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10 Product Roadmapping Mistakes to Avoid

Roman Pichler

1 The Product Roadmap is a Feature-based Plan. Traditional product roadmaps are usually output-focussed plans that map a list of features, like registration, search, and reporting, onto a timeline. Such a roadmap essentially states when a piece of functionality will be delivered. I don’t think so.

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OKRs in Product Management

Roman Pichler

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.

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The Product Strategy Cycle

Roman Pichler

Based on this insight, I have come up with the product strategy cycle shown in the picture below. It’s a model of an iterative process that systematically links the product strategy with the product roadmap , the product backlog , the development work, and the key performance indicators (KPIs).

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Product in Practice: Introducing Opportunity Solution Trees at Texthelp

Product Talk

If you’ve been at your company for a while, you might get inspired after reading a book or attending a conference. And if you’re really excited about an idea, you might look for opportunities to share it outside your company with the broader product community. There are all kinds of ways to introduce continuous discovery habits.

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Product Teams in Scrum

Roman Pichler

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.

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Decoding Product Leadership

Roman Pichler

Consequently, a product manager and a Scrum product owner are leaders, too. They guide the stakeholders , development teams, and in the case of large products, other product people, to meet the agreed product goals , create the desired outcomes, and achieve product success, as Figure 1 shows.

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OKRs and Product Roadmaps

Roman Pichler

What are Product Roadmaps? A product roadmap is an actionable plan that describes how a product is likely to evolve. [3] Fortunately, in the last ten years, outcome-based, goal-oriented roadmaps have become more popular. Let’s take a quick look at the roadmap’s five elements. and Android 14.0.

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