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My Product Strategy Model

Roman Pichler

An effective product strategy is key to successfully create, enhance, and manage a product. There is no point in worrying about the product details and writing user stories if a sound product strategy is missing. But what exactly is a product strategy? Four Artefacts.

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10 Product Roadmapping Mistakes to Avoid

Roman Pichler

This can be reassuring for customers and stakeholders. But it has the following three drawbacks: A feature-based roadmap can give rise to and strengthen a feature-factory mindset where adding features is more important than creating value and making a positive impact on people’s lives and the business. I don’t think so.

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Product Strategy Depends on Company Strategy

Mironov Consulting

Expanding on a recent post ( Revenue Goals are Not Company Strategies ), I’ve been seeing lots of maker teams (product, engineering, design) struggling to form product strategies without a company strategy to hang them on.  Short-enough time frame (e.g.

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How to Use Product Goals and Initiatives to Drive and Measure Success

Userpilot

Setting smart product goals is a vital skill for any sensible SaaS owner or product manager to get right. In this article, we’re going to explore what makes an effective product goal, the difference between goals and product initiatives, how to set them and make them work with your product backlog, and more.

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OKRs in Product Management

Roman Pichler

The key results might then be “simplify user journey A” and “enhance feature alpha.”. OKRs can be used to create cascading goalsgoals that are systematically linked. Figure 2 contains a set of cascading goals: vision, user and business goals, product goals, and sprint goals.

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Six Common KPI Mistakes to Avoid

Roman Pichler

Consequently, you don’t know for sure how fast you are running and if you are on track to achieve your target finish time. You’ll end up guessing how well the product is doing and if it is creating the desired value. Consequently, these teams relied on: Anecdotal feedback : “Customers love our product, they told me so.”

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Tips for Becoming a Head of Product

Roman Pichler

Be Prepared to Look after People, Not Products. When you become a head of product, you move into a line management position. 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. For some people, that’s straightforward.