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. 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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Roman Pichler

JUNE 1, 2020

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.

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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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Roman Pichler

JUNE 7, 2021

In practical terms, involve stakeholders and dev teams in decisions that affect the product strategy and the product roadmap —be it that you create the plans or that you make bigger changes to them. To make things worse, it’s not clear who has the final say on product strategy changes. Use a Dedicated Facilitator.

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svpg

JULY 15, 2016

I’ve explained that the context typically needs to be the product vision, and a specific set of outcome-based objectives for each team (OKR’s are an effective way to do that). Product Vision. The product vision describes the future we are trying to create, typically somewhere between 2 and 5 years out.

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The Product Guy

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

A research conducted by Alpha UX found that 25% of Product Manager surveyed wished for a clearer product roadmap and strategy. While salary increase is a complex subject with variables outside of our control, I believe that having a clear product roadmap and strategy is every Product Manager’s responsibility.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

You use them to take a fresh look at something that might feel overwhelming or vague — whether it’s a roadmap or a strategy — and start with what’s truly essential. While it would have been easy to blame the product strategy, marketing, or any number of other potential targets, they weren’t at the heart of the problem.

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Roman Pichler

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Listen to the audio version of this article: [link] 1 Complement Scrum with a Product Discovery and Strategy Process Scrum is a simple framework that helps teams develop successful products. How can you capture the right user stories , for instance, if you are unsure who the users are and why they want to use the product?

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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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UX Planet

JUNE 14, 2024

Over 8,000 people were interested, so I figured this would be a perfect opportunity to explore my product strategy skills. About me I’m a product designer with over 5 years of experience. This can inform future content acquisition and production/product strategies. Would you use a Netflix comment section?

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Product Innovation Educators

AUGUST 22, 2022

Insights on product strategy and customer research for product managers. Today we are looking at product management work through the eyes of a CEO, exploring several topics together. The CEO joining us is Matt Young, CEO of UserVoice, the first product feedback and research tool for software companies.

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Roman Pichler

MARCH 11, 2020

Additionally, increase your ability to constructively deal with disagreements and learn to resolve conflicts so that nobody is left feeling frustrated or hurt. While guiding people can be challenging on its own, you also have to actively contribute to getting the product out of the door. Finally, agree on shared goals or outcomes.

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Roman Pichler

MARCH 11, 2020

Additionally, increase your ability to constructively deal with disagreements and learn to resolve conflicts so that nobody is left feeling frustrated or hurt. While guiding people can be challenging on its own, you also have to actively contribute to getting the product out of the door. Finally, agree on shared goals or outcomes.

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Roman Pichler

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Additionally, involve the development team in the product backlog work and teach people how to formulate and refine user stories. But in the long run, it will reward you with a more autonomous and motivated team, and more time to take care of product strategy and discovery. This may increase your workload initially.

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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. 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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Product Innovation Educators

JUNE 24, 2024

However, as Mary Baird’s inspiring story shows, a successful pivot from nonprofit leadership to product management is not only possible but also incredibly rewarding. In this article, we’ll explore Mary’s journey, the strategies she used to reframe her experience, and the valuable lessons she learned along the way.

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Product Innovation Educators

OCTOBER 17, 2016

The best practices for constructing product roadmaps. Practices and Ideas for Product Managers and Innovators. A product roadmap is used by most companies to communicate what they’ll be building over the near term and possibly over the longer term. A feature list isn’t a product roadmap. What do roadmaps look like?

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Roman Pichler

JULY 11, 2016

Provide constructive feedback and share your concerns. This will not only lead to better technical decisions and a better product. It also eases your workload: understanding the bigger picture allows the team to help create user stories and to support you in managing the product backlog. Be honest and open.

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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.”. features.). By how much?”.)

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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 19, 2022

RAD brings together our Product Research and Product Analytics (aka Data Science) teams into a single org with the mission of driving effective, evidence-based decisions. . “We Business strategy. Product strategy. Business strategy. We needed to build for high performance. People management. Leadership.

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Product Warrior

MARCH 9, 2023

How do you create confidence in your product strategy with those that approve investment i.e. c-suite or board members? Unfortunately, without anything better, many product leaders rely on the product roadmap to demonstrate their strategy. This is often referred to as empowered product development teams.

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Product Warrior

MARCH 9, 2023

How do you create confidence in your product strategy with those that approve investment i.e. c-suite or board members? Unfortunately, without anything better, many product leaders rely on the product roadmap to demonstrate their strategy. This is often referred to as empowered product development teams.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 2, 2022

It takes time to prioritize something in the roadmap, and it takes time to build products. Impatience also creates unstable product strategies. This is why product managers must stay patient and always constructively challenge the roadmap and make updates. Building a great product takes time.

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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. Within Autodesk Construction Solutions (ACS), PMs are responsible for their individual product areas.

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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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Roman Pichler

JUNE 7, 2021

In practical terms, involve stakeholders and dev teams in decisions that affect the product strategy and the product roadmap —be it that you create the plans or that you make bigger changes to them. To make things worse, it’s not clear who has the final say on product strategy changes. Use a Dedicated Facilitator.

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ProductPlan

JULY 13, 2020

As organizations grow and expand, keeping stakeholders and employees on the same page to drive alignment with your product strategy can be a big challenge. That’s because growth often brings culture shifts, new offices in different locations, and new hires with the different product vision. 5 Strategies for Driving Alignment.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 3, 2019

This is Part 3/18 in the series “How to Build an Innovative New Product or Company” on the topic of over-investing in the “4 Steps to Develop a Strategy” I was introduced to a medical device company recently. They have created a product that allows you to do blood analysis faster and simpler than any other product out there.

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Tyner Blain

JULY 3, 2020

An epic represents the investment decision to solve a tangible problem; a collection of epics together represent a broader investment decision to advance the organization’s strategy. A well-constructed epic achieves two objectives. The Job of An Epic. Any given epic will be achieved through the development of multiple features.

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Product Talk

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Her exposure to the product team —and the departure of a previous product manager—sparked Lisa’s interest and led to her stepping into the product manager role right around the time that Teresa began working with the product team as a discovery coach.

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Mind the Product

OCTOBER 27, 2017

The word “ build ” originally comes from using atoms to construct things. It’s hardly surprising, given a beautiful stone and brick city with wide promenades, and how the tower must have looked during its construction. The grander your idea, the greater the risk that whoever you are pitching to needs to take on.

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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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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

Have you ever wondered why a Go-to-Market (GTM) strategy is required when you launch a product or service? Regardless of the outcomes, I realized that I loved building businesses; However, during that time, we didn’t know anything about Go-to-Market (GTM) strategies or how to apply them when one wants to launch a product or service.

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Business Acumen Institute

OCTOBER 6, 2023

START WITH AN OUTSIDE-IN PERSPECTIVE IT and technology professionals need to cultivate the outside-in thinking that allows for a deep understanding of customers, the problems they experience, and the value they seek in products, services, or interactions. For IT people, the ecosystem of the company has similar constructs.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 21, 2019

Most companies fail in execution, not strategy. Defining strategy the right way can close the gap. Culture Eats Strategy for Breakfast.” In these cases, my observation is that the true failing was in the definition and communication of the strategy rather than than a cultural inability to execute.

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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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Mind the Product

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

A release is a chunk of work that introduces something new to the product that will be of interest for your users. When you’re constructing your roadmap, you should already be thinking about how you want to bundle tasks into releases and how those releases are communicated to your users. That requires a bit of forward planning.

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