The Product Coalition

MAY 24, 2023

How Product Roadmaps Bridge the Gap and Fuel Success. “A A product roadmap is a tool for communication and alignment. Central to this journey is the product roadmap. The why is what unites not just the team, but the whole company, around a shared vision. The Journey of a Product: The Roadmap Queue the time travel music.

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Userpilot

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Want to learn how to create a robust UX roadmap for your UX team ? We also discuss the benefits of UX roadmaps, present different types, and share top tips for building them. TL;DR UX roadmap is a strategic plan outlining UX initiatives and guiding the UX design process. What is a UX roadmap? UX roadmap.

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Lenny Rachitsky

DECEMBER 3, 2023

Known for crafting a strong, unified vision, Ebi empowers her teams to achieve outsized outcomes. Known for crafting a strong, unified vision, Ebi empowers her teams to achieve outsized outcomes.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

Talk to any of the product managers, and one of the main problems they will share how difficult it is to create an achievable product roadmap. I have mentioned “achievable” in the title because, most of the time, the product team comes up with a roadmap only to realize that it’s not achievable. Engineering and design ?—?Any

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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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280 Group

OCTOBER 3, 2020

This month, we presented the webinar, 5 Secrets to Prioritizing Your Product Roadmap (The Right Way!). Oftentimes, I see a PM communicating a mix between a roadmap and a backlog, and I’m trying to figure out how to get them comfortable with sharing both. Features, Roadmap Building, and Launch.

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Userpilot

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Roadmaps vs backlogs: What’s the real difference and why does everyone keeps using these terms interchangeably when they mean different things? TLDR Understanding the difference between a product roadmap and a backlog is crucial for product managers. Everyone knows the difference between a roadmap and a backlog… right?

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Gocious Blog

JANUARY 31, 2023

Your product roadmap is an essential part of the manufacturing process. It guides production while defining the product vision from conception to development. If you consider the design and engineering of a vehicle, many components come into play. Product manufacturing can be a complex process.

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280 Group

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Your ability to influence and work effectively with engineers is a huge part of whether or not you’ll be successful as a Product Manager, and also whether you’ll be satisfied with your job. Let’s discuss how to work more effectively with your engineering team and individual engineers. Brian Lawley.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 14, 2020

It’ll describe some points divided as follows: Setting the product vision Getting people onboard (stakeholder management) to make it happen How to talk with other areas to get to this vision Why is setting a Product Vision important? Alice Product Manager”- Without Product Vision, any direction will be taken.

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ProductPlan

MARCH 5, 2021

This article tackles one of the areas that gets the most interest from product managers: how can they use an essentialist approach to create and communicate better product roadmaps ? To ensure you’re adding the right features and initiatives to your product roadmap, I’ve outlined several suggestions here. Start with the product vision.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 23, 2020

Funding your Product Roadmap How do you ask for funding as you scale your product & team You have a product roadmap (annual / multi-year) in front of you, crafted by you after months of deliberation, discussions, conversations, stakeholder and leadership feedback and reviews. Make sure to have high level estimates (T-shirt size?—?H/M/L

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 15, 2022

that products always require roadmaps. Do you think every company and product needs a roadmap?” Then I thought further; maybe complete scenarios exist where roadmaps aren’t needed. Fast forward to the end, there are in fact scenarios where companies and products do not need roadmaps. Tell me your perspective.”,

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The Product Coalition

MAY 16, 2022

Have you ever stared at a roadmap and wondered why? Why is the roadmap organized the way it is? Roadmaps should not focus on features, no disrespect. Features are important, but they need to come together in the roadmap to show a clear product strategy. Vision, story, metrics, objectives, and capabilities.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 11, 2020

NAVIGATING THE NATURAL TENSION AMONG STAKEHOLDERS This is the first in a series on product roadmaps. The first post describes why roadmaps matter and who relies upon them. The roadmap is much more than a directive document that tells teams what to do by when. Battleground The product roadmap. These include: Engineering?—?What

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 26, 2020

Get real about roadmaps and plans Beyond Gantt Charts and releases If this was 40 years ago and you were doing a cross-country road trip from the American east coast to the west coast, you’ld probably have a roadmap. Your software product roadmap or project plan should do the same for you. How does your product roadmap compare?

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Lenny Rachitsky

APRIL 9, 2024

Instead, I believe that AI will have the most profound impact on the high-level (and historically most valued) skills of product management: developing a strategy, crafting a vision, identifying new opportunities, and setting goals. It’s actually already happening in engineering (check out Devin and Magic ). People stuff!

