Roman Pichler

JULY 20, 2016

Whenever you are faced with an agile, dynamic environment—be it that your product is young and is experiencing significant change or that the market is dynamic with new competitors or technologies introducing change, you should work with a goal-oriented product roadmap, sometimes also referred to as theme-based.

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Product Innovation Educators

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

A four-layer framework to create a winning product strategy Today we are talking about creating product strategy. Bob is the author of the book Creative Strategy Generation. I first heard of Bob when he was the president of Sequent Learning, the product management training company. Our guest is Bob Caporale.

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Melissa Perri

JULY 14, 2016

“What is your Product Strategy? YOU NEED A STRATEGY.” When I replay this scene in my head, I can hear the CTO very audibly yelling (slash pleading) with our product team. This is the way we were taught to think about Product Strategy. This isn’t a strategy, this is a plan. He was on edge.

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Productside

MARCH 3, 2025

Taking charge of a product management team can feel like juggling flaming torchesthrilling, but also risky if you dont have the right game plan. Why the First 90 Days Matter When you lead a new product team, your opening move sets the tone. Q : My CEO micromanages our roadmap weekly. The principle stays the same. Do I push back?

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Roman Pichler

AUGUST 15, 2023

Listen to the audio version of this article: [link] 1 No Strategy The first and most crucial mistake is to have no product strategy at all. When that’s the case, a product is usually progressed based on the features requested by the users and stakeholders. The strategy is therefore either too big or too narrow.

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Roman Pichler

JUNE 10, 2024

Listen to the audio version of this article: [link] Traditional vs Outcome-based Roadmaps Before I share the four steps, let me briefly describe the main differences between a traditional, feature- and an outcome-based product roadmap. A traditional roadmap is essentially a list of features, which are mapped onto a timeline.

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Lenny Rachitsky

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

The post includes plug-and-play strategy templates, recommended timelines, the stakeholders to involve at each step, and more 🔥 For more from Chandra, follow him on LinkedIn , and VRChat is hiring ! I worked closely with a seasoned board member to trace this back to a lack of product strategy—both articulated and aligned.

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Product Innovation Educators

JANUARY 2, 2023

A process for improving product roadmapping using Objectives and Key Results – for product managers. Today we are talking about roadmaps. Some product people love roadmaps, while a lot hate them. Summary of some concepts discussed for product managers. [2:11] What can make them better?

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The Product Guy

MAY 15, 2017

In a recent live stream from one of our mentors of The Product Mentor , Dustin Levy, lead a conversation around “Product Strategies for Non-Strategists”. We are always looking for more product mentors from all around the world. About The Product Mentor. Krishna Madhuvarsu Director of Product Strategy, Oracle Inc.

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Productside

MAY 15, 2025

Productside | Product Management Courses & Training Writing Effective Product Requirements to Drive Outcomes Most product managers dont set out to write bad requirements. And theyre juggling context, roadmaps, and Jira ticketsjust trying to keep up. Download our Voice of the Customer workbook free and field-tested.)

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Roman Pichler

AUGUST 16, 2016

What is a Product Roadmap? A product roadmap communicates how a product is likely to evolve across several major releases. Product roadmaps vary in their format. I prefer to work with goal-oriented roadmaps (also called theme-based roadmaps). How do the Release Plan and Roadmap Relate?

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Roman Pichler

MARCH 12, 2024

But this taught me an important lesson: There is no point in worrying about the product details if a sound product strategy is missing. As helpful as a product strategy is, it’s not enough. 1] While I hope that this makes sense to you, I find that in practice, the different strategies are sometimes confused.

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Roman Pichler

JUNE 7, 2022

The value the product should create is not clearly understood : A validated product strategy and an actionable product roadmap are missing. A powerful stakeholder or line manager determines the KPIs —not the person in charge of the product. If this data is actioned, bad product decisions will be made.

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Roman Pichler

MARCH 9, 2022

If that’s not the case, then it will be difficult to encourage the individuals to agree to more specific goals and to follow a product strategy and a product roadmap that are based on the vision. A handy tool to describe the vision is my product vision board.

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Product Innovation Educators

JANUARY 4, 2021

Insights on roadmaps, metrics, OKRs, and more for product managers. In a few weeks, the name will change to Product Masters Now. You don’t need to do anything to keep listening, but I want you to know the name change is coming—The Everyday Innovator will be renamed to Product Masters Now. . What is the solution?

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Mind the Product

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Then, using the insight we’d gathered plus some additional technical discovery, we were able to form a view on the relative priority of the products and features and a rough Now, Next, Later-style product roadmap. We also created a Now, Next, Later-style product roadmap based on what we’d learnt so far.

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Roman Pichler

JANUARY 22, 2024

These guide and align the strategies of the portfolio members , as Figure 1 illustrates. Figure 1: The Product Portfolio and Product Strategy Using Microsoft Office as an Example In Figure 1, the strategies of the individual products—Word, PowerPoint, and Excel—implement the Office strategy.

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ProductPlan

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Important roadmap deadlines? A positive product review in a major industry publication? What if I told you the team is celebrating the fact that they released the new version of their product a day before the internal deadline on their roadmap? Will our customers be enthusiastic about this new product release?

