Roman Pichler

DECEMBER 4, 2018

As the person in charge of the product, you may not be terribly concerned about how clean and well-structured the code is. The messier the code and the less modular the architecture is, the longer it takes and the more expensive it is to change your product. You intentionally slow down, so to speak, to go faster afterwards.

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Roman Pichler

APRIL 5, 2022

For product strategy and roadmap meetings, I recommend involving the key stakeholders , for example, someone from sales, marketing, support, and finance, as well as development team representatives—ideally members who know about the user experience (UX), architecture, and technologies. Assess product strategy and adjust if necessary.

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 18, 2021

And if the metrics these frameworks produce don’t start with the right question, they don’t influence how a product is built or the direction a business takes. These metrics become false proxies that might look good on paper, but provide a false roadmap and won’t give you real insight on where to take the product next or what to improve upon.

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Roman Pichler

JUNE 19, 2017

Additionally, you may want to ask the team to help refine product backlog items or update the product roadmap , for instance. [2]. Therefore, don’t turn it into a product backlog or roadmapping workshop. Similarly, if you require the help of the team to work on the product roadmap, then hold a separate workshop.

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Userpilot

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Roadmaps vs backlogs: What’s the real difference and why does everyone keeps using these terms interchangeably when they mean different things? TLDR Understanding the difference between a product roadmap and a backlog is crucial for product managers. Product managers, what is a product backlog?

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Userpilot

AUGUST 14, 2024

Collaboration : PLD involves close collaboration between product managers , designers , marketers, and engineers, aligning design with product goals and technical feasibility. Using this information, you can create a customer-centric product that truly resonates with your target audience.

User Testing 105

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Mind the Product

JUNE 4, 2019

Anything in the top right, like ‘idea 7’, should go straight to the top of your roadmap. While ICE is definitely a cool tool to use, you might find that you need a more substantial method to meet your hunger for prioritisation. Scrap that roadmap, it’s time to pivot! This is where RICE can help. The RICE Method.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 24, 2021

Mistake #2: Creating Objectives That Are Efforts and Not Outcomes Now that we have established that product goals are about the product and not about product management, what should these goals be? But your responsibility as a product leader is not to make sure software is delivered.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 11, 2023

GQM Use in Ancient Times On a recent product requirements document, I laid out measures of success using an old favorite: Goal-Question-Metric (GQM). The result was a very clear definition of success for the product and also a roadmap to measure progress.

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Product Innovation Educators

APRIL 17, 2023

As a product manager, you’re the glue of the organization that is supposed to tie all these different groups together, but you can’t force them to engage and work with you if they don’t think it’s part of their job definition to engage with you. That agreement needs to come from the top down. [12:59]

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Mind the Product

JUNE 19, 2018

Product Definition. This section should explain your product. Problems your product solves and how it solves them. Here you want to build a picture of your product’s place in the wider market. Things to cover: Market ecosystem definition. Product Roadmap. Short-Term Product Roadmap.

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Ask Benny

JANUARY 25, 2020

Your product as the VP Product is the team of product managers, and in turn, they are responsible for the product(s). Just like any product you need to have a vision, strategy, values, roadmap, goals, and metrics for your team. You want every product manager in the team thinking big.

Customer Experience 136

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Userpilot

APRIL 24, 2025

This will involve close collaboration with Stripe’s and our financial partners product and engineering organizations to prioritize valuable investments over a multi-quarter roadmap, considering distribution potential, performance, costs, and risks. Experience owning/driving roadmap strategy and definition.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Tech PMs work actively with product teams on the product vision and strategy. A big part of their job is managing the roadmap and prioritizing technical initiatives in the product backlog. Technical product managers are also responsible for running experiments and collecting customer feedback to inform future iterations.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 8, 2020

The following 58 Product Owner theses describe the PO role from a holistic product creation perspective. They cover the concept of the Product Owner role, product discovery, how to deal with external and internal stakeholders, product portfolio and product roadmap planning, and the Product Backlog refinement.

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Product Management University

MARCH 9, 2017

If you obsess over customer success, product success is all but guaranteed. Applying that concept in a B2B environment however, requires a broader definition of “the customer.” Put your customer success manifesto into practice with one overarching goal and three supporting pillars. The Three Pillars. Return the favor.

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Ask Benny

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Your product as the VP Product is the team of product managers, and in turn, they are responsible for the product(s). Just like any product you need to have a vision, strategy, values, roadmap, goals, and metrics for your team. You want every product manager in the team thinking big.

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People-First Product Leadership

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Part 3 brings together the Product specific Vision, Roadmap and Goals. Product Vision puts a company’s Vision and Mission into action The Product Vision ensures the Roadmap reflects the priorities which matter the most to the company’s customers and to the company. You’ve met the people.

