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Decoding Product Leadership

Roman Pichler

Listen to the audio version of this article: [link] Leading as the Person in Charge of the Product When you hear the term leadership , you might first and foremost think of a senior manager like the head of product, Director of Product Management, VP of Product, or Chief Product Officer.[

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Leading without Being the Boss: Tips for Product People

Roman Pichler

Instead, you rely on the contributions and the support of the key stakeholders , the development team members, and possibly other product people who help you manage a large product. For example, the marketer has to create the marketing strategy, and the development teams have to design and build the product.

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Tips for Becoming a Head of Product

Roman Pichler

When you become a head of product, you move into a line management position. Consequently, your focus shifts from managing a product to looking after the product people on your team and empowering them to do a great job. Grow Your Leadership Skills.

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Product Teams in Scrum

Roman Pichler

Here is why: As the person in charge of the product, you typically require the stakeholders’ expertise to make the right product decisions. You might not know, for example, which marketing strategy is most appropriate or which sales channels are most effective. Tips for Forming Effective Product Teams in Scrum.

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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. The former means that there is no product goal that guides the decision if an item should be added to the product backlog or not.

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Tips for Becoming a Head of Product

Roman Pichler

When you become a head of product, you move into a line management position. Consequently, your focus shifts from managing a product to looking after the product people on your team and empowering them to do a great job. Grow Your Leadership Skills.

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OKRs in Product Management

Roman Pichler

Let’s say, for example, that the objective is to “increase engagement.” OKRs can be used to create cascading goalsgoals that are systematically linked. This is done by using higher-level key results as lower-level objectives, as the following example shows. A product goal, finally, helps determine the right sprint goals.