Userpilot

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

How is the outcome-based roadmap different from regular roadmaps? Dave Martin on how product roadmaps kill outcomes. TL;DR Regular roadmaps kill outcomes by forcing teams to think in the categories of features and timelines. How roadmaps kill outcomes A classic roadmap is a list of features with a timeline.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Product roadmaps is one of the subjects I am probably the most passionate about in the product world. While browsing one of the online communities I am part of, someone commented that outcome-based roadmaps were just ‘regular roadmaps’ anyway, and that: “… Any product manager that knows what they’re doing doesn’t need outcome-based roadmaps.

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ProductPlan

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Vital to delivering successful products at Clickatell , an effective product roadmap can quell the confusion and missteps that often derail well-meaning product delivery organizations. Roadmaps provide the required context to understand how individual initiatives combine to meet strategic objectives.

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ProductPlan

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

But for enterprise product teams, the most common area where that opportunity and reality clash is roadmapping. While common processes and templates should be the lifeblood of any effective enterprise operation, 50% of large product teams (those with 50+ members) cite keeping roadmaps and processes consistent as their top growing pain.

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Actuation Consulting

MARCH 4, 2020

Last week we covered the basics of the Product Requirements Document (PRD). This week I’ll lay out the eight things that set a PRD apart as a highly useful document. Deliver these eight, and you’ll have a document that smoothes out development and leads to a positive outcome. What does highly useful PRD look like?

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 9, 2021

Part one of this article taught you how to align a roadmap with aspirational business goals. Participants: Product Manager (required), Product Owner (required), Development Manager (required), Business stakeholders (optional) Guiding Questions: What are the highest value projects that will help realize your strategy at the end of the roadmap.

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UX Planet

DECEMBER 15, 2023

They can help outline a roadmap for your career and, more importantly, hold you accountable, ensuring you stay on track. Documenting each stage, from user research and wireframing to high-fidelity prototypes, can offer a comprehensive look into your skill set and problem-solving capabilities. Is a digital agency.

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Mind the Product

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Much has been written about the process of creating product roadmaps, not least the six great articles written by my own team. I believe the actions of a product leader all too often are the root cause of a “bad” roadmap. Without thoughtful leadership around them, it may not be in product manager’s gift to achieve a “good” roadmap.

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Bain Public

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Without collective discovery, pillar documentation and pre-wiring (i.e. 3 Ingredients to Building Out Your Product Vision Unfortunately, all of the roadmap planning in the world and the most thought out mitigation strategies are not going to prevent stakeholder roadmap dismantling, scope changes and risk events from occurring.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

I’ve reviewed roadmaps for hundreds of different products. I’ve participated in more roadmap review meetings than I can remember. And until now, I never thought to share the view a product leader has on roadmaps — at least publicly. When reviewing a roadmap with the product team, there are six points I always look for.

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ProductPlan

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

There are many ways to build a roadmap and many types of roadmaps you can make. Roadmaps for sales and marketing tout new functionality and minimize the time spent on technical debt and scalability. Roadmaps for sales and marketing tout new functionality and minimize the time spent on technical debt and scalability.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 2, 2019

Many organizations struggle with roadmaps, finding them difficult to maintain and hardly ever coming true. They say, a roadmap in its first edition barely resembles what they get in the end. It all misleads into believing that the product roadmap is just some mumbo jumbo that has little in common with real business problems.

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Userpilot

JANUARY 16, 2024

ChatGPT can create broad multi-year roadmaps that prioritize the most critical feature requests , ideas, or improvements. You can also use it to craft engaging blog posts, write simplified product documentation, etc. ChatGPT can create a broad roadmap or break it down into smaller tasks to make your work easier. Enter ChatGPT!

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Mixpanel

OCTOBER 10, 2019

At Mixpanel, we’ve developed a system where everybody in a position to talk to a customer can log a product gap. Below, I’ll outline the Mixpanel approach to product gaps and how you can use it to inform your product roadmap. The example below shows the two ways you could document this product gap: as a solution or as a need. “A

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Alchemer Mobile

MAY 17, 2022

Here are some examples of areas to focus on: Product roadmap prioritization : What new app features and improvements are customers most interested in? . You can use this data to track changes in customer emotion and hone in on why customer feelings changed, positively or negatively. Why do they feel that way?

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UX Planet

JANUARY 4, 2024

In this narrative, I’ll delve into the three key aspects that bridge these roles seamlessly: Customer Centricity, Design Thinking for Product Roadmapping, and Internalizing Empathy during Stakeholder Management. The insights gained during these sessions were not confined to the design phase but extended seamlessly into product roadmapping.

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ProductPlan

MAY 11, 2020

Proof Over Opinion: 8 Strategies for Selling a Roadmap to a Skeptic. Here you are up to your eyeballs, creating a killer product strategy and roadmap. A roadmap skeptic poses a two-fold dilemma for a product manager (PM): you have to keep product development moving forward while figuring out how to sell your roadmap to the skeptic.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

One catalyst for this scenario is when a colleague leaves, or changes positions. Or, you have switched positions, so you move on from your other responsibilities. Capture their vision If the outgoing product manager has a roadmap and vision, great. Get written resources Ask for documents sent now. Dependencies.