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Product analytics : Collect data from surveys, A/B testing , and custom events to gather insights on your product performance. Product operations : Optimize processes, tools, and data management to streamline product development. Want to take product management to the next level? Segmenting users with Userpilot.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 13, 2019

After the first few weeks at the company, it was a messy situation where they were trying to be both a product and a service company. Deciding to downsize the services team, opened the flood gates towards the product teams, and roadmap going out the door. Why startups need to focus more on the Product and less on services.

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Ask Benny

JANUARY 25, 2020

Your product as the VP Product is the team of product managers, and in turn, they are responsible for the product(s). Just like any product you need to have a vision, strategy, values, roadmap, goals, and metrics for your team. You want every product manager in the team thinking big.

Customer Experience 78

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Ask Benny

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Your product as the VP Product is the team of product managers, and in turn, they are responsible for the product(s). Just like any product you need to have a vision, strategy, values, roadmap, goals, and metrics for your team. You want every product manager in the team thinking big.

Customer Experience 78

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Ask Benny

JANUARY 25, 2020

Your product as the VP Product is the team of product managers, and in turn, they are responsible for the product(s). Just like any product you need to have a vision, strategy, values, roadmap, goals, and metrics for your team. You want every product manager in the team thinking big.

Customer Experience 78

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ProductPlan

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Aligning Meaningful Metrics via the Product Roadmap. One place where product strategy and metrics can intersect is the product roadmap. We all know product roadmaps aren’t just a chronological list of scheduled features. But those metrics may or may not line up with those of the business.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 17, 2019

Make your Roadmap Known: As a Product Manager, upward and cross-functional management/evangelism of your strategy and roadmap. It’s about you, your team, and primarily, your product succeeding. Meet your Product Goals: And most importantly, that your product is performing well for the goals set by your team.

Product Management 60

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 13, 2019

Your product as the VP Product is the team of product managers, and in turn, they are responsible for the product(s). Just like any product you need to have a vision, strategy, values, roadmap, goals, and metrics for your team. You want every product manager in the team thinking big.

Customer Experience 60

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Userpilot

JUNE 26, 2024

Product owner manager : This person leads a team of product owners, providing guidance, coaching, and performance management. Being an effective product owner is paramount to the success of any product. They manage software development teams by correctly interpreting the product manager’s vision into actionable tasks.

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Userpilot

JUNE 12, 2024

Here are five best practices for being a great software product owner: Define clear objectives : The responsibility of spearheading product goals is not easy. Therefore, one must clearly define goals for their teams to succeed. Therefore, one must clearly define goals for their teams to succeed.

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Userpilot

JUNE 19, 2024

Podcasts : Get growth-oriented tips (Lenny’s Podcast), hear from industry experts (The Product Podcast), and learn from Scrum professionals (Scrum.org Community Podcast). Software product owner’s main responsibilities A product owner is someone who manages and optimizes the product backlog to ensure its maximum value.

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Product Solving

AUGUST 26, 2020

Is it possible to remove too much friction from a product? Spoiler: You can definitely remove too much friction, and your users are the ones who will suffer because of it. What really is product friction? “[Product Friction is] anything that prevents a user from accomplishing a goal in your product.”

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Userpilot

MAY 31, 2021

In summary, a Product Manager is responsible for leading the creation of a product, while a product marketing manager is a person who is in charge of taking the product to market and ensuring its commercial success. The product marketing manager role, on the other hand, focuses on driving signups, adoption, and retention.

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The Product HQ

JUNE 10, 2024

More so for those in a principal technical product manager position. If you’re pursuing a specific industry, make sure you understand their definition of technical, not the more generic description. With team members, management, and stakeholders; everyone has a place on the product roadmap.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

JANUARY 18, 2022

They assist other product managers on their team gather customer feedback along with other relevant product data. Using this data, APMs can help influence the product development roadmap, if need be. Together, they collaborate to drive development goals and actualize the product vision.

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Bain Public

MAY 24, 2019

For more on the topic of empathy and how it is a key to building great products, check out one of our previous posts: Empathy is the Mother of all Product Roadmaps. Communicate your Roadmap, Vision and Product Strategy. This is another approach to achieving real product outcomes.

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Intercom, Inc.

MARCH 29, 2022

We were joined by more than 2,500 customers, partners, and others who wanted to learn more about our product, goals, and the path ahead. Des Traynor laid out the six unique beliefs that guide our vision, mission, and roadmap here at Intercom. We’re fresh from our first virtual global event, New at Intercom.

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Mind the Product

APRIL 6, 2020

Our goal was to define how we would set and communicate the company strategy, and how that strategy would lead OKRs and backlog definition. Product (and company) strategy is the backbone that guides product goal-setting and roadmap definition, although it’s sometimes overlooked or confused with having a vision.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 11, 2020

NAVIGATING THE NATURAL TENSION AMONG STAKEHOLDERS This is the first in a series on product roadmaps. The first post describes why roadmaps matter and who relies upon them. The roadmap is much more than a directive document that tells teams what to do by when. Battleground The product roadmap.

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