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515: Case studies of organizational growth through successful product launches – with James Whitman

Product Innovation Educators

Instead, organizations need to: Focus on finding the best solution rather than winning arguments Challenge assumptions constructively Build collective ownership of decisions Create space for different perspectives Building Cross-Functional Success A key insight from our conversation is how product launches require coordination across departments.

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Maximising Stakeholder Buy-in to Product Strategy and Product Roadmap

Roman Pichler

Keep the other groups in Figure 1 informed about changes in the product strategy and product roadmap , for example, by inviting subjects to bigger review/demo sessions and having one-on-ones with context setters. A better way is to co-create the product strategy and roadmap with the key stakeholders.

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How to Offer Constructive Feedback: A Framework for Product People

Roman Pichler

Cindy who helps you manage the product started to come late to meetings. It can be tempting to ignore people issues and focus on product-related tasks like reviewing the product strategy , updating the product roadmap , and refining the product backlog. But this is hardly a recipe for success.

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Rediscover the Forgotten art of Product Strategy

Mind the Product

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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The Art and Science of Explaining Your Product Strategy

Speaker: Jason Tanner, CEO of Applied Frameworks

Ideation, discovery, research, and analysis all inform the development of a product strategy that evolves iteratively as the product team learns more about customers, their problems, and potential solutions. However, effective communication of product strategy often presents challenges for product leaders.

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Tips for Becoming a Head of Product

Roman Pichler

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. It means that you’ll have to deal with people issues on a regular basis, help and support the individuals who are on your team, constructively address problems and offer advice.

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Stakeholder Management Tips for Product People

Roman Pichler

Collaboratively set goals , for example, user and business goals on the product strategy and product goals on the product roadmap. This starts by inviting them to a kick-of workshop for a brand-new product or a major product update and asking them to contribute to the product discovery and strategy validation work.