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Lenny Rachitsky

APRIL 7, 2024

Highlight the value you can bring in a new position and why it’s essential for the company’s success. Document improvement: Approximately 30% of users utilize ChatPRD to enhance existing specs, PRDs, strategy docs, or roadmaps, indicating its effectiveness in refining and iterating on initial project documentation.

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ProductPlan

APRIL 10, 2019

But when it comes to product development and the roadmaps that guide that process, you’re often hard pressed to see the desired outcomes represented. Instead, we often see roadmaps that are chock-full of features and enhancements that don’t mean much in isolation. The problem with feature-driven roadmaps.

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Product Innovation Educators

JUNE 3, 2019

Product roadmaps are one of the best-known tools and also the most misused by product managers. We have talked twice before with Bruce McCarthy, co-author of the book, Product Roadmaps Relaunched: How to Set Direction while Embracing Uncertainty , to learn how to make roadmaps work for us instead of against us.

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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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ProductPlan

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Is the role of product operations about building and documenting processes—guided by the needs and requirements of product? Or is it about refining, documenting, and shepherding the ongoing use of established processes? Excerpt of responsibilities for a product operations specialist position (via LinkedIn) at Muck Rack.

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ProductPlan

APRIL 1, 2020

So how do product roadmaps help ensure this remains the case? Product Roadmaps for Computer Software Product Managers. Product roadmaps provide the cohesive vision and story for your product, aligning stakeholders , and illustrating how each minor improvement leads to more significant gains. Good ideas are a dime a dozen.

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Product Talk

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Then when Tali moved to her current position, she brought her opportunity solution tree knowledge along and adapted it to the new setting. Tali’s team now has a FigJam document that contains five trees. Tweet This Tali’s team now uses FigJam to build opportunity solution trees like the ones shown here.

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Product Bookshelf

APRIL 15, 2024

” is rivaled only by “What is a roadmap?” Common themes in product strategy Product strategy writing illustrates that strategy is the link between vision and roadmaps / plans. Similarly, strategy guides planning and roadmaps. Why is product strategy so hard? “What is product strategy?”

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Effective Roadmap Planning and Development Process for Enterprise Products

AUGUST 2, 2018

Roadmap Planning process Unlike Consumer products, you have two different types of audience to satisfy in Enterprise world, namely Buyer and User Persona. Typical process what I evangelize for roadmap planning process is the below. Position your product in the magic quadrant and determine where your product lags.

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Userpilot

JULY 23, 2023

Product Manager : Defines the product vision, roadmap , and features, collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure the product meets customer needs and market demands. Below are the main positions and how they contribute to building a solid GTM strategy. Develop a product roadmap. Who is part of the GTM team?

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Userpilot

AUGUST 13, 2023

Next, put them on the roadmap , considering feature interdependencies and timelines. This enables the team to have a better chance of delivering a positive user experience and increasing customer satisfaction. Once you prioritize your features, you still need to validate them and only then include them in the product roadmap.

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Userpilot

JANUARY 22, 2024

TL;DR A product marketing framework is a structured but flexible approach to positioning and promoting your product. The framework is a roadmap for creating a winning product marketing strategy that drives effective resource allocation and provides a flexible foundation for growth. With this clarity comes improved effectiveness.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 28, 2020

In short, this is the team that drives the Product Roadmap of the company, managing the Product Releases according to customer expectations and businesss goals. Market Requirement Documentation b. Competitor Positioning c. But an effective roadmap will also serve as a project management tool in two main ways: a.

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Mind the Product

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Consider this article a requirements document: it’s structured into several user stories from the perspective of a hiring manager, for a product manager role. Take a minute to look at each position on your resume and check that there is one bullet point that describes the role you had and the product you were working on. Data-Driven.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Generative AI enables companies to innovate rapidly, adapt to market changes efficiently, and establish a leading position in their industries. This capability enables businesses to make well-informed decisions, fine-tune strategies, and proactively anticipate market trends, positioning them at the forefront of their industries.

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Gainsight

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Now, the verdict is in, and everyone agrees that proactive Customer Success Managers (CSMs) are best positioned to drive value and deliver a better customer experience. However, they’re constantly iterating—the product roadmap is in flux, and the customer base is in flux. Most of all, it will help you stay positive.

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Mixpanel

OCTOBER 10, 2019

At Mixpanel, we’ve developed a system where everybody in a position to talk to a customer can log a product gap. Below, I’ll outline the Mixpanel approach to product gaps and how you can use it to inform your product roadmap. The example below shows the two ways you could document this product gap: as a solution or as a need. “A

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Mind the Product

AUGUST 29, 2019

The first type of partial product manager is a holdover from waterfall days when product design entailed a sequential process of researching, then documenting, then passing along requirements for development. Signs to watch out for: An erratic roadmap that lacks cohesive themes. Frequent, bespoke development for specific customers.

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Bain Public

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Most companies don’t have a clear picture of their roadmap. Bain Public’s SOAP™ methodology and tool offers a full picture of your product strategy, tactics, metrics and roadmap all in one place. It breaks product innovation in 3 steps -- Product Mission, Product Blueprint and Roadmap Pillars.

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