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5 Product Vision Mistakes You Should Avoid

Roman Pichler

Listen to the audio version of this article: [link] Confusing Vision with Strategy For a product vision to be effective, it is best captured by a simple, easy-to-understand statement or slogan. For example, the vision for a presentation tool like Microsoft PowerPoint or Google Slides might be “inform and inspire people.”

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Balancing Product Vision with Market Realities: Exclusive TPG Live Recap

The Product Guy

How Do You Stay True to Your Product Vision While Adapting to Market Realities? The Challenge of Balancing Vision vs. Market Demands Why Product Vision Often Gets Lost Product leaders start with a bold vision, but execution becomes difficult when: Market conditions change , requiring fast adjustments.

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519: Product verification, most important of the 19 activities of product management – with Nishant Parikh

Product Innovation Educators

The core focus of these activities is on thorough market research, continuous customer engagement, and strategic product development. Market Research As software product managers navigate the complex landscape of product development, market research emerges as a crucial first activity.

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521: Leadership Crossroads–What Every Product Manager Must Know Before Their Next Move – with Kimberly Bloomston, CPO

Product Innovation Educators

Her path highlights how responsibilities evolve from hands-on product development to strategic business leadership, emphasizing the importance of continuous learning, vulnerability, and strong relationship-building skills. As a new product manager, Kim faced the common challenge of understanding her company’s technical landscape.

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The Art and Science of Explaining Your Product Strategy

Speaker: Jason Tanner, CEO of Applied Frameworks

Ideation, discovery, research, and analysis all inform the development of a product strategy that evolves iteratively as the product team learns more about customers, their problems, and potential solutions. Develop a product strategy message. Apply frameworks to define product strategy. Effectively communicate product strategy.

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From Pipelines to Product Vision: The Analyst’s Critical Role

The Product Coalition

Summary In this conversation, Jay Stansell and Deepak Chanda explore the evolving roles of data analysts and engineers in product development. Deepak … Read more

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522: Stop the stupid using proactive problem solving – with Doug Hall

Product Innovation Educators

Even more concerning, products typically lose 50% of their innovative value during development as unique ideas get compromised to fit existing systems. Products typically lose 50% of their innovative value during the development process. Doug shared that the average manager wastes 3.5

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The Beauty and Brains of Actionable Data: How to Go From Concept to Reality

Speaker: Dr. Joe Perez, Senior Systems Analyst at NC Dept. of Health & Human Services, and Chief Technology Officer at SolonTek

Do you have the vision to combine beauty with brains, thereby driving decisions with data? Ascertain how the four-step iterative implementation cycle works: Deploy, Discover, Discern, Develop. Anyone can make a pretty bar graph, but can you make sound decisions based on that graph? Is it actionable, or is it only fluff?

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How Product Managers Can Define a Product Vision to Guide Their Team

Speaker: Christian Bonilla, VP of Product Management at UserTesting

Rather, they start with a strong product vision. Getting that vision right is one of the most important responsibilities of the product team. Join Christian Bonilla, VP of Product at UserTesting, as he reveals tips for taking ownership of the product vision to guide the development process.

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How To Manage Multiple Product Teams For Successful Development & Delivery

Speaker: Leslie Grandy, Product Executive & Drew Weaver, Senior Program Manager

🎯 Proficiency in these skills empowers product managers to navigate complexities to maintain a cohesive vision across projects, ensuring successful product development and delivery! We can think about this like conducting an orchestra, where diverse efforts are harmonized toward a unified outcome.

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Your 2-Part Metrics Audit for High-Value Products

Speaker: Sam McAfee, Product Development Consultant, Startup Patterns

Do they contribute to the ultimate vision of your product? And is everybody clear on that vision? Join Sam McAfee, Product Development Consultant, as he takes you through a two-part measurement audit. You'll come away with the ability to: Align your organization on a product strategy that serves your vision.

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How Can We Stop Under Utilizing a Key User Experience Champion?

Speaker: Miles Robinson, Agile and Management Consultant, Motivational Speaker

Customer representation has always been a key reason for success in product development. Despite this, those building the product itself are often detached from their customers, leading to a gap between vision and execution on the most practical metrics. It’s a truth universally acknowledged by the best product managers.

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Don’t Get Left Behind: Leveraging Modern Product Management Across the Organization

Speaker: Kat Conner

Join our upcoming webinar and learn how to streamline your product development processes, infuse product thinking across the organization, and bridge the gap between vision and delivery. Attendance of this webinar will earn one PDH toward your NPDP certification for the Product Development and Management Association.