The Secret PM Handbook

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

A properly constructed value proposition is extremely compelling to prospects. This is the classic framework from Geoffrey Moore’s Crossing the Chasm. The y-axis represents "ability to deliver," while the x-axis represents "completeness of vision." .” I’m sure you’ve heard this term. Mental Model Categories.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 3, 2021

The Concept Map Target Audience: Product Teams and Leadership Intent: Sharing Vision and presenting the concept for acceptance The concept map helps you illustrate and present, well, a concept. If you have an idea, and your intent is to explain it and its constructs, this is a beautiful way to do it. Always begin with the Big Reveal.

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Mind the Product

OCTOBER 21, 2019

First up, the framework fanatics. The Framework Fanatics. The product discipline is overrun with processes and frameworks. There’s nothing I like more than a great framework to simplify a problem and ease decision making, but product management is not painting by numbers. Your Product Vision. Emotional.

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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 6, 2018

As the head of content marketing at eFounders, I’ve come to rely on a loose framework to make these products talk, interact and connect with their users, each with their own, readily recognizable voice. Instead, the component parts of the “why” are the touchstones that help construct a narrative framework.

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Folding Burritos

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

Tying everything to a strong value proposition and vision is effectively the kind of thing that produces a cohesive product. The reason is that we often fail to be constructive and pedagogic; if we don’t try to change their mindset, we’re sentencing ourselves to be thought of as “those pesky Naysayers.”. Why do you think we need that?

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UX Planet

JANUARY 31, 2024

In this article, I want to share tips on creating the first version of a career progression framework that fits your team and company, and how to get the most out of it. Beyond project leadership, you must champion the design’s significance, shape a clear vision aligned with business goals, and uplift the team morale.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 28, 2022

The PM therefore needs to lead with vision, influence, empathy, EQ and collaboration. I’ve written about how to critique design constructively here ?—?PMs I try to be radically transparent around our prioritization framework (how we’re making decisions about what to work), our roadmap and trade-offs required.

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Mind the Product

JANUARY 6, 2020

There are three key concepts that serve as the foundation of everything we do as product managers: Vision: The end goal we aim to achieve. Strategy: Doing the right things to realize our vision. It’s important to remember that AI is a tactic that can be used to solve specific problems rather than a strategy or vision.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 31, 2021

Within Autodesk Construction Solutions (ACS), PMs are responsible for their individual product areas. Or is there a big gap between product visions that needs a coherent narrative? A lot of PMs skip the strategic framework. The product vision is the high level, inspiring description for where the product can go.

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Sachin Rekhi

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

Shift your individual focus from design and execution to vision and strategy. The way I think about product management is it boils down to driving the vision, strategy, design, and execution of a product area. Doing this right means a lot more than simply supporting your team. Create a strong system of accountability.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 24, 2021

They lead their teams, building excitement on a product vision, roadmap, and features. I moved to Autodesk in 2018, by way of the acquisition of PlanGrid, a construction productivity software solution. I hope that the frameworks and examples help and guide you in your own journey towards becoming a Product Leader.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

JULY 1, 2020

Learn a framework for quickly pitching a new product idea, and enhance your career! At this point inexperienced product managers are ready to walk out, but I give them a framework in order to structure the discussion. The framework I suggest to candidates is this: 1. Product vision statement 5. Pain points 2. Features 6.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 6, 2023

Shared Vision: Establish a shared vision and purpose for the team. Regular Feedback: Provide regular feedback and constructive criticism to help team members grow and improve. In conclusion, product development stages are a crucial framework that guides the journey from idea to market-ready product.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

The leadership team finally agreed on the vision. The series of choices following a framework = the product strategy. As I considered the merits of each possible option to build a user base, I weighed them against the product strategy framework, the pros/cons, coherence, and value. The north star was clear?—?enabling

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 8, 2019

The leader must have a clear product vision and be able to sell it to the team successfully. The Wu-Tang Clan’s success came from the RZA ’s vision to bring a team of remarkable emcees together. In the beginning, members are not yet united under one vision, but that vision is necessary for the long-term success of any team.

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Roman Pichler

MAY 11, 2021

In Scrum—the framework that gave birth to the product owner—the role is responsible for maximising the value a product creates for the users and for the business. Consequently, a Scrum product owner should own a product in its entirety—from the product vision to the product details.

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Userpilot

JULY 17, 2024

But, they are different from the product vision. Use the JTBD framework and develop a product-thinking mindset for it. Build an internal product roadmap, have a vision for your product , and use frameworks like RICE. That said, product principles are different from company vision and product goals.

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ProductPlan

JUNE 8, 2021

After reading a blog or a book or attending a conference or talk on product management, I’m always excited to try out the new processes and frameworks I’ve learned about. Aside from generating revenue, it’s also important to check if the solution aligns with the business’s direction, vision, and values.

