Roman Pichler

MARCH 11, 2020

You rely on them to design, implement, market, sell, and support the product. They might have worked longer for the company, and they might be very influential and well connected. While guiding people can be challenging on its own, you also have to actively contribute to getting the product out of the door.

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Roman Pichler

MARCH 11, 2020

You rely on them to design, implement, market, sell, and support the product. They might have worked longer for the company, and they might be very influential and well connected. While guiding people can be challenging on its own, you also have to actively contribute to getting the product out of the door.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 30, 2023

This was the third conversation we were having about the product, an app that served our own company along with external customers. We went away from detailed, long-term, feature-committed roadmaps. But it’s not like we shut the product down. And we did not deprioritize their roadmap requests. We were at odds.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 8, 2023

A solid product strategy takes time to build. Here is the method I use for creating a product strategy that makes sense. When I talk to the startups I consult to , or with the CPO Bootcamp participants, I always say that building a solid product strategy isn’t like solving a math equation.

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Roman Pichler

JULY 20, 2016

Whenever you are faced with an agile, dynamic environment—be it that your product is young and is experiencing significant change or that the market is dynamic with new competitors or technologies introducing change, you should work with a goal-oriented product roadmap, sometimes also referred to as theme-based.

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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.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 11, 2023

So you have done your planning and now want to communicate your roadmap to management or to the team. Here is a template that will help you not only communicate your roadmap better but also build it the right way from the get-go. Photo by Tamil Vanan on Pexels You might have heard that I’m writing a book on product leadership.

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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.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 30, 2022

Roadmaps require massive prioritization. It’s nice, but there is a much higher level of prioritization that needs to happen and would impact your roadmap much more. The same happens with your roadmap. Your roadmap must serve the company’s (business) goals , and therefore that’s where you need to start.

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Startup product managers are responsible for all aspects of the product development cycle in early-stage companies. An enterprise product manager is normally responsible for delivering a specific aspect of a complex enterprise-level product. Managing the product roadmap. User journey map.

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Mind the Product

APRIL 6, 2020

Eighteen months ago travel tech company Almundo started to refine its processes to become a product-driven company. Our goal was to define how we would set and communicate the company strategy, and how that strategy would lead OKRs and backlog definition. It is the guiding principle for OKRs and roadmaps.

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Roman Pichler

JULY 5, 2022

A head of product is someone who manages a group of product people—individuals who look after one or more products and who may be called product manager or product owner. Be aware that there is no one right way to apply the head of product role or a golden standard for doing the job. Self-Leadership.

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Mironov Consulting

DECEMBER 5, 2023

We’re in the Silly Season: companies of all sizes are doing annual planning — intending to lock down 12 months of iron-clad commitments, non-negotiable delivery dates, major organizational changes, and accurate predictions of revenue.    (For fun, let’s call those things strategies.)

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Userpilot

DECEMBER 13, 2023

How do you develop a robust UX strategy? We also look at: What a UX design strategy is Why it’s important Its core principles and elements A practical example of a company with well-established UX strategies Let’s dive right in! Start designing your strategy by clarifying the business goals.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 9, 2023

.” — Howard Schultz Several years ago, I found myself in a heated discussion about product roadmaps with a client. The client, a mid-career senior executive from a Fortune 500 company, tended to challenge others. So as he leaned across the table and looked me in the eyes, he demanded, “Explain why I need a product roadmap.”

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Roman Pichler

JULY 6, 2021

Consequently, your focus shifts from managing a product to looking after the product people on your team and empowering them to do a great job. For instance, you might show the individuals how they can make effective strategic product decisions, create an actionable product roadmap, and effectively use the right KPIs.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

As a result, I’ve come to value 5 different aspects of product leadership. Aspects which are more on the human skills end of the spectrum and vastly different from being a Product Manager. Shift #1: A leader of leaders The two top things I’ve head people reply to the question “how do I move into Product Leadership?”

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ProductPlan

MARCH 23, 2023

If so, chances are you were working without the benefit of a concrete product strategy. Product strategy helps with feeling overwhelmed because it Helps your product team see how your product contributes to your company’s goals. Guides your product decisions. Their product strategy is reactive.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 15, 2019

3 Different Types of Roadmaps Every PM Needs to Master Roadmapping is not easy. Every company demands different types of Roadmaps, and every PM has their own flavour. Here is a step by step process to create roadmaps so you can influence anyone in your company like a true Jedi. So what is Product Roadmap?

