Mind the Product

OCTOBER 14, 2019

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? Product strategy also doesn’t need to focus on product vision.

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Product Innovation Educators

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Instead of acting as a sole decision-maker, today’s product managers need to excel at facilitation, stakeholder collaboration, and building trust across teams. She now runs her own consultancy, helping CEOs scale their companies by transforming product vision into measurable business growth.

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Product Innovation Educators

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Today we are discussing strategy. This is the foundation for product managers as organizational strategy impacts product strategy. Don’t just copy a vision statement from someone else; make it real for your company and the people involved in your company. [19:33] 19:33] What is innovation 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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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. 18:41] How does the use case impact product vision and decision-making?

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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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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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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. The leadership team finally agreed on the vision. No choices = no product strategy. Choice made.

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Roman Pichler

MAY 4, 2022

Some fellow authors include the stakeholders, for instance, Steve Haines in his book The Product Manager’s Desk Reference , whereas others don’t, for example, Marty Cagan in his book Inspired. I believe that the first definition is more helpful, especially in an agile context. Tips for Forming Effective Product Teams in Scrum.

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Mind the Product

AUGUST 3, 2017

Being the first product manager at a startup typically means being the 10th or 15th employee, and recognizing that – although product management has both tactical and strategic components – you’ll initially be more focused on tactics. Strategically, this is about focusing vision and limited resources.

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Melissa Perri

JULY 23, 2024

At all of them, I start understanding the current state of Product Management. A lot of digital transformation companies usually need to start with Product Organizational design, getting alignment on the role of a Product Manager and what that means before they can look at Product Strategy and Product Operations.

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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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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

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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Product Innovation Educators

AUGUST 21, 2023

We talked about what we mean by healthy, what our design targets mean by healthy, and whether those definitions align. The second part of the process is the product vision, which outlines how you will make progress toward the mission over the next two to three years. Another goal is making our product accessible.

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Product Talk

APRIL 17, 2024

I definitely want to get into those conversations and that debate. You have this grand vision. I know in a lot of feature factories, product teams don’t engage with customers that often. That was definitely also holding my team back. What’s the vision? We have plenty of ideas. We’re drowning in ideas.

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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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Product Innovation Educators

JANUARY 13, 2020

She currently leads Product Management at Obo, where she is working on agile product management software that aims to reduce the high failure rates for new products. Before Creative Cloud, we had a product called CS Live, which was a total failure. The Creative Cloud was a definite risk.

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Sachin Rekhi

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

I instead define a product manager as driving the vision, strategy, design, and execution of their product. It's equally important for product managers to think about each of these four dimensions as having a concrete set of deliverables. Vision: Vision Narrative. Vision: Product Walkthrough.

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ProductPlan

APRIL 16, 2019

And, there’s always an opportunity to ship code that is far from a “finished” product. That’s why agreeing on what we call the “Definition of Done” is of critical importance to achieving a consensus on when projects, initiatives, and features are actually complete. Defining the definition of done. Who defines done?

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Userpilot

AUGUST 14, 2024

Using this information, you can create a customer-centric product that truly resonates with your target audience. Product strategy and roadmap It is essential to pay special attention to this step because your roadmap serves as the document that aligns your design efforts with broader business objectives.

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Mind the Product

AUGUST 1, 2019

Most companies say they’re not competitor obsessed , but still one in five say they look primarily to competitors for product inspiration. Competitive intelligence is useful, but it shouldn’t guide your product strategy. Product Teams are Being Judged by the Wrong Numbers. The Downside of Feature FOMO.

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The Product Guy

AUGUST 8, 2024

engineering, design, marketing, sales) is a key aspect of Product Ops. It ensures that all stakeholders are aligned with the product vision and goals, and that there’s a cohesive strategy for product development and go-to-market.

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Product Management University

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

The problem is you’re just getting started while the majority of your stakeholders are blissfully dusting off their hands thinking it’s done and eager to tackle the next product idea with carbon-copy expectations of success. The Product Version 1 and Done Dilemma – Root Causes! The strategic roadmap is the next layer down.

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Melissa Perri

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

This is how I would approach improving the product if I were working with them. The top section of our Roadmap outlines our Vision, Challenge, and Target Condition, which reflect the goals outlined in my post on Product Strategy. In the Delivery phase, you’ll be delivering valuable features and solutions to users.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 5, 2021

I was surprised to see that even though that’s a crucial question that I contemplate a lot with, I couldn’t give a definitive answer right away. This is especially true for a startup that by definition has limited resources. You need to create your vision and define your strategy accordingly?—?simply You should.

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Product Bookshelf

APRIL 15, 2024

Martin Good Strategy, Bad Strategy by Richard Rumels Product strategy is a set of choices informed by product vision and company objectives. A good strategy consists of a diagnosis, guiding policy, and coherent actions. Why is product strategy so hard? “What is product strategy?

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Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 4, 2019

That clarity is one of the main reasons I was so excited to join Intercom earlier this year – the company entered an industry dominated by impersonal and disconnected tools like ticketing systems and email with a vision to “make internet business personal.”. 1 Poor definition of value proposition and feature focus.

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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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Roman Pichler

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Different people have suggested different definitions for the term software platform. Let me briefly share mine: I view such a platform as a collection of software assets that are used by several products, as the following picture illustrates. In the picture above, product A, B, and C are built on the platform and use its assets.

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Product Innovation Educators

JUNE 19, 2023

If I’m being vulnerable with you, you can definitely trust me, because you have something you can hold over me. Our product team will share a product update, and most product updates will include a high level reminder of product strategy. What is our current product strategy?

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Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 28, 2019

A great partnership between product and sales needs to be based on shared definitions of success and an agreed upon process to collaborate. Usable – you can’t build features with no cohesive vision that need layers of solution consultants to walk every new customer through them.

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BrainMates

JULY 10, 2023

Your Vision is Your Product By MARTIN NORTH We spend our lives surrounded by products, and for those of us who have followed the path to managing and developing them, we use the label “product” to define what we do, and even who we are. Your customer may have a very different view of the value your product creates.

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Ask Benny

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Start from Vision and Strategy A roadmap must be connected to the company vision and product strategy. Before diving into the initiatives to be achieved, you must have a concrete vision and strategy. Hopefully you are also involved in shaping that strategy.

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Userpilot

APRIL 24, 2025

In this role, you will leverage your extensive experience turning ambiguous problems into clear and actionable deliverables, aligning internal and external leaders on a shared, ambitious vision. A seasoned product leader with over 5 years of experience in product or program management, product marketing, business development, or technology.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 5, 2022

Teams fall into the build trap when there’s no alignment between the product vision and the work of the development team. To escape the build trap, teams need the right strategy , processes and organizational structures. Strategy is a framework that allows teams to make informed and independent decisions.

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Roman Pichler

JULY 11, 2016

You should therefore help the team acquire the relevant market and domain knowledge—for instance, by involving the team in research and validation work, inviting them to join you when you visit customers— and ensure that they are aware of the product strategy and product roadmap as well as the business goals and KPIs.

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