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bpma ProductHub

APRIL 10, 2017

By Garima Painuly- One of the constant challenges a product manager faces is creating a focused product roadmap that is aligned with expectations of all stakeholders, and defending that roadmap against distractions. The discussion topics were inspired by a blog post from Fresh Tilled Soil on Building a Product Roadmap.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

TL;DR Technical product managers work with engineering and development teams on the technical performance of software products. Tech PMs work actively with product teams on the product vision and strategy. A big part of their job is managing the roadmap and prioritizing technical initiatives in the product backlog.

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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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ProductPlan

MARCH 9, 2023

powered Bing search engine. Our hypothesis: An AI tool like ChatGPT can help product managers save time when setting up a roadmap. A common question we hear from customers who are newer to roadmapping, in general, is, “Where do I start?” And roadmapping is no different. We started with the concept of an Assistant Planner.

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Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 15, 2018

On day one as Reddit’s new VP of Engineering, Nick Caldwell faced a dilemma. He had just spent 13 years at Microsoft, most recently as the head of 300 engineers. At Reddit, he led a team of 35 – none of whom knew how to manage other engineers. Nick Caldwell: I’m VP of engineering at Reddit.

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280 Group

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Standing tall at the center of all this change is the Product Manager, whose role it is to champion product development for an organization and ensure the product teams are executing on roadmaps and strategies to bring innovative, revenue generating products to market.

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Pragmatic Marketing

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Sangita Sarkar , Zynga’s director of product marketing, recently participated in an AMA on influencing the product roadmap via Sharebird , a place to see how people at top companies do product marketing. By doing so, PMMs can represent the consumer's needs and interests at the table and influence the overall vision for the product.’’

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Pragmatic Marketing

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Sangita Sarkar , Zynga’s director of product marketing, recently participated in an AMA on influencing the product roadmap via Sharebird , a place to see how people at top companies do product marketing. By doing so, PMMs can represent the consumer's needs and interests at the table and influence the overall vision for the product.’’

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Mind the Product

MAY 22, 2017

Can’t get your boss to part ways with a time-based feature roadmap? I wonder what it is about feature roadmaps that is comforting to the C-suite. For bosses, I think there’s a perceived risk in moving from a safe and predictable feature roadmap to an experiment-based lean product roadmap. Then sell them on the risk.

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Product Warrior

MARCH 9, 2023

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? Product leaders need to create confidence by using the value drivers of their product strategy to frame the roadmap - or in some cases replace it.

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Product Warrior

MARCH 9, 2023

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? Product leaders need to create confidence by using the value drivers of their product strategy to frame the roadmap - or in some cases replace it.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 29, 2023

A project manager is focused on the completion of a specific project, whereas product managers focus primarily on the long-term vision and evolving a product to deliver value over time. Here’s why it’s important: Defines a product vision and aligns strategy with organization goals. Champions a customer-centric approach.

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Innovatemap

AUGUST 25, 2020

Whether you’ve been handed a new product vision to execute or you have an idea of your own, it’s also your job to socialize your product vision and gain buy-in from internal stakeholders. Read more on how to evaluate if your product roadmap aligns with your business goals here. When to start socializing your product vision.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 30, 2019

For a product engineering team, building software is fun! Conventionally, product development has been driven by feature roadmaps drawn out on a timeline to go with product releases, planned at a regular cadence. In both scenarios, however, the view from engineering is feature focussed. It is even more fun to solve problems.

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ProductPlan

MARCH 29, 2023

To add more complexity to this issue, these teams handling the launch processes typically coordinate their efforts in a tool that is entirely separate from the product roadmap. We wanted to create a deeper connection with your launch planning and roadmap strategy so that your teams have all the information they need in one place.

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Product Innovation Educators

APRIL 22, 2019

Creating a product vision of the future that’s awesome for everyone. Product roadmaps are frequently used badly, almost as handcuffs for product managers. A year ago we explored roadmaps and how they should be used with Bruce McCarthy. We cover: What a product roadmap is. Who the roadmap is for.

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Userpilot

DECEMBER 13, 2023

UX vision is a clear and inspiring statement that guides the long-term design strategy and keeps teams and stakeholders on the same page. The plan, often depicted in a UX roadmap, outlines the work necessary to achieve the goals. Include the desired outcomes in the roadmap along with who will realize them and roughly when.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 11, 2023

Strategic vision Great product managers have a clear vision for the future of their products. They can also translate this vision into a roadmap their teams can execute. They can work effectively with various stakeholders, including engineers, designers, and marketers.

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ProductPlan

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

There are many ways to build a roadmap and many types of roadmaps you can make. Others dive into the specifics and make engineering teams happy since they’re so detailed. Roadmaps for sales and marketing tout new functionality and minimize the time spent on technical debt and scalability. Gather consensus around goals.

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