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? The process went free and without restrictions.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

AUGUST 20, 2020

Product Vision or Product Vision Statement is the long-term goal for a product includes the long-term mission and the motivation behind its creation, along with why it’s important. Product visions, ultimately, serve as the guideposts for the development of the products.

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Alchemer Mobile

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Today, we’re excited to bring you thoughts from Lauren Chan Lee, a product leader, speaker, and advisor, and was most recently the Senior Director of Product Management at Care.com. Prioritization is mostly a rational exercise. I love the quote, ‘Be stubborn on vision, but flexible on details.’

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The Product Guy

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Guest Post by: Tofi Buzali (Mentee, Session 6, The Product Mentor) [Paired with Mentor, Andy Wadhwa]. As a product manager, it can be quite daunting to start a new software product from scratch. Define Product Vision and Strategy. and approach the exercise with a ”Yes, And.” Exploration.

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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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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 15, 2019

3 Different Types of Roadmaps Every PM Needs to Master Roadmapping is not easy. Every company demands different types of Roadmaps, and every PM has their own flavour. Here is a step by step process to create roadmaps so you can influence anyone in your company like a true Jedi. So what is Product Roadmap?

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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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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

What’s product planning? How do you apply your product management skills and knowledge to build a robust product plan? 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. Are you ready?

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The Product Guy

MAY 7, 2020

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. . This article explores multiple aspects of product management. the Product Manager role is a rather recent phenomenon.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 2, 2022

Every time I navigate the ocean of Product Management frameworks, we are not tackling one essential part of our role: People and Ourselves. There is a framework for almost every stage of our Product development lifecycle, but one of the only transversal things is that we need people to make things happen.

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Mind the Product

JULY 1, 2019

Smart candidates know they need to prepare thoroughly for their product management interviews. 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. This is not a “one size fits all” exercise.

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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? Product Vision.

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Bain Public

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

As a product manager, you must have the ability to create a business-viable product vision. Not only that, but this vision needs to drive and influence others to execute and deliver the components needed to build out that vision and make it a reality. But how do you get there?

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Mind the Product

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

There is probably one part of the product management job we can all agree is the hardest – people. We all come to product management from different backgrounds, but one thing that has long been true and is only just starting to change, is that when we start this job our training generally consists of Googling.

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Product Bookshelf

APRIL 15, 2024

Martin Good Strategy, Bad Strategy by Richard Rumels Product strategy is a set of choices informed by product vision and company objectives. Why is product strategy so hard? “What is product strategy?” ” is rivaled only by “What is a roadmap?” The diagnosis is the key.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 5, 2020

What is Product Discovery Anyway? Product Discovery is the process of figuring out what needs to be built. It validates your vision, gives you a clearer picture of user needs, and gives you key answers to roadmap-building questions. Steps to Product Discovery Success 1. Is the problem worth solving?

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ProductPlan

JULY 23, 2019

Product managers wear many hats, but one of the most uncomfortable ones they’re forced to occasionally don is that of the product vision “Gatekeeper.” This particular aspect of product management requires PMs to do what most people find uncomfortable… say “no.”.

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ProductPlan

MARCH 11, 2020

As a product manager, the uncertainty manifested in really detailed and lengthy Product Requirements Documents. I know I’m not the only product manager with this challenge. It’s especially true for product managers, entrepreneurs, and others who want to launch products or ideas.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

I have resorted to a cartoon to explain: In Products are Conversations I explained that great products come from conversations with customers and internal stakeholders. In this post, I’ll suggest how you can improve the Product Management process of Continuous Alignment with internal stakeholders towards envisioned outcomes.

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ProductPlan

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Are your roadmapping habits holding you back? Is routine the enemy when you plan out and communicate your plans for products? Coping mechanisms that we use for the product systems we operate in. Clear’s advice proves useful for product managers to implement his philosophy into their own atomic roadmapping habits.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Product managers, have you ever wondered what user story mapping is? User story mapping is a simple method for converting your vision of a product into a roadmap that allows broad team collaboration and enables your entire team to see the bigger picture, how everything connects, and how to plan the minimum viable product.

