The Product Guy

DECEMBER 7, 2017

So, your boss’s boss walks into your office and changes your roadmap…. The only real solution was to rebuild everything from scratch; requiring phasing out the old platform and creating a new one and managing multiple products and roadmaps. No, this is not a bad joke. As a product manager you prep, plan and execute.

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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 Roadmap.

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The Product Guy

JUNE 17, 2025

Navigate the ambiguity of growth definitions. Strategic PMs impact the organization, not just the roadmap. The best PMs proactively shape conversations around their contributions and career path, aligning their efforts with organizational priorities. What qualifies as a senior PM at one company might not translate elsewhere.

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Mind the Product

OCTOBER 23, 2018

I’ve made a lot of roadmaps in my time. In fact, in the first three years I was at WorldRemit, I counted that I represented our company roadmap in 10 different ways. One of many, many roadmaps. One of many, many roadmaps. Yet most roadmaps have a big problem in common. The Wrong Conversation.

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Roman Pichler

MARCH 9, 2021

If this definition leaves you scratching your head, don’t worry. Product Goals and the Product Roadmap. But unless you can’t see further than the next few months, I recommend determining the next three to four product goals and capturing them on your product roadmap , as figure 3 below shows.

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 1, 2020

On this episode of Intercom on Product myself and Paul Adams, our SVP of Product, take a look at roadmapping. Knowing how and when to define a roadmap, who to include and how long to plan for are key elements to finding the balanced approach that you need. As you grow functions, the audience for your roadmap widens.

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 1, 2020

On this episode of Intercom on Product myself and Paul Adams, our SVP of Product, take a look at roadmapping. Knowing how and when to define a roadmap, who to include and how long to plan for are key elements to finding the balanced approach that you need. As you grow functions, the audience for your roadmap widens.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 9, 2021

When I talk about roadmaps with younger product leaders, I often hear things like “we don’t need one, we are agile” or “why build a roadmap when things will surely change”. The roadmap sets the strategic direction of the company, and when built right it also doesn’t have to change that frequently, despite your agility.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 30, 2022

Roadmaps require massive prioritization. It’s nice, but there is a much higher level of prioritization that needs to happen and would impact your roadmap much more. The same happens with your roadmap. Your roadmap must serve the company’s (business) goals , and therefore that’s where you need to start. Photo by Anete L?si?a

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The Product Guy

JUNE 13, 2019

The lack of definition opened the opportunity to learn a few lessons along the way. You won’t be there for the hundreds of decisions they’ll need to make as they execute on the roadmap, so the more context they have, the better their decisions will be. Get the full backstory. Communicate Communicate Communicate Communicate.

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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

OCTOBER 30, 2023

So either we work together to understand your objectives, call them goals if you’d like, and the outcome you are looking for from the product, or we will end the discussion, and you won’t get a committed set of work on the roadmap.” We went away from detailed, long-term, feature-committed roadmaps. I explained this many times.

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Folding Burritos

JULY 5, 2015

On the other hand, this sort of multi-dimensional thinking is definitely the right way to imagine a backlog. If they clearly aren’t important enough to be done, then they definitely don’t belong on the backlog. Despite Janna Bastow’s very wise advice to avoid dates on roadmaps, our team can’t avoid them due to stakeholder pressure.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 24, 2023

However you want to slice it, feedback repositories let you segment your feedback so you can build evidence-based roadmaps and strategies. They also usually don’t let you build visual product roadmaps to share with stakeholders or close the loop with customers. Savio helps you build evidence-based product roadmaps.

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Roman Pichler

JUNE 1, 2020

While this definition includes users and customers, I use the term in this article to refer to the internal business stakeholders. Collaboratively set goals , for example, user and business goals on the product strategy and product goals on the product roadmap. The following tips will help you with this.

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Roman Pichler

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Second, they can be completed in a sprint according to the Definition of Done. To prevent your product backlog from becoming a wish list, follow these two tips: First, select a product goal and align your product with a strategic plan like a product roadmap (as I discuss below). Product Roadmap, Product Backlog, and Product Goal.

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Johanna Rothman

JULY 22, 2021

That leads to large and unchangeable roadmaps and a lot of emphasis on predictability. In this post, I'll take a first pass at definitions, so we can separate the strategic from the tactical. This means you can create a product roadmap and a backlog. If you can't write that down, you can't build a roadmap or a backlog.

