The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The Critical Role of Product Strategy When Money Is Scarce (Part 1 — Seed) A good product strategy is something every company needs. Here is how a product strategy can help you create business results, even when the market is not in your favor. Product strategy is such a vague term for most people.

Product Strategy 119

Product Strategy Research Software Strategy User Testing 119

Product Innovation Educators

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

A four-layer framework to create a winning product strategy Today we are talking about creating product strategy. Bob is the author of the book Creative Strategy Generation. I first heard of Bob when he was the president of Sequent Learning, the product management training company.

Product Strategy 121

Product Strategy Strategy Weak Development Team Framework 121

The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

The Eight Core Elements of a Winning Product Strategy “The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do.”?—?Michael After what seemed like months of work, our product was emerging from stealth mode. No choices = no product strategy. The series of choices following a framework = the product strategy.

Product Strategy 136

Product Strategy Strategy User Testing Weak Development Team 136

The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

The Critical Role of Product Strategy When Money Is Scarce (Part 2 — Rounds A, B, and Later) When you start selling your product, you feel great, but that doesn’t last for too long. A product strategy is often the missing link that would convert your efforts into actual revenue. Here is how it works.

Product Strategy 130

Product Strategy Strategy User Testing Weak Development Team 130

The Product Coalition

JULY 27, 2021

How to differentiate and build a competitive advantage that you can sustain and defend over time Photo by Pavel Danilyuk from Pexels Creating your product strategy is hard work. When Apple created services like Apple Music, Apple Books, iCloud, and so on, it leveraged its vast number of devices to sell them.

Product Strategy 148

Product Strategy Strategy Differentiation Customer Feedback 148

The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The Critical Role of Product Strategy When Resources Are Limited (Part 2 — Rounds A, B, and Later) When you start selling your product, you feel great, but that doesn’t last for too long. A product strategy is often the missing link that would convert your efforts into actual revenue. Here is how it works.

Product Strategy 118

Product Strategy Strategy User Testing Weak Development Team 118

The Product Coalition

MARCH 4, 2024

Ultimately, the most important lesson is that managing your product roadmap isn’t about sticking rigidly to a set of rules. It’s about using those best practices as a starting point and then adapting them as you learn more about the needs of your product, team, and customers.

Roadmap 117

Roadmap Books User Testing Product Research 117

The Product Coalition

JULY 18, 2021

Creating a product strategy is almost never a matter of answering a few simple questions and figuring it out. Being very pragmatic, he hates stale discussions and so in almost every meeting we have, he keeps questioning the process that will lead us to the right product strategy. Sounds confusing? The primary reason W.

Product Strategy 186

Product Strategy Strategy Research Software Technical Review 186

Emerge Insights

JANUARY 4, 2023

Are you looking for the best books to read to become a successful digital product leader? Whether you’re a newbie in the field or a seasoned veteran, these top five books will help you master the art of digital product leadership.

Books 52

Books Leadership Product Strategy Strategy 52

The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

In this series, I look at what I wish I had known when I started as Head of Product… Summary Understanding strategy allows you to effectively delegate, motivate and align so you can move from a nice boss to an effective leader. There’s no separate ‘product strategy’ from company strategy?—?strategy

Weak Development Team 136

Weak Development Team Product Strategy Strategy Product Research 136

Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 14, 2021

And so, in 2014, he founded Productboard , a product management system that incorporates customer feedback and insights to help product teams build better products. And it boiled down to three key areas: product vision, product strategy, and product execution. I already mentioned the product vision.

Feedback Software 225

Feedback Software Research Software Analytic Tools Product Strategy 225

The Product Coalition

JULY 19, 2022

With Add ons, customers can add multiple products in the checkout flow, so it would be easy to manage and personalize their bundles in one place. For example, in the Airline industry, we can Add a hotel or rent a car at the checkout instead of booking them separately.

User Friction 134

User Friction Customer Experience User Testing Customer Feedback 134

Roman Pichler

MAY 10, 2016

Minimum Viable Product #1. Writing a book is a complex and at times challenging endeavour: it took me over two years to write and publish my latest book. At the same time, I wanted to test that the product would create enough value for its readers before writing the actual book. Minimum Viable Product #2.

