ProductPlan

MARCH 17, 2020

A strategic product manager (PM) is responsible for shaping and sharing a strategic vision for a product, and yet—oddly enough—finding time for strategic activities can be a very real challenge. So, how does a product manager take ownership of more than just backlog management? Developing a Product Strategy.

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ProductPlan

JANUARY 27, 2022

Whether it’s staying on the same page as the development team during a sprint or creating buy-in on the product strategy and roadmap, these solutions streamline communication, minimize confusion, and provide centralized repositories for crucial information. Product management is no exception. Customer Surveys.

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Mind the Product

JULY 1, 2019

In this post, I look at the value of asking great questions, cover a few strong sample questions and suggest some exercises to help you generate your own insightful questions. Do not go into a product management interview without preparing questions for your interviewer. This is not a “one size fits all” exercise.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Product planning is the iterative process that prepares every stage of the product development life cycle, from the initial idea through launch and further development. Product planning focuses on the customer and business outcomes that the product should achieve. What is NOT product planning.

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ProductPlan

OCTOBER 12, 2021

It’s about turning a vision into reality. But connecting the dots between the activities of a particular product development team and the overarching corporate vision can be a bit of a stretch for those not steeped in the strategic exercises occurring at the top of the organization. Putting Vision into Context.

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ProductPlan

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

The OKR methodology helps organizations measure success and stay on target with their strategy and vision. Lastly, you need to make sure everyone knows your company’s strategy. For example, you need to communicate your strategy and vision widely and cultivate an environment of transparency regarding business goals and direction.

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ProductPlan

JANUARY 21, 2022

Whether it’s staying on the same page as the development team during a sprint or creating buy-in on the product strategy and roadmap, these solutions streamline communication, minimize confusion, and provide centralized repositories for crucial information. Product management is no exception. Customer Surveys.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 26, 2021

a clear and compelling vision. from ‘ Drive’ All top product leaders know the importance that vision plays in the success of a product. Sometimes the Product Vision was something spoken by a visionary leader, but unseen. Or worse of all, sometimes there was just no Product Vision at all.

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ProductPlan

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

This is why developing your product sense remains so important. This might lead some product professionals to bypass their own spidey senses in favor of simply facilitating prioritization exercises. Moreover, they may want to execute a product strategy created by the committee. Adopt an IMPACT mindset.

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Product Innovation Educators

JUNE 19, 2023

I’m in a position to be trusted because you have power. For product managers joining a new team or organization, one of the best things to do to build a foundation of trust is to build early commitment. Our product team will share a product update, and most product updates will include a high level reminder of product strategy.

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Mind the Product

MAY 25, 2018

Initially JustGiving supported only registered charities on its website, but the founders’ vision was to support all good causes. In 2012, when I was working as part of the JustGiving team responsible for innovative products and disruptive business models, we decided to test how people could raise money for non-charitable good causes.

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The Product Guy

MAY 3, 2018

This process of allowing these different channels to paint the clearest perspective of that user is invaluable in making sure that product is being built with the user’s goal in the products vision. Products are not simply about being built. There isn’t one individual responsible for a product’s success.

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Mind the Product

OCTOBER 6, 2017

And as with any holiday it has to come to an end and you’re left refreshed with a slightly more positive outlook on life. But with each exercise, every individual was instructed to write down all their own observations, ideas and questions in easily-digestible 4” x 6” Post-It soundbites.

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Department of Product

OCTOBER 23, 2022

When to consider re-evaluating your product principles Here’s some ideas on potential triggers for re-evaluating your product principles: Strategic triggers – a major product strategy decision has been made (i.e. Similarly, your vision and strategy help with this too.

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The Product Guy

MAY 7, 2020

Hence it is critical that one is aware of the best practises of the role and develops his own philosophy which results into maximum positive leverage for the organization. As I strive towards becoming a product leader, I wanted to understand the best practises in product management and in the process develop my own product philosophy. .

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Roman Pichler

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

To effectively staff the product team, I recommend including the people shown in Figure 1. [1] 1] Figure 1: The Product Team Members Let’s look at the product team members in Figure 1 in more detail starting with the person in charge of the product. Let’s take a look at them.

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Sachin Rekhi

JANUARY 27, 2013

Product management boils down to owning the vision, design, and execution of your product. And while the scope of your product can also vary from a small feature to the entire product strategy for a company, the core discipline remains the same. Without that it will be impossible to convince your team.

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ProductPlan

JULY 19, 2021

Instead, view every effort as a net positive. . They’re also an important reminder that product decisions made to accommodate one part of the market can end up benefiting many more people. Some product managers may view the inclusion-driven activity as a costly exercise. Expand Your Product’s Horizons.

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ProductPlan

DECEMBER 11, 2019

We see increased usage of frameworks like MoSCoW , DACI , and RICE , but product teams also realize that one framework must not rule them all. In our upcoming 2020 Product Management Report, we found that they’re relying on a handful of options depending on the scale and scope of the exercise and which stakeholders are included.

