The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Side Note: Asking why and how a roadmap was constructed in a certain way also makes a great product manager interview question. When reviewing a roadmap with the product team, there are six points I always look for. Strategy —  Is there a clear strategy behind the product and the roadmap?

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Dear Strategy

MAY 26, 2020

On this episode of Dear Strategy, we answer the following question…. Dear Strategy: “What are the key elements to have in a successful strategy for a non-core product? The key to this answer has to do with the way you choose to define what a “non-core product” is. And what things should we avoid?”. Problem solved.

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Roman Pichler

MARCH 11, 2020

Unlike a line manager, you usually don’t manage the development team and stakeholders as the person in charge of the product, and the individuals don’t report to you. You rely on them to design, implement, market, sell, and support the product. Consequently, do not neglect the product discovery and strategy work.

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Roman Pichler

MARCH 11, 2020

Unlike a line manager, you usually don’t manage the development team and stakeholders as the person in charge of the product, and the individuals don’t report to you. You rely on them to design, implement, market, sell, and support the product. Consequently, do not neglect the product discovery and strategy work.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 30, 2023

That’s how budgets were constructed up until this year. We shifted from functional and feature budgeting to portfolio and product budgeting. Unlike featured-based roadmaps, which focus on the delivery and output of capabilities, outcomes-oriented roadmaps prioritize desired outcomes or results — a key element of product strategy.

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Bain Public

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Paul Ortchanian, CEO of Bain Public The SOAP™ approach uses product mission, product blueprint and roadmap pillars to create knowledge and build product strategies that add value, respect stakeholders' opinions while getting teams' buy-in optimizing product delivery through iterative releases.

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Product Innovation Educators

JULY 19, 2021

Education, academics, and financial services lead the way in transitioning to remote work, while food service, retail, and construction were the lowest adopters. 10:03] Importance of strategy. Organizations with a clear view of their strategy found it easier to successfully pivot during the pandemic. This year,

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Roman Pichler

JUNE 6, 2023

Pete, the marketer, agreed to rework the marketing strategy to support the next major release. Cindy who helps you manage the product started to come late to meetings. Cindy who helps you manage the product started to come late to meetings. On the positive side, when done correctly, it will not only remove the problems.

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The Product Guy

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

Guest Post by: Lee Atkins (Mentee, Session 7, The Product Mentor) [Paired with Mentor, Jordan Bergtraum]. Truly understanding your customers and finding ways to improve your product is an overwhelmingly daunting task. One method that Product Managers are turning too is the Customer Advisory Board. Setting it up. Not locked in.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

While browsing one of the online communities I am part of, someone commented that outcome-based roadmaps were just ‘regular roadmaps’ anyway, and that: “… Any product manager that knows what they’re doing doesn’t need outcome-based roadmaps. Measurable outcomes in product roadmaps help you understand progress and continuously learn.

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UX Planet

DECEMBER 19, 2023

I’m at a point in my career, where I’ve been fortunate enough to have shipped quite a few brand new products/applications, and also have been involved in quite a few redesign endeavors, for products that had been either “shelved/backlogged” or been in the market for a considerable amount of time (and in dire need of a full “re-engineering” process).

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 11, 2023

See if you can identify more such customers within the ones in your pipeline and if your assumptions about them being most suitable for the product continue to provide positive signals. In other words, are there many more like them that you can sell to, assuming your product is most suitable for them?

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ProductPlan

MARCH 28, 2019

Today’s article is all about product management turnover, what causes it, and how to prevent it. When a product manager exits, it can derail major aspects of your product strategy due to their integral role and unique perspective on things. Are you providing constructive feedback and praise?

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BrainMates

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Product Leaders need to understand their role, learn not to overcommit and not to de-prioritise leadership, especially when pressed for time. A well thought out and shared vision and strategy provides the baseline for all further activities. There are a number of useful, tried and tested tools to develop a Product Strategy (e.g.

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Mironov Consulting

JUNE 27, 2019

Here are four sets of challenges that are different from managing individual products: [1] Designing, Building, and Nurturing a Product Team. [2] 2] Driving Strategy, Tooling and Outcomes. [3] 1] Designing, Building, and Nurturing a Product Team. See Melissa Perri’s product kata ). Hiring strategy.

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Bain Public

APRIL 15, 2018

And as a product leader gets more senior, the need to clearly define the product strategy intensifies. In Alpha’s Product Management Insights study of more than 150 digital product managers, 32% percent said that their biggest wish in the coming year was a clearer product roadmap / strategy.

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Bain Public

MARCH 20, 2021

Isn’t it better to spend time and money on getting the product into production? Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat." - Sun Tzu. To avoid failure, you need to be asking these significant questions: Exactly what product will sell?

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BrainMates

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Product Leaders need to understand their role, learn not to overcommit and not to de-prioritise leadership, especially when pressed for time. A well thought out and shared vision and strategy provides the baseline for all further activities. There are a number of useful, tried and tested tools to develop a Product Strategy (e.g.

