Roman Pichler

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Listen to the audio version of this article: [link] Introduction To discuss empowerment in product management, I find it helpful to distinguish three main levels of decision-making authority, product delivery, product discovery, and product strategy, as the model in Figure 1 shows. [1]

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Mind the Product

JULY 23, 2020

Every team needs a product strategy. The Business Model Canvas, Bootstrap or Atomic Design – it seems like everyone from MBAs to developers to designers seems to have a framework to structure their strategy, except for product managers.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

The Eight Core Elements of a Winning Product Strategy “The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do.”?—?Michael After what seemed like months of work, our product was emerging from stealth mode. No choices = no product strategy. The series of choices following a framework = the product strategy.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

Product leader Aatir Abdul Rauf outlines questions product managers should ask when crafting a product strategy. By Tremis Skeete , for Product Coalition Product strategy continues to be a misunderstood concept and energizes many conversations and debates on LinkedIn. It’s not a set of goals.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 27, 2023

Learn these 3 mindsets to stop relying on strategy frameworks and improve your strategic thinking. Continue reading on Product Coalition »

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Strategy and enabling your team to solve problems makes the difference between a boss and an impactful leader. In this series, I look at what I wish I had known when I started as Head of Product… Summary Understanding strategy allows you to effectively delegate, motivate and align so you can move from a nice boss to an effective leader.

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Mind the Product

OCTOBER 21, 2019

A strong product strategy is often neglected because of the absence of any strategic thinking in product teams. What can product managers do to make sure they give their product strategy the attention it warrants? But today many, if not most, product teams fail this very first test.

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Sachin Rekhi

JULY 16, 2022

Video: Product Strategy, Systems, and Frameworks with Sachin Rekhi. Slides: LinkedIn Learning: Product Strategy, Systems, and Frameworks. I was recently invited to speak as part of the Product Management Learning Series hosted by LinkedIn Learning.

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BrainMates

JUNE 20, 2022

With the rapid rise of technology, resilience is also key in the planning of technology and digital strategies by CTOs and tech leaders. However, the topic of product strategy resilience rarely if ever surfaces when talking to product leaders about their product strategies. The post Scenario Gaming.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 27, 2021

How to differentiate and build a competitive advantage that you can sustain and defend over time Photo by Pavel Danilyuk from Pexels Creating your product strategy is hard work. Focus and Positioning: A different type of prioritization Selecting is not about prioritization frameworks or ROI calculations.

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Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 2, 2021

To avoid this outcome, we apply a simple three-part framework before we start exploring solutions. Our simple team alignment framework . Our SVP of Product, Paul Adams, describes innovation as building something new, different, and better. My team recently took ownership of our Customer Support channel strategy.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Both product and product strategy should fall in place to make the startup sustainable and help them to grow. The importance of measuring the small outcomes associated with their product goals or visions is the key to churn expected benefits throughout the product life cycle. What is wrong with these startups?

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BrainMates

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The Product Zoom Levels Framework By ADRIENNE TAN Product people often have to switch between different horizons. Frustrations like these can be minimised if we have a framework to check what level we’re operating at to ensure we are aligned in our discussions with our executives, peers, teams and stakeholders.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 9, 2023

These multi-product organizations need a way to make economically rational choices regarding managing their product portfolios. This article lays out strategies for portfolio planning. The portfolio backlog can consist of various items, including products, product increments, or technical initiatives.

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Product Management University

APRIL 8, 2024

But products are the nucleus, and that means market leadership starts with product management. There are the obvious things product management does. I want to focus on the responsibilities of B2B product management that don’t get much airtime. To some product managers, market is synonymous with users.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

The value assessment framework allows you to identify gaps in any of the value layers — definition, delivery, and perception. Photo by Iain Kennedy on Unsplash When I was a product lead at Imperva, there was a feature that engineering kept telling me required a rewrite. This concludes the value assessment framework.

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Dear Strategy

MARCH 15, 2023

You see, the reason I started the Dear Strategy podcast was mostly to educate. Now, I’m sure I didn’t go about the process in exactly the most effective way, but, even so, that particular strategy has resulted in absolutely zero leads! But – remember – I’m a strategy guy! Now what about the new framework? Cue evil laugh].

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Product Management University

AUGUST 15, 2023

The biggest difference between product management and portfolio management is product management focuses specifically on the success of each product whereas portfolio management focuses on the success of the company (the portfolio) in chosen market segments.

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Mind the Product

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Shipping product to 500 million users without knowing what strategy was? In this ProductTank San Francisco talk, Sam, now with that experience behind him and as Head of Product at Fivestars , outlines: What a good product strategy looks like. How to create a good strategy. What Is Good Strategy?