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ProductPlan

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Even among experienced product professionals, a common misconception in business holds that product strategy and business strategy mean the same thing. Product professionals need to understand the distinction between business strategy vs. product strategy. A Closer Look at Each Strategy.

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Product Innovation Educators

AUGUST 22, 2022

Insights on product strategy and customer research for product managers. Today we are looking at product management work through the eyes of a CEO, exploring several topics together. The CEO joining us is Matt Young, CEO of UserVoice, the first product feedback and research tool for software companies.

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The Product Guy

APRIL 4, 2017

He grows revenue and adoption, and ensures product by turning business problems into profitable, simple, easy-to-use solutions Jordan works closely with his market, executives, and internal subject matter experts to develop roadmaps, and communicate these roadmaps internally and with clients.

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Mind the Product

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Before joining Rabbit, Amanda was Chief Data & Strategy Officer at HotelTonight, the leading mobile app for last-minute hotel bookings, where she led data analytics, corporate strategy, and data engineering to create and execute data-driven growth strategies. Todd Lombardo, Head of Product & Experience.

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Roman Pichler

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Each release goal should be a step towards meeting the user and business goals, and it should describe the specific benefits a major release or product version will provide, for example, acquire users , increase engagement , generate revenue , or remove technical debt to future-proof the product.

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Product Innovation Educators

APRIL 17, 2023

He helps rapidly scaling early-stage startups craft their Product Strategy and everything related to it. He also helps middle market and scrappy companies generate new product strategies for significant, sustainable growth. If you really want to work with us, we’re willing to give you a 30% discount on the product.

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ProductPlan

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Is it Time to Declare Roadmap Bankruptcy? Whether your product finds a market or falls flat, your team needs to understand why this outcome occurred. That way, you’ll know if your strategic plan is working and your roadmap is on the right track, or if it’s time to declare roadmap bankruptcy.

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Product Innovation Educators

MAY 24, 2021

Start with product strategy, determining why the product exists in the market. Then come up with positioning, which is how customers see the product. Suppose we’re creating product management roadmap software for big enterprise teams. Click here to download the Action Guide. Innovation Quote.

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Mind the Product

DECEMBER 24, 2019

Product Podcasting. 2019 also saw the launch of MTP’s weekly Wednesday podcast, The Product Experience. Listening figures are going up and up every week, and to date the most downloaded podcast has been the chat we had with Melissa Perri. Janna Bastow’s post on ditching your product roadmap timeline went viral.

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ProductPlan

DECEMBER 18, 2018

If you haven’t found the right objective goal-setting framework for setting roadmap priorities, consider Objectives and Key Results (OKRs). Although not designed for product roadmaps in particular, the OKR model has a lot to offer product teams. How to Use OKRs for Product Roadmap Prioritization.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 10, 2020

but we had no previous training on strategy. Furthermore, there is no clear path to learn product strategy and no agreed-upon “go-to” resource to start developing this muscle. Understanding how to differentiate based on particular attributes to better serve particular segments is nowadays a common practice in product strategy.

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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 29, 2020

For example, people are working from home at increased rates , video conferencing apps are seeing record downloads , and commuter traffic has plummeted. Adjust your product strategy and roadmap. We’ve used these inputs to re-prioritize our product strategy and roadmap. Where can Intercom be helpful?

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Product Innovation Educators

MAY 10, 2021

To help us with that is someone who has made it happen, increasing the visibility and effectiveness of product management, in different types of organizations. Her name is Monika Murugesan and she is Vice President of Product Management at Sentient Energy. She focuses on portfolio roadmaps, innovation, strategy, and customer success.

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Product Warrior

MARCH 9, 2023

How do you create confidence in your product strategy with those that approve investment i.e. c-suite or board members? Unfortunately, without anything better, many product leaders rely on the product roadmap to demonstrate their strategy. What happens when you show a senior leader a roadmap?

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Product Warrior

MARCH 9, 2023

How do you create confidence in your product strategy with those that approve investment i.e. c-suite or board members? Unfortunately, without anything better, many product leaders rely on the product roadmap to demonstrate their strategy. What happens when you show a senior leader a roadmap?

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ProductPlan

OCTOBER 26, 2021

The top-down view: An epic is a body of work that a product team devises as they break down a strategic theme into smaller initiatives. A theme on your product roadmap might contain two or more epics. Several related stories on the roadmap will often roll up to a single epic. EPIC: Simplify the trial download process.

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Alchemer Mobile

AUGUST 25, 2020

Between interfacing with multiple teams, coordinating release schedules, prioritizing customer happiness, driving the mobile product roadmap, messaging product announcements internally and externally, and myriad other activities, the list of “to-do’s” for mobile product managers may seem endless, and the job is ever-changing.

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ProductPlan

JULY 2, 2021

For instance, we have content on topics from product strategy examples to Agile, presenting a roadmap to stakeholders, change management, and so much more. Of course, if you seek best practices for using ProductPlan’s roadmap platform, you’ll also find tips in the Learning Center. . The Product Strategy Playbook.

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The Product Manager Coach Blog

APRIL 30, 2025

Could you manage a roadmap, run a standup, and charm stakeholders? What teams really need are PMs who can bridge gaps between business and engineering, between user needs and design, between growth experiments and core product strategy. Download my PM Role Clarity Canvas its a great starting point for self-assessment.

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