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Sequent Learning

JULY 25, 2019

Start With A Vision. Your success as a product manager is pinned directly to the positive contributions to the firm’s bottom line. That means, your product’s business needs to hit the target in the market and fulfill your commitment to the bottom line of the company. Vision stems from passion for an idea, a cause, a goal.

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ProductPlan

APRIL 29, 2020

Product management turns chaos into order. Our job entails creating product roadmaps based on what’s doable and gives the product the most bang for its buck. But how can we be sure we’re making the right calls and roadmapping what matters most? The same truism applies to products and their roadmaps.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 7, 2020

But arrange them into ‘outcomes vs outputs’ and hand them over to the product management community, and suddenly everyone is talking about them! If you’re someone who builds a product or products, have to make high level strategic product decisions…this is something you need to be thinking about.

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ProductPlan

DECEMBER 11, 2019

There are so many changes happening in product management as I write this, and the evolution only seems to be accelerating. With your support, we dove into the most result-driven strategies, popular frameworks, and groundbreaking leaders who changed the product management landscape. I’m excited to watch it all unfold.

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Mind the Product

MARCH 12, 2019

Building and sustaining a healthy team culture and communication is a large part of being a successful product manager. You should still follow the “ does this need to be a meeting ” exercise: Can this meeting be accomplished in an email? Can this email be accomplished in a chat?

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Userpilot

OCTOBER 26, 2022

When do you need it and how does it help product managers build better products? Impact mapping is a collaborative strategic planning technique used by product managers, product owners , and senior technical leadership, who work mostly in Agile software delivery. Roadmap management.

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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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Bain Public

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Product Dayz is an exclusive, half-day event for selected startups to participate in short, personalized workshops given by Bain Public’s product managers! Bain Public is planning 3 separate events for Product Dayz (one event each quarter); Each one will be targeted at a different topic. Title : Product Dayz.

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ProductPlan

JANUARY 18, 2023

Most product professionals have mixed feelings about annual planning, and while they may vary widely, they’re held very strongly. 41% of product managers rated their happiness with their current product planning process a three out of five in Product Plan’s 2022 Annual Product Manager’s Survey.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 22, 2019

One of the product management principles is being nimble. However, today’s consumer cycle and the digital revolution demand product teams that are ready to juggle and switch between tasks very quickly. But, most of all, you must know how to be efficient in your product design. Turn it to your advantage with this guide.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

What is product service management? How is it different from product management ? Product service management is a marketing function whose objective is to keep track of customer and market need fluctuations and inform product development. Product service management vs product management.

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ProductPlan

JANUARY 27, 2022

That includes product teams, who must determine how to maximize their return on their 2022 budgets. To get the most bang for your budgeted bucks, we can look at some of the trends revealed in our latest State of Product Management Report. Product teams are spending on things that make them work better, smarter, and faster.

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Department of Product

OCTOBER 23, 2022

Product Principles – Examples for Product Managers Make decision making easier with inspiration from top product companies Product principles are used by product teams to help guide decision making. Similarly, your vision and strategy help with this too.

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Product Talk

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Find our other Product in Practice posts here. Ask 100 product managers how they ended up in their roles and you’re unlikely to hear the same career trajectory repeated twice. Ask 100 product managers how they ended up in their roles and you’re unlikely to hear the same career trajectory repeated twice.

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Roadmunk

AUGUST 17, 2017

Roadmapping isn’t an exercise reserved solely for product teams—or rather, it shouldn’t be. Roadmaps are communication tools and are perfect vehicles for teams of all kinds to share their priorities and goals with the rest of the organization. The product roadmap. Give our product roadmap template a whirl.

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Mind the Product

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

To help hiring managers and recruiters, like myself, decide whether or not to interview you, it can be a great exercise to treat your resume like a professional product. 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.

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