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Mind the Product

JULY 10, 2017

Whether you search Google, filter Upwork or gather recommendations, the framework for vetting dev shops is more or less the same: Create a list of potential partners. If you transfer your product vision, share customer success stories and get to know the people behind your outsourcing company then they will open up and be very thankful.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

On the other hand, the Scrum Master theses also cover, for example, the relationship with the Product Owner, they deal with agile metrics, and how to kick-off an agile transition, thus moving beyond the original framework of the Scrum Guide. Product discovery using the Design Thinking, Lean Startup, or Lean UX frameworks help.

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UX Planet

JUNE 14, 2024

Aligning with Netflix’s goals: I refined the product vision to ensure it supports Netflix’s core objectives. Implementation frameworks: I proposed different frameworks for integrating comments seamlessly into the platform. Community Guidelines: Implement clear rules for respectful and constructive communication.

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Product Management University

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Before we answer that question, let’s look at the basic constructs of a market strategy and how it compares to a product strategy. This is where product vision and a 1-3 year strategic roadmap become critical to your market strategy. Should each product have a long-term vision and plans with accompanying priorities?

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

JANUARY 15, 2021

How to Answer Product Design Questions While we do not recommend heavily relying on one particular framework when answering PM questions, they can help establish an initial structure for your answer. One that we find very helpful is the broad, then deep framework. For more information be sure to watch our video on the product vision.

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ProductPlan

APRIL 6, 2020

First, it keeps the product vision front-and-center. It connects the dots between the daily tasks and projects people work on with the big picture vision for the product and the company. Creating a dedicated workspace helps construct an environment better suited to maintaining your train of thought.

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BrainMates

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Up until now, Product Leaders have had to rely on the approaches and frameworks designed specifically for Product Managers or use generic leadership practices which don’t necessarily cover the unique leadership challenges Product Leaders experience. The 7 key practices of PALM. Self-awareness. Strategising and planning.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 10, 2018

There are a number of ways the formula can be constructed to best highlight what your levers or benchmarks are on the way to your top-line goal. In design sprints at GOGOVAN, we use the HEART framework along with the Goals-Signal-Metrics process to help make clear to everyone how we translated values for users to metrics for progress.

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ProductPlan

JULY 1, 2021

Define and articulate a vision. I do this to create the best chances for a successful interaction by acknowledging their feelings and speaking to them constructively. Using a purpose-built roadmapping tool is the answer to keeping everything organized and a clear vision to stakeholders. It’s all about people.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 6, 2019

I love constructive debate, I love real-time reflection. Equally, do they just fully change course and forget to constructively engage to understand the counter point? Do they ask a ton of questions about how you operate and what the product really does to impact its users? These tell you the person cares about the output.

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Usersnap

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Product Manager VS Product Owner: A Side-By-Side Role and Responsibility Comparison The Scrum Framework and How It Is Associated With Product Owners and Product Managers Can a Product Owner Also Be a Product Manager? The product manager’s role is about the business’s vision for the product, primarily on the market and customer feedback.

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UX Planet

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

link] On the one hand, CLA is a framework used for guiding the research of a complex problem; on the other hand, it provides a space for creating visions of an alternative future. Leverage points In her famous text “ Leverage points ” Donella Meadows suggested a framework for intervention strategy.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 3, 2018

In my post today, I won’t attempt to show you exactly how to make the perfect Product Roadmap (mainly because I don’t believe such a thing exists), but rather the thought framework that I typically use when I’m creating a Product Roadmap. This is the big ‘vision’ question, aka boiled down to “Why are we doing this?”

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 18, 2018

Different ways of thinking in the workplace Working with somebody that sees things in a very different way than you do must be taken as a constructive challenge, not as an issue. Key success factors for collaboration between designers and product teams Working (actually) lean The Lean UX Framework Working lean means you will have cycles.

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Bain Public

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

They use unconventional ways to spread the vision and have the ability to keep cool under pressure with tight deadlines. The key is using the right decision-making framework. They verify if the feature will be a monetizable market opportunity: Does it fit the vision? And why should companies care about investing in them?

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 21, 2019

Through these failures, I’ve come up with a framework for defining, layering, and communicating an effective product strategy that can close the gap between strategy and execution. It should also be noted that Strategy in and of itself is not the end-all be all defining framework of a company. engineers and designers for the most part.

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eG Innovations

JUNE 9, 2022

These frameworks include networking, servers, data storage, and so on. As such, we have constructed our product to work within the new normal of IaC. As demand fluctuates to maintain key metrics such as application response times, frameworks like Kubernetes are leveraged to spin up new infrastructure (e.g.,

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The Product HQ

MAY 10, 2024

In the conceptualization phase, product managers must identify the vision, mission, and requirements that will condition how a team builds out a product. On one hand, this entails coming up with possible design concepts that capture the vision, mission, and goals of a given product. Sharpen your data collection and analytical skills.

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BrainMates

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Up until now, Product Leaders have had to rely on the approaches and frameworks designed specifically for Product Managers or use generic leadership practices which don’t necessarily cover the unique leadership challenges Product Leaders experience. The 7 key practices of PALM. Self-awareness. Strategising and planning.

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