Tyner Blain

MARCH 2, 2025

To do this, the team must align on the definition of success for the acquisition. To define what needs to be repaired, improved, or created, the product manager needs to know what the definition of success could be. You operate as a product manager with a degree of agency established by your org design and process definition.

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Userpilot

APRIL 16, 2025

When data collection is messy, product managers lose visibility, teams waste hours chasing answers, and user experience suffers. Heres how data fragmentation hurts your product strategy and development: Fragmented data can cause flawed strategic decisions Every product decision starts with a question: Whats driving retention ?

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Userpilot

APRIL 24, 2025

A product leader with 7+ years of experience in product management or a related field who has successfully built and scaled complex systems at a global level. Someone who thrives in ambiguity and can translate complex problems into clear, actionable strategies. Experience owning/driving roadmap strategy and definition.

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The Product Manager Coach Blog

APRIL 30, 2025

The product management world is being reshaped, and its not just because of AI or remote work or whatever new frameworks trending on LinkedIn this week. Its something more foundational: how we define what makes a great Product Manager. And in 2025, that definition is looking a lot more hybrid. What is a Hybrid Product Manager?

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Arkenea

APRIL 10, 2025

This guide covers everything you need to know about outsourced software product development services , from core definitions and benefits to a stepbystep process, pros and cons, realworld case studies, and future trends. What Is Outsourced Software Product Development?

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Tyner Blain

APRIL 20, 2025

I have a bit of a history with the concept of ‘good enough’, from satisficing in sprint planning (2008) to Kano analysis for product managers (2009) to trying not to miss the mark in problem solving (2012) to understanding intent and satisfying customer needs (2014).

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Lenny Rachitsky

MARCH 30, 2025

Proven strategies to implement Shape Up methods, whether you’re working in a startup or enterprise environment. Why the PM role shifts upstream in Shape Up, focusing more on problem definition than project management.

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Productside

APRIL 30, 2025

And with layoffs, macroeconomic whiplash, and the looming specter of recession, its no wonder product managers are wonderingwhere do I actually fit? Your product management career isnt dead. Neither is product management. But the definition of what makes a great product manager? You are a product, too.

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Lenny Rachitsky

MAY 18, 2025

Microsoft’s Frontier program is a new experimental product lab for internal and external early adopters to get hands-on with the most advanced, rough-cut AI tools and agents focused on productivity and work. Previously, she was the CPO at Robinhood, spent 12 years at Google, and is also on the board of eBay and Capital One.

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Business Acumen Institute

OCTOBER 6, 2023

While the definition may seem simple, there are several building blocks that need to be assembled to form the required foundation, and to build the structure of integrative thinking that will lead a deeper understanding of what’s needed help the company exceed its goals. Projects are connected to products, strategy, and finance.

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Lenny Rachitsky

APRIL 20, 2025

When building AI products, invest as much in UI/UX design as model quality—Windsurf’s experience shows interface changes alone can triple adoption rates. Hire high-agency team members who can drive results regardless of role definitions—AI tools are making traditional role boundaries more fluid.

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Business Acumen Institute

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

We need an HR manager who needs to understand aspects of the business so they can contribute to the company’s staffing strategy. I could ask twenty different people their definition and I will get twenty different answers. This happens in a lot of different business definitions, but this one is particularly important.

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Tyner Blain

MAY 24, 2017

So – as long as we are willing to accept a definition of agile where “self-directed” means autonomy within the context of the role of that team, we only need to articulate the rest of the context. Opportunity – an initiative supporting the strategy, easily a year or longer, maybe divisional in scope.

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Roman Pichler

JULY 8, 2024

2] Figure 1: The Power-Interest Grid The grid divides stakeholders into four groups: crowd, subjects, context setters, and players depending on how interested they are in your product and how much power they have. Decisions related to a new or significantly changed strategy have a very high impact.

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Product Innovation Educators

JULY 8, 2024

Essential strategy tools and frameworks for product managers Watch on YouTube TLDR Want to level up your product management game? This guide dives into the world of product strategy, sharing insights from expert Andreas Maihoefer. Maihoefer stresses that understanding strategy is crucial for product managers.

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Folding Burritos

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Well, th at’s the role of a product strategy. My favorite definitions of strategy are the simplest I’ve found. The one I use most is this: a strategy is what we choose to do. In other words, the strategy should define how important each goal is, relative to others. Is the strategy changing?

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Product Innovation Educators

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

It gave me a framework for integrating what a product manager does, and I have since taught it to many other product managers. . Today we are discussing strategy. This is the foundation for product managers as organizational strategy impacts product strategy. Today, we focus on strategy.

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Mind the Product

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Shipping product to 500 million users without knowing what strategy was? In this ProductTank San Francisco talk, Sam, now with that experience behind him and as Head of Product at Fivestars , outlines: What a good product strategy looks like. How to create a good strategy. What Is Good Strategy?

