Roman Pichler

JANUARY 11, 2022

Overview of the Learning Roadmap. Like a modern product roadmap, a learning roadmap states the specific outcomes or benefits you’d like to achieve to become a more competent product person, and it captures them in form of learning goals. To make these ideas more concrete, let’s look at a sample learning roadmap.

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The Product Guy

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Lead with Influence : Align teams, shape strategy, and drive organizational vision. Pro Tip from Aarti Iyengar : Focus on outcome-driven roadmap planning. Here’s how to approach it: Tie Efforts to Business Goals : Ensure product management priorities align with what the business wants to achieve.

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The Product Guy

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

In our a recent live stream from one of our mentors of The Product Mentor , Ian Moulton, lead a conversation around “Conducting User Research”. Jordan lives in Manhattan and in his spare time likes to play soccer. Ladislav focuses on user centric product development, especially on brand, usability and revenue product challenges.

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Folding Burritos

DECEMBER 4, 2019

I believe the main culprits are Mr. Roadmap and Mr. Backlog. Culprit #1: Mr. Roadmap. An output is what we see and experience (the features and products we “touch”). How should we balance technical debt vs our feature roadmap? Why is that? Chock-full of Themes, Epics, Releases and Features. Progress bars and Milestones.

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Roman Pichler

JANUARY 20, 2025

Figure 2: The People Involved in the Strategy Work The team in Figure 2 consists of the person in charge of the product, a UX designer (for end-user-facing products), an architect/programmer, and a tester, as well as the key business stakeholders. Since then, its become one of the most popular product vision and strategy tools.

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The Product Guy

MAY 7, 2019

There are many issues with having clients drive the roadmap. By the time the client asks for something “new”, all your competitors probably already have it too. It is much better to think ahead and innovate to create products that fit into the bigger vision of the company. Step 3: Creating the Roadmap.

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Productside

MARCH 3, 2025

In our latest Productside webinar, Becoming an Effective Product Management Leader , Principal Consultants Roger Snyder and Kenny Kranseler delivered a no-nonsense roadmap for new leaders who want to nail their first 90 days (and beyond) and get the tools on how to become a product management leadereffectively. How do I make a difference?

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Roman Pichler

APRIL 7, 2025

2] Market Research AI-based tools can discover user and customer trends using predictive analytics. This is unlikely to be the case for disruptive innovations, as I discuss below, as well as specialised products with a comparatively small user base, like tailored IT solutions. 5] What about Product Roadmap Generation?

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The Product Guy

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

Truly understanding your customers and finding ways to improve your product is an overwhelmingly daunting task. Customer discovery is key to informing product strategy and there is a mountain of techniques and methods available for conducting customer discovery. It allows you to tap into the most influential customers.

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Productside

MAY 27, 2025

As the wellness market grows more competitive, WellNests product managers are under increasing pressure to deliver features requested by sales, executives, and enterprise clientsoften with little time to step back and assess strategic impact. Investigate With strategic context in place, its time to dig into discovery.

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Product Talk

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Many teams, like sales and marketing, have time-bound goals, like reaching $X in bookings or generating Y leads by a specific date. Product teams are also held to time-bound goals. Question: How do you respond to requests for date-based roadmaps? First, I’d like to address some of the shortcomings of date-based roadmaps.

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The Product Guy

MARCH 12, 2025

You’re Stuckand It’s Because You’re Playing by the Rules In product management, youve been told to follow the rules: stick to the roadmap, build consensus, and hit your OKRs. As can be easily found in many organizations: Roadmaps trap you in outdated plans. Rule 1: Trust the Roadmap Roadmaps are your comfort zone.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Photo by AP Vibes Outcome-based roadmaps are considered the best practice; however, they are not as common as you would expect. We created a beautiful vision and design that laid the foundation for anything that would be needed in the future until the existing system could be fully replaced. It was a massive effort.

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Productside

APRIL 2, 2025

PMs are often tasked with aligning stakeholders, guiding engineering teams, and championing the customer. But instead of telling a clear, compelling story, they send out a spec or share a roadmap deckand hope it gets read. Customers dont care about data structures. When people see the vision, they align faster.

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Alchemer Mobile

JULY 13, 2021

What is product experience? Product experience refers to the customer journey that takes place within the product itself, from a person’s first login to their last time using the application. It is a broader, more end-to-end view of user experience, which refers to specific interactions a person has within a product.

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Roman Pichler

DECEMBER 1, 2020

The key results might then be “simplify user journey A” and “enhance feature alpha.”. In figure 1 above, the key result “simplify user journey alpha” becomes an objective with two new key results, “remove user journey step two” and “improve performance by 10%” thereby connecting the two OKRs. Figure 1: Cascading OKRs.

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Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 2, 2021

Aligning on three things before diving into a solution can help ensure teams spend the right amount of time and energy solving every problem. What outcome does the customer want? . A well-crafted problem statement ensures the team shares an understanding of the core problem your customers are facing. Why do they want it? .

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Roman Pichler

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

There is no point in worrying about the product details and writing user stories if a sound product strategy is missing. How does it differ from a product roadmap and how do the two plans relate? And what’s their relationship to the product vision and the product backlog? But what exactly is a product strategy?