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The Product Guy

OCTOBER 9, 2018

I became a product manager because I wanted to take a more strategic role at my company. Learning more about how to formulate strategy, therefore, was not only a personal goal, but also one that I foresaw will help the company scale. I admit that in the past, I have been soured on “strategy” as a discipline.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 11, 2019

One of the biggest challenges product leaders face is convincing leadership of changes in product strategy. In addition, setting the proper expectations with leadership is a key element for managing your stakeholders. Use that framework to agree that these are the things you’re going to work on this quarter.

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Mind the Product

APRIL 10, 2020

In this talk from #MTP Engage Manchester consultant Itamar Gilad takes us through his GIST (goals, ideas, steps, tasks) framework. Itamar has over 20 years of product management experience working with industry leaders such as Google and Microsoft. He’s now a consultant, speaker and writer. Three Types of Launch. Enter GIST.

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UX Studio: Product Management

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Your product strategy is already bulletproof — just make sure you’re not making any of these mistakes. Learn 5 examples from my career where strategy went haywire and my tips on how to avoid these situations. I’m Sándor, a product lead and former product designer with 5 years under my belt.

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ProductBoard

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Written by Dan Olsen, Product Management Consultant and Author, for our ebook, The Path to Product Excellence: Stories and Advice From the Field. Why was Instagram’s product so successful? I want to share some important product strategy tools that. I want to share some important product strategy tools that.

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Mind the Product

APRIL 22, 2021

Read more » The post The PM Competency Framework: Making Product Management growth a team effort appeared first on Mind the Product. As a chapter of six coaches, over time, we understood our [.]

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Mind the Product

MAY 17, 2022

In this article, we'll dig deep into one specific framework that I fancy a lot for its genericity and its simplicity to apply. Read more » The post The balanced scorecard: a framework that drives impact appeared first on Mind the Product.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

OCTOBER 7, 2020

This is a guest post from Alexis and Adrienne's Product Managers at Work. When I interviewed for Google several years ago, the Product Strategy portion of the interview asked questions similar to: “What business would you build on top of self-driving cars?” What is your strategy for the next 10 years?

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 28, 2024

Here’s a three-step approach to ensure products connect with users on a more meaningful level. I’m not talking about the Spotify model for product management, I’m talking about the app itself. Photo by NordWood Themes on Unsplash I have a confession to make: I don’t like Spotify. Stay tuned.

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Product Innovation Educators

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

The importance of an organizational game plan for product managers. I started a new series to explore the Product Development and Management Body of Knowledge. While it has since been updated many times, this is the body of knowledge I discovered in 2007 that led to many ah-ha moments for me as a product manager.

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ProductPlan

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

After deciding to implement a new prioritization framework, many teams find themselves defaulting to certain bad habits. These bad habits can impede your product team’s ability to launch a product effectively. At ProductPlan, we understand the need for a sound product strategy. Keep your backlog in order.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Do you even know what a product lifecycle is?” I love how you call product frameworks sh*t, but your stuff is always amazing!”. Unfortunately, when it comes to product lifecycle management, it puts many off. Yes, all we want to do is build, not follow frameworks, but I assure you, this is worth your time.

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ProductPlan

JUNE 19, 2020

In our webinar Product Managers: Treat your Strategy as a Product , Hadrien Raffali discusses the importance of tracking market activity and tweaking plans accordingly. Raffali believes strategy missteps are inevitable if companies aren’t spotting key patterns quickly enough. What does a Good Strategy Look Like?

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Product Innovation Educators

APRIL 11, 2022

What product managers need to know about having an ecosystem strategy. Today we are talking about strategy. It’s an important topic because our work as product managers and innovators should be in alignment with our organization’s strategy, but strategy may not be what you think it is.

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airfocus

APRIL 21, 2023

This article will help you prepare for expansion with the right strategies and frameworks. Expanding in a new market is an exciting challenge, but it is not without its constraints.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

I have some takeaways and learnings to share that I covered as a coach for their onboarding strategy. Create B2B onboarding strategy for a premium organic products for <Startup V> catering to niche user segment focused on wellness, health & lifestyle” Why was it needed to define the problem for onboarding strategy?

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Mind the Product

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

At Founders Factory we’ve created and implemented a framework for our product coaching practice based on the hypothesis I wrote about in Mind the Product last year for why product thinking needs to be the future of product management and why product coaching is how we get there.

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Usersnap

OCTOBER 3, 2023

In the competitive landscape of product management, prioritizing user satisfaction and engagement is pivotal. Quantifying user interactions and analyzing engagement provide insights necessary for informed decisions, enhanced competitiveness, and superior product development. What is Google’s HEART Framework ? Happiness 2.

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