Books 146

Books Product Research Feedback Software Workshop 146

Userpilot

JULY 9, 2021

What are the best product management books to add to your 2021 reading list? We’ve put together a list for you with a few staples from every product manager’s bookshelf and some new releases too. So read on for a quick summary of each book, who the author is, and key points, so you can pick a book for your next beach day.

Books 98

Books Research Software Feedback Software Analytic Tools 98

Mind the Product

MAY 12, 2021

In his new book, Product Direction: How to Build Successful Products at Scale with Strategy, Roadmaps, and Objectives and Key Results (OKRs), Xing Product Director Nacho Bassino details the parts of the job that any senior product person needs to master – but which are really difficult to learn before you’re responsible for them.

Product Strategy 101

Product Strategy Customer Experience Strategy Roadmap 101

Mind the Product

MAY 25, 2020

The post Book Excerpt: What Do We Do Now? By Randy Silver appeared first on Mind the Product. It quickly became clear that many people were dealing with the same basic questions. There was also a lot of confusion about how to move forward. As a result, I sat down [.].

Books 126

Books Product Strategy Strategy Product Management 126

Mind the Product

OCTOBER 21, 2019

A strong product strategy is often neglected because of the absence of any strategic thinking in product teams. What can product managers do to make sure they give their product strategy the attention it warrants? But today many, if not most, product teams fail this very first test. Sound familiar?

Product Strategy 139

Product Strategy Strategy Product Research User Testing 139

The Product Coalition

JUNE 13, 2021

Product strategy is one of the most important tasks of the product leader, and definitely one of the hardest things to do. This should be your first step into product strategy. Since product strategy is so hard, many companies simply skip it. in detail?—?which Make sure your paper works.

Vision 104

Vision Product Strategy Strategy User Friction 104

Roman Pichler

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

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]

Product Research 245

Product Research Product Management Product Manager Customer Experience 245

Business of Software Conference

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Book Review – Radical Product Thinking – Radhika Dutt. Radical Product Thinking , the new book by Radhika Dutt, is published 28 September and we are delighted and honored she will by joining us for BoS Conference Online Fall 27-29 September to share some of the key messages that the book shares.

Software Review 52

Software Review Books Vision Agile 52

Roman Pichler

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Let’s make this more concrete by looking at a popular product discovery tool, Teresa Torres’ Opportunity Solution Tree (OTS). [2] 2] Before I proceed, let me point out that I am neither a product discovery expert in the sense discussed below nor do I fully endorse the specific approaches created by Marty and Teresa.

Product Research 300

Product Research Product Strategy Strategy Research Software 300

Mind the Product

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

This week we invited Dave Martin and Andrea Saez, to share their insights from their book 'Product Momentum Gap, whilst also sharing wisdom on product strategy and providing customer value.

Customer Experience 188

Customer Experience Customer Feedback Books Product Strategy 188

Roman Pichler

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Goals in Product Management. As I explain in my book How to Lead in Product Management , setting the right goals is crucial to align stakeholders and development teams and to achieve product success. Does this mean that there is a natural fit between goals in product management and OKRs?

Product Management 379

Product Management Product Manager Management Management 379

BrainMates

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

And those that have not been able to adjust face being wiped out completely, no matter how amazing their Product(s) may have looked last year. Find more detail on the conversations you need to have and questions you need to ask, as well as links to a ton of useful resources, in Randy’s book, What Do We Do Now? So what do we do?

Product Strategy 83

Product Strategy Strategy Product Research User Testing 83

Product Innovation Educators

APRIL 11, 2022

His latest book is? A company with an ecosystem strategy has a wide lens perspective on doing a great job on their piece and knowing how other pieces come together. [16:10] 16:10] What does the title of your book Winning the Right Game mean? It’s a subtle play off the book Winning by Jack Welch, CEO of General Electric.