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 16, 2022

When creating your roadmap, you need to consider what’s important to the company (not just to the product) and what is the best way to make progress across these multiple needs. What’s important to my company? These are the exact questions you need to ask when creating your roadmap.

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ProductPlan

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Even among experienced product professionals, a common misconception in business holds that product strategy and business strategy mean the same thing. Product professionals need to understand the distinction between business strategy vs. product strategy. A Closer Look at Each Strategy.

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ProductPlan

AUGUST 7, 2020

Working in startups and big technology companies, I’ve encountered one question more than most: “How do I make the switch from engineering to product management?”. So, what qualities does it take to become a product manager ? What differences lie in the company expectations? Who am I building for?, Watch them below.

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People-First Product Leadership

JUNE 11, 2023

Be Curious Not Judgmental: In my course People-First Product Leadership , I do just that - I share how to put people on your team first. How to Define Your Product Strategy You’re working through Marty Cagan’s pyramid or maybe you’re a fan of the Reforge Product Strategy Stack. Yep, twelve.

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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?

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Product Warrior

DECEMBER 7, 2022

This is the introduction to my 10-part series to help you execute and continuously improve your product strategy. Early in my career, around 2000, I was working for a 100-year-old company looking to make pioneering moves on this new-fangled thing called the Internet. The full series is listed below.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 15, 2022

that products always require roadmaps. My mentor and I started in our usual spot, talking start-ups, and new products in the healthcare industry. Do you think every company and product needs a roadmap?” Then I thought further; maybe complete scenarios exist where roadmaps aren’t needed.

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Bain Public

MAY 26, 2022

Roadmapping has become a political problem. Over the last decade, there has been advancements in the product world where the CEO is no longer the only one who calls the shots; now, there is a Product Leadership Team (PLT) who is supposed to work collaboratively with the product manager on defining the next set of features of a product.

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Mironov Consulting

MAY 20, 2019

In addition to my formal coaching of product leaders (Directors, VPs and CPOs who directly manage teams of product managers), I talk with lots of senior individual contributors about the risks and challenges of moving “up the ladder” into product leadership roles. So I have a strong sense of what product managers want.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Or as ordinary a day in a large company gets… during COVID. However, they are intended to guide and protect- to guide and protect the future of the product and the company. I’ve been a product leader for over a decade. I’ve reviewed roadmaps for hundreds of different products. Ken Blanchard. Why share now?

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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. Output-Based Planning. You can align on direction.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 8, 2018

Your roadmap is one of the most important things you’ll produce as a SaaS company. It provides a glimpse into the future of your product and aligns everyone around the same goals. Who will you share the roadmap with: Just employees, or customers too? And your roadmap should change with them. They change a lot.

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Roman Pichler

APRIL 19, 2017

Challenging situations are great opportunities to grow as a human being and by doing so, you increase your leadership power. You may want to combine reviewing the market development together with the product performance in form of regular strategy and roadmap review meetings (as I discuss in more detail in my book Strategize ).

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ProductPlan

JANUARY 21, 2021

That team’s collective work is often represented, at a high level, as features on the product roadmap. The work of a product designer, however, is distinct from their developer counterparts. Also, the role of product design in designing great user experiences is both tactical and strategic.

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bpma ProductHub

APRIL 10, 2017

By Garima Painuly- One of the constant challenges a product manager faces is creating a focused product roadmap that is aligned with expectations of all stakeholders, and defending that roadmap against distractions. The discussion topics were inspired by a blog post from Fresh Tilled Soil on Building a Product Roadmap.

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The Product HQ

MAY 10, 2024

You have to earn the necessary digital product management and lead skills and demonstrate them to potential employers with confidence. A product lead or the lead product manager is often an experienced senior professional who drives the product strategy, leading and supervising a product team.

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Bain Public

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Paul Ortchanian , President/CEO and Founder of Bain Public , will be leading an expert product workshop in collaboration with Centech , a world-class business incubator based in Montreal, Canada. At Bain Public, we understand the importance of being able to visualize a product’s ecosystem to align product strategies.

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Product Bookshelf

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Successful product companies prioritize outcomes over outputs. A strong product management role, product strategy, process, and organization support breaking free of measuring value by features released. Escaping the Build Trap: How Effective Product Management Creates Real Value by Melissa Perri.

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