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How to Use Product Goals and Initiatives to Drive and Measure Success

Userpilot

Setting smart product goals is a vital skill for any sensible SaaS owner or product manager to get right. In this article, we’re going to explore what makes an effective product goal, the difference between goals and product initiatives, how to set them and make them work with your product backlog, and more.

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Which Feature Request Prioritization Framework Should You Use? [Top 15]

Userpilot

Choosing the right feature request prioritization framework enables product teams to make informed decisions and deliver the maximum customer value possible, especially when resources are limited. They can also help product managers secure key stakeholder buy-in. What is a feature prioritization framework?

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Product Teams in Scrum

Roman Pichler

Scrum is a popular agile framework. This team consists of a product owner , a Scrum Master , and several developers, which are also known as development team. But what Scrum lacks in my mind, is a way to involve the key stakeholders in strategic product decisions and the product discovery work. Invest in team building.

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Five Product Owner Myths Busted

Roman Pichler

As the product owner, then you should own the product on behalf of the company and be empowered to have the final say, particularly if no agreement can be reached. Myth #2: The product owner is a tactical role focused on managing the product backlog. Myth #3: The product owner is responsible for the team performance.

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Decoding Product Leadership

Roman Pichler

Consequently, a product manager and a Scrum product owner are leaders, too. They guide the stakeholders , development teams, and in the case of large products, other product people, to meet the agreed product goals , create the desired outcomes, and achieve product success, as Figure 1 shows.

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Product Goals in Scrum

Roman Pichler

Product Goals Defined. The Scrum Guide released in November 2020 states that “the product goal describes a future state of the product … [It] is the long-term objective for the Scrum team.” It also suggests that “the product goal is in the product backlog. Figure 1: The Product Goal in Context.

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Meet Bain Public: Built for the Greater Hygiene

Bain Public

Paul Ortchanian recognized this inconsistency, and it sparked the creation of what is now known as Bain Public: a company dedicated to helping local companies make smart product decisions through an organizing principle for allocation of resources: the roadmap. He’s the founder of Bain Public and a problem-solver by nature.