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Johanna Rothman

JULY 29, 2021

The managers want rigid roadmaps. However, the managers create a roadmap similar to the image above. That roadmap has large features and long “deadlines.” The managers created a Gantt Chart as a picture, not a roadmap. The managers might even think this is roadmap reflects an agile approach.

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Alchemer Mobile

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Definition of the Voice of the Customer (VoC). Once companies collect that VoC data, they can use those insights to inform their mobile strategy, loyalty programs, marketing campaigns, product roadmap, and more. It also helps you understand what areas of your product roadmap to prioritize. What do your customers not like?

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Like that soccer team, products can fall apart when the team doesn’t work together toward a common goal following a roadmap. Soccer is a perfect parallel for product management and roadmap development. While they might seem worlds apart, they share common core principles for success — especially when it comes to roadmap development.

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The Product Guy

MARCH 27, 2018

When I started my current product role last September, I had a textbook definition of what makes a great product manager. But on day one of the program kickoff, I already began to re-assess my initial definition! It is a statement that will become part of my refined definition of a Product Manager. Your followers choose you.”

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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. 2 Involve the Right People. Close the meeting.

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Product Management University

DECEMBER 8, 2023

The word roadmap usually conjures up thoughts of a product roadmap for people in a technology product company. For customer success managers though, the intent of a customer account roadmap, while similar, is bit more surgical than a product roadmap when it comes to defining success and leading customers to it.

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Alchemer Mobile

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

What strategies do you use to prioritize your product roadmap? You can have beautiful roadmap decks and beautiful PowerPoints. And so I think that’s definitely a trend that I don’t see going away. ” What strategies do you use to prioritize your product roadmap? What tools or methodologies do you use?

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The Product Guy

AUGUST 13, 2020

In a well structured company with clear product definition, this may only take a couple days of training. Keeping the end goal in mind, developing roadmap maps out how to get from current stage to the end goal and required resources and support. .

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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. Let’s establish some basic definitions before diving into the details of Strategy Blocks: 1. What exactly is product strategy?

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Roman Pichler

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Different people have suggested different definitions for the term software platform. Consequently, a platform should have its own product strategy and roadmap , KPIs , product backlog , and well-designed software architecture that leverages the right technologies. Be Clear on What a Software Platform Is. Start Small.

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Roman Pichler

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

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. Once the new product increment is available, you know for sure how much the development team has achieved.

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Roman Pichler

DECEMBER 4, 2018

If a refactoring release is the right approach for you, then your product roadmap should reflect this: It should show a release dedicated to future-proofing the product and making the necessary technical changes. You intentionally slow down, so to speak, to go faster afterwards.

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Product Management University

MARCH 5, 2024

The definition of product management has been changing and evolving over the past 10 years and I’m not sure it’s for the better. Structure Your Team for Customer Value First Here’s another disturbing trend that may be contributing to the shrinking definition of product management. Most of them are not our customers.

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Product Management University

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Before we bring the portfolio roadmap into the picture, let’s set the stage with product roadmaps. For most people, the term roadmap conjures up a visual presentation of product features and delivery dates published by product management. product management publishes a feature release schedule for every product.

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Alchemer Mobile

JUNE 8, 2022

Definition of the voice of the customer (VoC). Once companies collect that VoC data, they can use those insights to inform their mobile strategy, loyalty programs, marketing campaigns, product roadmap, and more. Download the guide today ! What you’ll learn. What is VoC. How companies use VoC data . Why VoC is valuable .

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Roman Pichler

MAY 4, 2022

I believe that the first definition is more helpful, especially in an agile context. Use a product vision ; a product strategy with user needs and business goals; and a product roadmap with product goals (aka. Tips for Forming Effective Product Teams in Scrum. Without sufficient trust, people will struggle to work together well.

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Alchemer Mobile

AUGUST 10, 2021

While 18 common challenges may seem like a lot, each one is valid, and we can definitely empathize. We have too many ideas, and prioritizing our product roadmap is hard (22%). The three most common challenges include: I have too many responsibilities. I don’t have enough time in my day. My team is too small.

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Roman Pichler

JANUARY 8, 2019

Once you have identified the right way forward, capture your decisions in a product roadmap like my GO Product Roadmap. Use a Definition of Done, only accept work results that comply to this definition, and encourage the development team(s) to apply agile development practices.

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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. “If your product team isn’t taking roadmap input from your sales team, you’re not listening to the potential market” Second, sales and product need a way to collaborate on the product roadmap.

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