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. Of course not.

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Business of Software Conference

MAY 18, 2020

In Times of Scarcity, Clear Vision Beats Rapid Iteration – Guest blog post from Radhika Dutt. Radhika is co-Founder of Radical Product Thinking. She has been based in Singapore for the past two years, will be speaking at BoS Conference USA Online as well as running online product masterclasses in the lead up to the event.

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Mind the Product

MAY 31, 2019

In between we held sessions on Product Strategy and Product Principles, on Managing Product Portfolios, and on Developing Product Managers. On Day 2 we ran five all-day workshops for Product Managers at two venues in central Hamburg. Day 3: Conference. Having dinner with 7 strangers.

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Roman Pichler

OCTOBER 6, 2020

In order to answer the questions above, you may want to use techniques such as direct observation, user interviews, prototyping, creating a strategy canvas or E-R-R-C grid , and you may capture some of them using a tool like my product vision board.

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Business of Software Conference

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

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. Why do we need Radical Product Thinking? Get your Fall BoS Conference Ticket.

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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. This exchange unfolded over weak, black coffee in your typical, bland white-walled corporate conference room. Foster mutual understanding by painting a shared vision of the future and the results achieved.

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Userpilot

JULY 31, 2023

TL;DR The product marketing manager role (PMM) is primarily responsible for a product’s positioning, messaging, and branding. Glassdoor sets out that the average salary for a product marketing manager is just over $127k. Who is a product marketing manager? defining product features, setting product strategy ).

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Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 9, 2021

We had a group of new hires ready and excited to join Intercom the following Monday, expecting to meet lots of folks in the office, join brainstorming sessions in a conference room, and grab a nice cup of coffee or a cold beer at a local bar with their new teammates after work. Product demos . They are: . Core business learnings.

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The Product HQ

APRIL 20, 2024

That gives you the experience and expertise to get to the next level, where you start managing other product managers. Over time, potential product directors need to show an ability to lead the entire product team. On top of that, they need to show success in every product strategy they own.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Product Strategy. It’s not that they don’t describe some or all of the activities of product strategy, but in my experience, they are misplaced across the lifecycle phases instead of a distinct first phase. As a bridge between business strategy and product development, product strategy has one primary goal?—?creating

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Product Innovation Educators

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

PDMA invited me to their conference, which was in Orlando, Florida, to interview some of their speakers. The product manager needs to get the answers that are used for setting up the product strategy and for marketing and development, so we have clarity. Learn more about them at PDMA.org.

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The Product HQ

APRIL 20, 2024

This is because the products you manage incorporate different types of technologies, each one with its degree of complexity. Depending on the type of product you’re managing, its technology has an impact on how you craft both the product vision, its strategy, and its corresponding market research.

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Mind the Product

AUGUST 31, 2018

A roadmap is more about communicating your product strategy than it is about communicating features and dates. A roadmap also tells us how we will realize our product vision. A product roadmap is a prototype for your product strategy. Clear business objectives should flow from your product vision.

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ProductPlan

JANUARY 27, 2022

Whether it’s staying on the same page as the development team during a sprint or creating buy-in on the product strategy and roadmap, these solutions streamline communication, minimize confusion, and provide centralized repositories for crucial information. Moreover, they strengthen work relationships and facilitate alignment.

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Mind the Product

JUNE 14, 2019

This kind of serendipity is not a viable career strategy! It wouldn’t happen, because we all realise that serendipity is not a viable product strategy. Just as with a product, you should start with a vision. For our products, this might be “to create a world where anyone can belong anywhere” (AirBNB).

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Product Innovation Educators

JUNE 19, 2023

Our product team will share a product update, and most product updates will include a high level reminder of product strategy. Every quarter we do a detailed all-hands meeting about the product strategy. What is our current product strategy?

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ProductPlan

MARCH 5, 2021

Associate Product Manager. In terms of day-to-day work, associate product managers do everything a product manager does, but on a smaller scale. In other words, you may not set the product strategy or own the product roadmap , but you will set priorities for your projects. That they can lead by example.

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Mind the Product

OCTOBER 21, 2019

The Forgotten art of Product Strategy. Almost 20 years ago, Ben Horowitz wrote that good product teams know “the market, the product, the product line, and the competition well”, and this is just as true today as it was then. Becoming good at agile is not a strategy – it is a capability that should be built.

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BrainMates

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Brainmates shared our experience of holding our Product Talks digitally. Our Product Talks included panels on how to Product Manage in the time of COVID and how to deal with Product Strategy in the middle of a pandemic. Strong Product Leaders. Strong Product Leaders.

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svpg

MAY 2, 2016

Exactly a year ago I was invited to give a keynote at the Craft Conference in Budapest and I discussed the 10 biggest reasons why product teams fail. Product Vision and Strategy. The product vision must be inspiring. Strong technology people are drawn to an inspiring vision.