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ProductPlan

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Now, let’s review the eleven product manager interview questions that will reveal whether a candidate is a good fit for your position. 11 Revealing Product Manager Interview Questions. There’s no shortage of possible questions to ask a product management candidate. How do you communicate your product strategy?

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ProductPlan

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

How did Amazon’s product strategy fare during the pandemic? Short answer: Amazon’s product strategy example lead the way). Amazon’s product strategy example has rewritten the book on convenience, easy access, and speed, and in doing so, embedded itself in the daily lives and routines of consumers.

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Tyner Blain

AUGUST 1, 2013

How can Theodore Levitt’s classic Whole Product approach help with defining a product roadmap? I’ve been revisiting his concepts and their use recently, thinking about how to revise them for some exercises I’ve been doing with product teams. Whole Product Game Background. Thanks, Luke!

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Product Talk

APRIL 17, 2024

You have this grand vision. I know in a lot of feature factories, product teams don’t engage with customers that often. That was a good exercise and that was learning number one: Breaking it down into its smallest pieces and aligning on something and learning together as a team, I think unblocked a lot. What’s the vision?

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Sachin Rekhi

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

I instead define a product manager as driving the vision, strategy, design, and execution of their product. It's equally important for product managers to think about each of these four dimensions as having a concrete set of deliverables. Vision: Vision Narrative. Vision: Product Walkthrough.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 5, 2021

The people they talked to wanted to test their product, they loved what they saw, and were intrigued to hear and get more. But you know how it works, this initial traction is very delicate, and alongside these positive signals there are legitimate concerns, so the decision to move forward with it is not trivial. You should.

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The Product HQ

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Senior product managers are executive-level professionals who fulfill an important role in large companies developing products and bringing them to market. As product leaders, a senior product manager’s main responsibilities center around defining, communicating, refining product strategy, and overseeing product planning and execution.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 26, 2024

When the research is narrow-scoped, there is a higher risk of missed opportunities, blind spots, and false positives. In an ideal world, strategic insights would cascade down from the larger product strategy. Choose the few top metrics where positive movement could have the most impact.

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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 25, 2019

Or is it like, “Hey, if this is a consistent pattern then we need to make sure no one ever repeats, we’ll have a principle about the positive behavior that we want.” The vision? And this idea of “not now” is really powerful, because saying no is really critical to any kind of product strategy and product execution.

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BrainMates

APRIL 2, 2019

Of course, there are many kind ways to say ‘no’ (check out this great article by Sebastien Phlix, Product Manager at Typeform, on the art of delivering a ‘ Positive No’ ). In start-ups, Product Managers often report that founders don’t allow them to steer the Product Strategy and Roadmap.

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ProductPlan

JUNE 1, 2023

This can incrementally add new capabilities to the product and potentially quell a few customer complaints, but without a a unified vision, it can also lead to a lot of partial fixes that don’t attack and solve major pain points in a holistic manner. This comes regardless of any existing customer problems to be solved.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 8, 2018

This is the main reason, why startups and enterprise companies need the product management strategies to get their startups off the ground. It is responsible for defining the product strategy, developing a roadmap, and setting up a product vision in the market that meets both company goals and user needs.

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Usersnap

JUNE 15, 2023

They’re in charge of driving the entire product management process themselves. Nevertheless, some core roles and responsibilities of a product manager are: Develop product strategy and vision. Gather and prioritize product requests. After all, it’s your customers that are going to use your product.

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Mind the Product

JUNE 19, 2018

This second post on the methods we use at Onfido to help us think commercially and strategically looks at State of Product meetings. This meeting is an exercise in strategy, an opportunity to take stock of where your product is, where it fits within the wider market, and where it should go. Product Market Analysis.

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Roadmunk

APRIL 3, 2018

And feel like, even if you’re an experienced product manager or somebody who’s just starting out, there is just a wealth of information there for you to learn from. Latif: One of the things I really love is the positioning of this course, which is, how to think like a product manager. What is a product strategy?

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Tyner Blain

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

.” There is a step between the two – deciding which problems you will focus on solving with your product. Strategy defines the context for product strategy, and your product roadmap is a planning (and communication) tool for executing your product strategy. Ted Levitt Whole Product Model.

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ProductPlan

JULY 3, 2019

The latter illustrates the vision for where the product will/might eventually end up. They paint a picture of where the product might go and illustrate the current thinking on product strategy and big picture prioritization. A long-term roadmap takes the product vision and lays out a plan for how to get there.

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Arpit Rai

DECEMBER 18, 2019

The motivation behind writing this post is that I have never done a detailed exercise like this in the past for a product that I’m not involved with professionally. I’ve chosen Slack as the product I want to focus on. Slack’s vision for the target segment Slack needs to deliver on the promise that it makes to its users.

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