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How to Use Product Goals and Initiatives to Drive and Measure Success

Userpilot

Setting smart product goals is a vital skill for any sensible SaaS owner or product manager to get right. In this article, we’re going to explore what makes an effective product goal, the difference between goals and product initiatives, how to set them and make them work with your product backlog, and more.

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10 Product Roadmapping Mistakes to Avoid

Roman Pichler

You can avoid these drawbacks by using a different roadmap type: a goal-oriented or outcome-based product roadmap. As its name suggests, this roadmap focuses on product goals and outcomes, such as acquiring customers, increasing engagement, and future-proofing the product by removing technical debt.

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How to Use Idea Screening for New Feature and Product Development

Userpilot

Its goal is to eliminate ideas that aren’t feasible or aligned with your business goals. By screening your ideas before investing in their development, you reduce the risk of failure and can allocate resources to initiatives that satisfy customer needs and market demand. The idea screening process starts with idea generation.

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My Product Strategy Model

Roman Pichler

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? To answer these questions, I have developed the model shown in figure 1. Figure 1: My Product Strategy Model.

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3 Tips for Developing Courses Your Customers Will Love

Gainsight

In other words, to create courses that meet the unique needs of your customers, you need to start by building detailed personas that give you insight into their goals, motivations, learning styles , and more. Ask yourself: What are their business and product goals? How do they measure success with your product?

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Seven Product Backlog Mistakes to Avoid

Roman Pichler

Third and most importantly, focus the backlog on a specific product goal. Then decline and remove items that do not serve this goal, as I discuss below. The Product Backlog is Too Detailed. But an overly detailed product backlog makes it hard to see the wood for the trees: There is simply too much information.

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Product Goals in Scrum

Roman Pichler

Product Goals Defined. The Scrum Guide released in November 2020 states that “the product goal describes a future state of the product … [It] is the long-term objective for the Scrum team.” It also suggests that “the product goal is in the product backlog. Figure 1: The Product Goal in Context.