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Product Strategy Depends on Company Strategy

Mironov Consulting

  This is a recipe for failure: there are no generic product strategies or corporate strategies , and IMHO therefore no context-free prioritization models, metrics, or product goals.    Do Sales, Marketing, Finance, HR, Engineering, and Product know/have what they need to support the plan? 

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10 Tips for Effective Product Management Meetings

Roman Pichler

For product strategy and roadmap meetings, I recommend involving the key stakeholders , for example, someone from sales, marketing, support, and finance, as well as development team representatives—ideally members who know about the user experience (UX), architecture, and technologies. This creates strong buy-in and shared ownership.

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Overengineering 101: What Is It and How Can Product Managers Avoid It?

Userpilot

To avoid falling into the trap, set clear and realistic objectives that are aligned with the product vision. Use opportunity solutions trees to align the problems you try to solve with product goals. Poor communication: even if you nail your product goals , make sure to communicate them clearly to the development team.

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Product Idea Validation: 6 Steps for Ensuring Successful Products

Userpilot

Product idea validation is essential to avoid spending too many resources on a product that fails because nobody needs it. First, you need to clearly define the product goals, the problems it solves, and its alignment with the organization’s business goals. Some questions to answer include: What is the product?

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What is Story Mapping? User Story Mapping 101 for Product Managers

Userpilot

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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The Roadmap Battle Royale

The Product Coalition

It is ideally a galvanizing document to drive vision, bring teams into alignment and commitment, and lead them and your customers to your future, promised destination. You will begin to prioritize multiple development choices against customer needs, resources, delivery dates, organizational goals, and outcomes within your area.

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How we failed our first OKR cycle and why we do virtual teams now

The Product Coalition

Lesson 1: Don’t define OKRs without teams input It now sounds very stupid, but after 1 month into the cycle, we realized that most of the teams needed tech and product help to achieve their objectives. Finance could do some basic automation in Google Sheets with Zapier, but the real boost required a tech solution.