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Product Management University

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

If you thought there were a million ways to define product management, product strategy might have it beat by a longshot. Just think about how many ways product strategy is defined within your own organization. It’s the number one thing that makes product strategy both challenging and frustrating at the same time.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

The Eight Core Elements of a Winning Product Strategy “The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do.”?—?Michael After what seemed like months of work, our product was emerging from stealth mode. No choices = no product strategy. The series of choices following a framework = the product strategy.

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The Product Guy

MAY 7, 2020

Primarily there are 3 major aspects to understanding and performing well as a Product Manager, which are as listed below: Understanding the Role Definition Hard Skills required for the Role Soft Skills required for the Role. Understanding the Role Definition. Definition of PM role. Product Strategy.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 12, 2020

In our world, this would have been considered a great product strategy. As you are reading this, replace Ford’s car with your own product. Sales need to be able to connect the specific need of that target audience to the actual product, which in turn needs to deliver on the value originally promised by marketing.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The Critical Role of Product Strategy When Money Is Scarce (Part 1 — Seed) A good product strategy is something every company needs. Here is how a product strategy can help you create business results, even when the market is not in your favor. Product strategy is such a vague term for most people.

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Roman Pichler

MAY 13, 2024

Listen to the audio version of this article: [link] Product Strategy and Change Strategy means different things to different people, so let me briefly share my definition. A product strategy describes the approach chosen to make a product successful. Eisenhower, we could say, “Strategy is worthless.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 13, 2021

Product strategy is one of the most important tasks of the product leader, and definitely one of the hardest things to do. This should be your first step into product strategy. Since product strategy is so hard, many companies simply skip it. in detail?—?which

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Userpilot

MARCH 24, 2021

Defining your product strategy is the most important aspect of deciding to build something new. It helps your entire team rally around a vision and a set of outcomes, making sure everyone is aligned in reaching those product growth goals. What is a product strategy? How do you set a product vision?

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Roman Pichler

MAY 4, 2022

You might not know, for example, which marketing strategy is most appropriate or which sales channels are most effective. You need the stakeholders’ active contribution to progress the product and reach the product goals. I believe that the first definition is more helpful, especially in an agile context.

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Roman Pichler

APRIL 5, 2022

For example, a product strategy workshop might have the objective to identify the key changes required to achieve product-market fit. Contrast this with a sprint review meeting , which might help you determine if users can easily sign up for the product. Assess product strategy and adjust if necessary.

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Intercom, Inc.

MAY 25, 2018

This week I gave a talk at The Next Web on the importance of your product strategy when scaling a company. They’re all important because they work together to help build a successful product. They’re all important because they work together to help build a successful product. ” or “Give me one tip.”

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Roman Pichler

JUNE 1, 2020

A stakeholder is anyone who has a stake in your product, who is affected by it, or who shows an interest in the offering. While this definition includes users and customers, I use the term in this article to refer to the internal business stakeholders. Involve the Stakeholders in Important Product Decisions.

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Roman Pichler

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

This includes a sound understanding of the market, the user and customer needs, and the competition as well as solid product management skills such as the ability to develop an effective product strategy and an actionable product roadmap (as I explain in more detail in the article The T-Shaped Product Professional ).

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Roman Pichler

MARCH 9, 2021

The product owner is accountable for “developing and explicitly communicating the product goal.” The entire Scrum team is “focused on one … product goal” at a time. If this definition leaves you scratching your head, don’t worry. Scrum is a simple framework designed to facilitate the development of complex products.

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Melissa Perri

JULY 23, 2024

At all of them, I start understanding the current state of Product Management. I then do various interviews with executives all the way to Product Management team members and surrounding functions. I review strategies and roadmaps. This is one of the biggest issues I see when helping Product Management organizations.

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Product Innovation Educators

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Tips for creating customer use cases – for product managers Today we are talking about how to create and use customer use cases to guide product design. Our guest is Dr. Lilac Muller, VP of Product Management at Kymeta Corporation. Our guest is Dr. Lilac Muller, VP of Product Management at Kymeta Corporation.

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Johanna Rothman

JULY 22, 2021

In this post, I'll take a first pass at definitions, so we can separate the strategic from the tactical. Strategy Occurs At Several Levels. I see strategy necessary at these management levels: Organizational strategy, to define the value the organization offers to the employees, customers, and other stakeholders.

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Roman Pichler

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Once the new product increment is available, you know for sure how much the development team has achieved. Based on a live demo of the increment , you determine which product backlog items have been completed by using the definition of done, the quality criteria every product increment must fulfil.

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Userpilot

JULY 22, 2024

Product positioning is crucial in product management to attract prospects and stand out in your niche. But how can you start crafting an effective positioning strategy that appeals to your target audience? TL;DR Developing a solid product positioning strategy involves several key steps.

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