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The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Firstly, Jeff as a new umbrella brand for all the new services will be providing to our customers; Secondly, a new business line called Beauty Jeff was opening the very first venue in Argentina. For product leaders, that means taking a step back to build a team that can be customer-centric and deliver ongoing innovation to the market.

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Roman Pichler

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

I view it as an entity that creates tangible value for users and possibly customers as well as the business. Once you’ve identified and selected a specific product, you can take the next step and determine the people who are required to create or progress it and generate the desired user and business benefits.

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Roman Pichler

MARCH 9, 2021

The entire Scrum team is “focused on one … product goal” at a time. Some view it as the product vision , others equate it to the product’s value proposition. A sample goal might be to acquire users, increase conversion, generate revenue, or reduce technical debt. If this definition leaves you scratching your head, don’t worry.

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The Product Guy

MAY 7, 2020

As a result, there are various different approximations that are made about the role in an organization depending upon their experience with building products. Also, in various organizations which have grown in product maturity, customer base etc., This role also focuses on increasing the retention rate for existing customers.

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The Product Guy

JULY 2, 2020

However, one thing which needed refining with all this was the ability to communicate effectively to anyone at any time and therefore manage expectations better, leading your team to success and most importantly allowing your team to strive and deliver value. Development Team: Setting the rules and boundaries of communication .

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Roman Pichler

MARCH 14, 2023

I like to think of the product strategy as a high-level plan that helps you realise your vision and that answers the following four questions: Who is the product for? Who are the users and, if appropriate, who are the customers? To capture the product strategy, you can use my product vision board.

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The Product Manager Coach Blog

JANUARY 14, 2025

Despite her years of experience, Jane realized something critical: even seasoned PMs need a plan to establish credibility in a new environment. How to Get Started: Audit the Product Backlog: Pinpoint low-effort, high-value opportunities to drive quick results. But within a month, she felt like she was treading water.

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Roman Pichler

JULY 8, 2024

Securing everyone’s buy-in would be impractical—it would most likely take too much time. The individuals whose buy-in to strategy and roadmap decisions is crucial are the players: They are interested in your product, as they, for example, will have to market and sell it. I refer to this group as key stakeholders.

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Productside

MARCH 6, 2025

Meet Brian Fugere , a pro whos navigated the high-stakes terrain of M&A more times than he can count. From surfacing hidden landmines during due diligence to bringing entire product orgs under one cohesive vision, Brians got the battle scarsand the winsto prove it. Jumping Into M&A: Why Acquire at All? Brians advice?

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Product Talk

OCTOBER 2, 2024

It sounds simple, but that doesn’t mean it’s easy. – Tweet This While many product teams want to talk to customers every week, they struggle to make this a reality. You’ll hear how Orbital addresses many of their needs and helps the HiveMQ team generate a steady stream of customers to speak with every week.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 3, 2023

How to Achieve Success in Your Product Strategy In today’s rapidly evolving market, having a clear product vision and a well-defined strategy is essential for the success of any tech product. A compelling product vision is a guiding light, providing direction and purpose to the development process.

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Roman Pichler

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

It achieves this by using sprints to create product increments, collecting feedback from users and stakeholders, and adapting the product with the insights gained. [1] 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? But don’t stop there.

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Roman Pichler

JUNE 10, 2024

Listen to the audio version of this article: [link] Traditional vs Outcome-based Roadmaps Before I share the four steps, let me briefly describe the main differences between a traditional, feature- and an outcome-based product roadmap. A traditional roadmap is essentially a list of features, which are mapped onto a timeline.

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The Product Guy

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Each Session of the program runs for 6 months with paired individuals… Conducting regular 1-on-1 mentor-mentee chats Sharing experiences with the larger Product community Participating in live-streamed product management lessons and Q&A. Jordan lives in Manhattan and in his spare time likes to play soccer. Better Products.

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The Product Guy

APRIL 9, 2025

PMs are often celebrated for their vision, decisiveness, and ability to ship. In todays product environment, questions are your sharpest tool for uncovering user needs, guiding teams, and influencing outcomes. This is part of the Roadmap to Mastery Collectionavailable exclusively on The Product Way Patreon.

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Roman Pichler

MARCH 12, 2024

Listen to the audio version of this article: [link] Introduction My first product management job wasn’t exactly what you call a success story: I was part of a team that was called in to help with a new product development effort, and I ended up working with the lead product manager. As helpful as a product strategy is, it’s not enough.

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Arkenea

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

Now’s the time to iterate. But, it’s usually challenging to assess what’s the right way to go about it – how much of iteration should be that from user feedback versus founder’s vision for the product? Arkenea is a trusted, app development firm with 13+ years of experience.

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Lenny Rachitsky

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

At Headspace back in 2016, we had established our product roadmap and success metrics and our mission and vision, but teams were still confused about why we were working on the projects we chose. Product strategy sits in between the mission and vision and the plan, either at the company level or at the team level.

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Roman Pichler

JUNE 7, 2022

Consequently, you don’t know for sure how fast you are running and if you are on track to achieve your target finish time. Consequently, these teams relied on: Anecdotal feedback : “Customers love our product, they told me so.” My experience suggests that it’s rather common that not all indicators used are helpful.

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