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ProductPlan

JANUARY 21, 2022

Whether it’s staying on the same page as the development team during a sprint or creating buy-in on the product strategy and roadmap, these solutions streamline communication, minimize confusion, and provide centralized repositories for crucial information. Moreover, they strengthen work relationships and facilitate alignment.

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The Product Guy

MAY 7, 2019

It is much better to think ahead and innovate to create products that fit into the bigger vision of the company. For example, a gantt chart of competitors’ products over time is a great visual way to analyze what features/products a competitor already has and what features they are likely to launch next.

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Mind the Product

JANUARY 9, 2020

However, be assured that everything reported from our forums here comes from the most forward-thinking people in the world of product.). Your vision and its supporting culture should, therefore, be very specific about who you want to employ and how you want to work. Discover our Exclusive events for Product Leaders.

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Intercom, Inc.

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Five years ago I wrote about how product strategy means saying no – you must ruthlessly protect your product from feature creep. . Saying no, however, is just one part of a successful product strategy. The meeting point of company and product strategy. Des: Welcome to Intercom on Product.

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ProductPlan

MARCH 5, 2021

Associate Product Manager. In terms of day-to-day work, associate product managers do everything a product manager does, but on a smaller scale. In other words, you may not set the product strategy or own the product roadmap , but you will set priorities for your projects. That they can lead by example.

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ProductPlan

JANUARY 5, 2023

For this reason, it’s the perfect time to align those with the product vision by conducting an annual planning session. While your product roadmap doesn’t need release dates on it, the upcoming year’s calendar should get surfaced during this process. In an ideal world, those dates wouldn’t impact when products ship.

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Tyner Blain

JULY 10, 2017

If that makes the most sense, given the objectives of the investment, strategy of the firm, and architectural vision, great. A jobs-to-be-done interview would uncover that the person was an accountant filing several pages of notes taken at a recent conference. Jobs to Be Done. Context of Design vs. Requirements.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Proceed With Caution During the early days at Dropbox, Drew Houston, the co-founder, and CEO of Dropbox was tasked by his board to hire a product manager. I do whatever needs to be done for the team to deliver successful products. He hired a librarian, hoping to make the team more organized and disciplined. Follow her here on Medium.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 18, 2019

The criteria I asked about in the survey were: Mission and vision of the new company or product: Do I believe in the mission of the company or product (why does the product exist?) Am I inspired by the vision and where the company or product is going? So I fielded a survey that can be found here.

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ProductPlan

JUNE 22, 2023

Traditionally, product managers have reported to either engineering or marketing leaders. This is especially true for companies where product didn’t have its own independent seat at the executive conference table. Three of the top four responses to the question “What is your biggest product management challenge?”

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Product Innovation Educators

JANUARY 13, 2020

Too often, we start with an idea for a product and build it without doing real market research. A marketer or market research department can do it, or you can do it yourself by writing some surveys in a survey tool or interviewing people at a conference. Bonus Questions: What do you enjoy doing as Chief Product Officer at Obo?

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BrainMates

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Brainmates shared our experience of holding our Product Talks digitally. Our Product Talks included panels on how to Product Manage in the time of COVID and how to deal with Product Strategy in the middle of a pandemic. Strong Product Leaders. Strong Product Leaders.

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Gainsight

MAY 13, 2020

This year’s Pulse, our annual conference, now Pulse Everywhere in 2020 due to the current pandemic, is our incredible chance to share with the world our continued path towards the most meaningful innovation in our industry. . We listen to the voice of the customer and it translates to many of our new products.

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Business of Software Conference

JULY 24, 2020

Of course, there is plenty more to talk about and we’re looking forward to spending time with Jason and David Heinemeier Hansson, neither of whom are short of opinions, to delve deeper at Business of Software Conference Online 21-23 September. How do you think about strategy and optionality at Basecamp? Upcoming Events.

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Amplitude

OCTOBER 14, 2020

These awards will celebrate Amplitude customers that are building the best product experiences, digital businesses, and data-informed teams. Winners will receive prizes including speaking opportunities at Amplify 2021 and free tickets to the Conference. The Product Impact Award. Nominations are now open.

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Mind the Product

OCTOBER 1, 2019

It’s something I’ve said in the past on conference stages, webinars, podcasts, Twitter, and elsewhere. I even wrote about it in my Mind the Product blog post, Lean Strategies for Maturing Products. A timeline on your product roadmap does just this, and that’s why you need to ditch them.

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Business of Software Conference

JULY 24, 2020

Of course, there is plenty more to talk about and we’re looking forward to spending time with Jason and David Heinemeier Hansson, neither of whom are short of opinions, to delve deeper at Business of Software Conference Online 21-23 September. I have some fundamental vision differences. Who is Jason Fried? Unsubscribe anytime.

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