Strategy 91

Strategy Automotive Research Software Product Strategy 91

Amplitude

MARCH 11, 2020

Roadmapping is at the core of product strategy and product management. As a product person, and the VP of Product at Yesware , I’ve never come to fully embrace the discussion of what each team would deliver, in what sequence and within a long timeframe. Ensure that booked meetings actually occur.

Data Visualization 100

Data Visualization User Testing Product Strategy Product Research 100

The Product Cafe

APRIL 6, 2023

Read more This Week's Must-Read Book 📖 "The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers" by Ben Horowitz. With this update, we can bid farewell to the tedious process of returning items.

Product Strategy 52

Product Strategy Strategy User Testing Customer Feedback 52

Roman Pichler

MAY 4, 2022

Note that the term product team is used in different ways by different people—much like other product management expressions. Some fellow authors include the stakeholders, for instance, Steve Haines in his book The Product Manager’s Desk Reference , whereas others don’t, for example, Marty Cagan in his book Inspired.

Product Research 302

Product Research Agile User Testing Framework 302

ProductPlan

MARCH 23, 2020

Since releasing both a webinar and book on the impact of feature-less roadmaps on your product strategy recently, we’ve gotten a lot of questions about why we’re so hostile to including features on product roadmaps. Features have long been the basic unit of measurement that product development teams track.

Roadmap 65

Roadmap Product Strategy Strategy Reporting Tools 65

ProductPlan

APRIL 10, 2019

But shouldn’t the guiding document for the product strategy be more than just a set of ingredients? Since a product roadmap is often the defining document for encapsulating the execution of product strategy, it would be awfully nice if it also communicated the objectives of that strategy, but this is rarely the case.

Roadmap 64

Roadmap Product Strategy Strategy Customer Experience 64

Roman Pichler

AUGUST 17, 2021

Not tied to a solution : Despite its name, I recommend keeping the product vision free from assumptions about the actual product or solution. This allows you to pivot, to change the product strategy and the product while staying grounded in your vision. Who Owns the Product Vision?

Vision 324

Vision Customer Experience User Testing Product Strategy 324

Mind the Product

JUNE 28, 2021

Defining a product strategy and aligning its execution is one of the most challenging tasks for product leaders. In my book, Product Direction, I take a practical approach to solve this challenge based on artifacts and best practices, to define, link, and communicate your product strategy, to strategic roadmaps, and OKRs.

Product Strategy 167

Product Strategy Roadmap Books Strategy 167

BrainMates

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

And those that have not been able to adjust face being wiped out completely, no matter how amazing their Product(s) may have looked last year. Find more detail on the conversations you need to have and questions you need to ask, as well as links to a ton of useful resources, in Randy’s book, What Do We Do Now? So what do we do?

Product Strategy 52

Product Strategy Strategy Product Research User Testing 52

ProductPlan

MARCH 17, 2021

At its most basic level, a customer-led product strategy means that your customers are the top priority at all times. Product roadmaps are useful in planning and development and can be used to create alignment across the organization. Start with the product vision statement, then set out your goals and initiatives.

User Testing 66

User Testing Reporting Tools Data Visualization Customer Feedback 66

Emerge Insights

MARCH 24, 2021

I am excited to announce that my book ‘Alignment: Overcoming internal sabotage and digital product failure,’ has launched today, available on Amazon and Apple. I hope you’ll join me in celebrating this momentous occasion and order your copies today. Growing up in Silicon Valley at the onset of the digital evolution transformed my life.

Books 52

Books Product Strategy Leadership Strategy 52

Mind the Product

APRIL 13, 2021

When we talk about product strategy, we often go back to the double diamond approach: identify the problem that you need to solve, then work on creating & optimising a solution for it. There’s a similar approach to Product careers — first, we need to get the job, then we need to excel in it. [.]

Customer Experience 209

Customer Experience Analytic Tools Feedback Software Software Review 209

The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Photo by Barn Images on Unsplash Best 10+ Resources to awaken your strategic brain Books, articles, and strategy gurus As you climb the career ladder, you realize you need to allocate more time to strategic work and less to your well-known tactical tasks. Books My first go-to type of resource is books.

Differentiation 120

Differentiation Books Strategy Product Strategy 120