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Folding Burritos

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

Most likely, you even found yourself in this position right from the get-go; you probably didn’t cause this. Naturally, this is extremely frustrating; you know it’s the pathway to a disconnected and incoherent product. I talked to him about this other idea I had, and look, it got released last week.” Soon after, an email arrives.

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Mironov Consulting

JANUARY 17, 2019

Many CEOs tell me that they (personally) are the best-informed people within their companies about what customers need , and they (personally) are best positioned to drive decisions on product priorities. How would you evaluate such a salesperson?]. [3] 3] “As a former user/subject expert, I know what customers want.”.

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BrainMates

MAY 28, 2019

Product Strategy and Lifecycle Management : how to monitor and increase the return on investment after launch, including: Product performance : to monitor leading indicators to ensure the business gets benefits from the customer experience with the product. Step 2: Make room for Product Management.

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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 19, 2022

Our insights are used to shape strategy and help the company focus on what matters most – building products that deliver value and positive impact to our customers and our business. . Business strategy. Product strategy. Business strategy. We needed to build for high performance. People management.

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Amplitude

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Here we look at the skills every successful product manager needs in order to conquer the changing landscape. A product is no different from a well-constructed story. As Andrew Chen, Head of Rider Growth at Uber points out, products need “ consistency and cohesion.” Editorial mindset.

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Product Innovation Educators

APRIL 29, 2024

Product innovation involves creating value, which is judged by the customer. [3:23] 3:23] What factors influence product innovation? Product Strategy Well-defined new-product strategy First-to-market or fast-follower strategy Focus on sustainability Intellectual property considerations Global business model [13:24] 3.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 31, 2021

Part 2 of Becoming a Product Leader Product Leaders drive impact for the business by taking on complex initiatives and defining strategy across multiple teams. This is Part 2 of the “ Becoming a Product Leader ” series. So the potential impact you can have on the business— either positive or negative?—?increase

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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 25, 2019

Or is it like, “Hey, if this is a consistent pattern then we need to make sure no one ever repeats, we’ll have a principle about the positive behavior that we want.” And this idea of “not now” is really powerful, because saying no is really critical to any kind of product strategy and product execution.

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UX Studio

MARCH 11, 2024

You’re not expected to come up with the whole plan and the vision and the strategy that’s probably being done for you because you’re hired as a junior. But i’m not really sure how to approach that situation, how to give them feedback in a way that’s going to be constructive and not p**s them off.

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Good Product Manager

AUGUST 2, 2018

August 8 in Denver: Product Strategy on a Page. Next Wednesday, August 8, I’ll be in Denver to present at a meeting of Colorado Product , being held at General Assembly Denver. Attendees will have a chance to use and apply the template in the session itself. But what about the board of directors of your company?

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Good Product Manager

AUGUST 2, 2018

August 8 in Denver: Product Strategy on a Page. Next Wednesday, August 8, I’ll be in Denver to present at a meeting of Colorado Product , being held at General Assembly Denver. Attendees will have a chance to use and apply the template in the session itself. But what about the board of directors of your company?

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People-First Product Leadership

JULY 17, 2023

With platform or more technical products, the numbers can rise to one product manager to 10–12 engineers. Product vision and strategy: The vision describes the desired future state, and the strategy provides what the product hopes to accomplish and how it plans to move towards the vision. [I

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Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 27, 2019

The process of building product in an R&D organization of any size involves making lots and lots of informed choices between various options. They’re very positive and constructive. ” So Product Forum is something that came about 18 months ago when we were redesigning our messenger.

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UX Studio: Product Management

AUGUST 17, 2018

A typical (potential) user of any digital product should be able to interact with it without frustration, and easily accomplish set goals. Imagine the findings and insights making usability testing as a polestar guiding product-related decisions. Not only design but strategy and feature prioritization as well, just to mention a few.

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Userpilot

MARCH 6, 2020

Carlotta Basile – Associate Product Manager at Bruel & Kjaer UK Ltd – company offering acquisition and vibration software, transducers, ear simulators, sound level meters, measurement exciters, noise mapping, and positioning systems. How did you end up becoming a product manager/ product owner?

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UX Studio

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

You know, I’m going to talk about that, why that change happened, but basically what I do as of today is I help our clients to explore new ways to grow new product strategies, formulate product goals and product vision, and I also help shape the scope of the product. And BKK already has a strategy in place.

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Roadmunk

AUGUST 24, 2017

Even if they have no prospect of purchasing the product in say, the next year, we still want their feedback—positive or constructive,” says Michelle. Anything helps us build a better product. ”. Step 2: Funnelling feedback to the product team. A tight & continuous feedback loop = a better product.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Product management is all about solving problems and in this respect, AI can be of immense help. Automation frees up PMs’ time so that they can focus on activities that make the biggest difference, like product strategy development. When integrated well, AI can enhance the product experience for customers.

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Amplitude

AUGUST 16, 2018

In order to advance to a top leadership position, executives were expected to have worked in several markets and handled difficult situations well. How should we craft the Tide product strategy in a country where more than half of the population doesn’t own a washing machine?

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