in product decisions but don’t make the mistake of trying to please them. Increase your product management expertise. Collaboratively set goals , for example, user and business goals on the product strategy and product goals on the product roadmap.

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Userpilot

JUNE 20, 2023

Why is product idea validation important? As a product manager, how can you effectively validate ideas and build a successful product that delights users? TL;DR Product idea validation is a process during which product teams test and tweak the product concept to ensure it satisfies a real market need.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 13, 2023

To see how Userpilot can help you make informed prioritization decisions, book the demo! A feature prioritization matrix is a product management tool that helps teams decide what features to develop next. Why should product managers use a prioritization framework? Product vision. 2 Overall – 1.2/2=0.6

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Mironov Consulting

JANUARY 24, 2024

  This is a recipe for failure: there are no generic product strategies or corporate strategies , and IMHO therefore no context-free prioritization models, metrics, or product goals.  There are lots of books/sources with deep dives into corporate strategy that I won’t duplicate here.    Etc. 

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Userpilot

JUNE 12, 2023

Any savvy product manager should have a rock-solid understanding of goal-oriented user onboarding. If you want to brush up on your knowledge of the onboarding process – and how you can keep users engaged and achieving their goals throughout – you’ve come to the right place! Let’s get started.

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Userpilot

JUNE 26, 2023

Choosing the right feature request prioritization framework enables product teams to make informed decisions and deliver the maximum customer value possible, especially when resources are limited. They can also help product managers secure key stakeholder buy-in. Some of them include: The stage in the product management process.

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Roman Pichler

JULY 6, 2021

Ensure that Your Core Product Management Skills are Strong. To be able to guide, mentor, and coach other product people, you should ensure that your own product management “hard” skills are strong and that you don’t have any major gaps in your product management knowledge.

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Userpilot

MARCH 27, 2023

How can product analytics help product managers create better digital products and more satisfying user experiences? We start by looking at different kinds of analyses and the metrics to track and then explore some practical ways of using each of them to drive various product goals. Book the demo!

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Bain Public

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

In this 30-min demo, we’ll dive deeper into how our SOAP™ methodology and tool can help you achieve your product goals. Book your 30-min SOAP™ Demo now ?.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 30, 2020

I’d like to share a few product management insights from Synch, a company I co-founded in 2017, to help entrepreneurs who are launching new marketplaces. Even though the article is intended for entrepreneurs, it could also provide fundamental insights to product managers who are tasked to improve metrics in a marketplace.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 24, 2021

You can still have departmental goals, but they need to be secondary to the goals that drive the results the company wants to achieve. Mistake #2: Creating Objectives That Are Efforts and Not Outcomes Now that we have established that product goals are about the product and not about product management, what should these goals be?

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Userpilot

MARCH 29, 2023

Userpilot is a product onboarding tool with user feedback and analytics features. It enables product managers and product marketing managers to act on the insights by engaging users with in-app personalized messages. Without it, product managers would have to rely on anecdotal data, hunches, or luck.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Chapter 14/17: How to Prioritize Product Features ? Managing Product Backlog ] [ Next : Chapter 15 -Managing Product Development ] [Back to?—? Product Management 101 ] Your Product Backlog list seems endless as the contribution comes from so many different sources?—?internal Won’t have?—?

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Userpilot

DECEMBER 21, 2022

How relevant is it to SaaS product management ? The Frequency score depends on how often the user engages with a product or feature. The RFM analysis can help product managers identify the features that bring the most value and prioritize their development in the future. Book the demo! What is RFM analysis?

Analytic Tools 98

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Does your organization really need such a role if you already have a product manager ? The product launch manager coordinates the work of cross-functional teams and supports the product manager during product launches. Book the demo! What is a product launch manager?

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