Roman Pichler

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Before the advent of agile frameworks like Scrum , a product person—the product manager—would typically carry out the market research, compile a market requirements specification, create a business case, put together product roadmap, write a requirements specification, and then hand it off to a project manager.

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Userpilot

APRIL 6, 2023

Overengineered products are difficult to use, filled with bugs, and instead of improving your users’ lives, they make them unnecessarily complicated. In this article, we look at different ways for product managers to avoid falling into the overengineering trap. However, blaming developers for overengineering isn’t fair.

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The Product HQ

MAY 10, 2024

Startup Product managers are in charge of setting up the foundation for product management at a new company. Since product development is such a lucrative field, this is a crucial role for the company. According to Airfocus , an optimized product manager boosts profitability and sales, by 34.2

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The Product HQ

JUNE 10, 2024

Are you in search of the fundamental skills for becoming a Scrum manager? The rise of the Scrum project management framework dates back to the year 1995. Becoming an effective Scrum master requires a thorough understanding of the agile Scrum principles and Scrum values that govern Scrum team productivity.

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The Product HQ

APRIL 20, 2024

Looking to become a SaaS product manager? The need for SaaS product managers is skyrocketing with each passing year. More and more businesses develop Software as a Service (SaaS) products to remain relevant in their respective markets and grow their income streams. How to Become SaaS Product Manager?

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Userpilot

JULY 9, 2021

What are the best product management books to add to your 2021 reading list? We’ve put together a list for you with a few staples from every product manager’s bookshelf and some new releases too. New in – Best New Product Management Books in 2021. out of 5 stars. 54 global ratings. Where to buy?

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Userpilot

OCTOBER 21, 2022

What product management best practices can help you build valuable and delightful products for your customers? Whether you’re an aspiring product manager or an already established product professional, our list will help you reflect on your processes and hopefully improve them. Check out our list!

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The Product HQ

JUNE 1, 2024

You can’t become a great PO if you don’t know the ins and outs of development, design, agile framework, software development, scrum approach, and IT infrastructure. Technical skill is a specialized skill that is used to perform a specific task such as programming and software development.

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Userpilot

JULY 18, 2023

It takes a fair bit of effort and time to keep up with the constant innovation in the product management software space. The tools are constantly evolving and changing their pricing plans, so it may be difficult to ensure that your product team is using the right tools and getting the best value for the money.

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Roman Pichler

MAY 11, 2021

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. But this would be a mistake.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 3, 2020

Each month we send out an NPS survey to assess whether the company is being a great place to work, but a few months ago I also sent Google’s manager feedback survey to my team of 10 product managers. All of them are accountable for a squad (about five developers and one user experience professional).

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Mind the Product

MAY 5, 2020

Ahead of the ninth Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) on May 21st and, at a time where digital products are very much in the spotlight, we’re digging deep into accessibility to better understand how we, as product managers, can improve our digital products. What’s right for my product?

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Userpilot

JULY 8, 2022

If you are wondering what Feature-Driven Development (FDD) is and how it can improve your product management processes, you are in the right place! Feature-Driven Development (FDD) is an Agile development framework. It revolves around developing functionality that meets the needs of the customer.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 15, 2019

One signal I’ve been giving much thought too of late is the collision of two roles, Product Management and Product Ownership. A topic of hot debate in the agile and product circles but with very few answers. The agile manifesto turned eighteen this year, the Scrum framework is even older?—?have including myself?—?went

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

While product development describes the process of creating the product itself (i.e. designing screens, writing code, running tests), product management is a broader concept that encompasses strategy , vision, and product-market fit. The seven key phases of product development.

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Userpilot

MARCH 2, 2022

So, let’s see how you can implement SaaS OKRs successfully to track progress towards these goals and drive product growth. OKRs, commonly known as Objectives and Key Results, is a framework used to set, implement, and monitor progress towards goals. The SaaS OKR framework allows you to set critical goals for your business.

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Mind the Product

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Each month we send out an NPS survey to assess whether the company is being a great place to work, but a few months ago I also sent Google’s manager feedback survey to my team of 10 product managers. All of them are accountable for a squad (about five developers and one user experience professional).

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UX Planet

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Agile UX is a design methodology based on the principles of Agile software development. Agile is a proven software development approach that emphasizes flexibility, collaboration and efficiency. They include: Scrum : A framework for developing/delivering designs in short iterations.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 25, 2023

Source: [link] I would like to thank Tremis Skeete, Executive Editor of Product Coalition for his valuable contributions in the writing of this article. I also thank Product Coalition founder Jay Stansell, who has provided a trustworthy and collaborative product management education environment.

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Roman Pichler

MAY 11, 2021

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. But this would be a mistake.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 15, 2019

A great roadmap helps PM’s achieve the following: 1, It ensures the product team understand what they are working towards, by aligning the product to the company’s short term and long term goals. Image credit: ProductPlan Roadmapping sits in the Product Strategy phase of a Product Management It’s very different to a Product Backlog.

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Userpilot

MARCH 29, 2023

acquisition channels), product data (e.g., These need to be in line with your product vision and should give teams a clear focus on what to achieve and how. Userpilot is a product onboarding tool with user feedback and analytics features. Without it, product managers would have to rely on anecdotal data, hunches, or luck.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 2, 2020

In addition to bringing engineering management strategies to help the internal team organize and execute, I also leveraged product management frameworks to drive alignment internally and externally. What is the mission, vision and strategy to solve the problem? What problem(s) are being solved?

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The Product Guy

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Guest Post by: Julian Dunn (Mentee, Session 6, The Product Mentor) [Paired with Mentor, Vikas Batra]. I became a product manager because I wanted to take a more strategic role at my company. Thus, I arrived at the Product Mentor program with ambitions to learn strategy development from a seasoned product mentor.

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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. What’s impact mapping?

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Hutwork

MARCH 9, 2018

Many entrepreneurs and product managers write about the skills they brought to the table and those they learned along the way. And as a product manager finding out how others made a strategy work, whether it was implementing a road-map software or avoiding other’s pitfalls can make or break your product’s success.

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Usersnap

JULY 22, 2021

In our recent post I’ve shown you how we interpret and live up to the “release early, release often” paradigm of software development. In this post I’m going to show you how we handle product feedback and implement new product features. Gathering product and user information using product feedback tools.

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The Product HQ

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Potential technical program managers must keep this unique communication challenge in mind. As a technical program manager, you communicate with product managers, leadership teams, and external vendors. Strong project management skills enable you to keep track of all the details involved in each project.

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ProductPlan

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Teacher/plumber/airline pilot: Someone pays you to own products? Even the job title product manager, which is also misunderstood, is more intuitive. Managing products? But what does it mean to have a job owning a product? Part of the confusion is that the product owner role is relatively new.

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Modus Create

APRIL 30, 2020

Software development projects require a maker mindset and comprehensive planning to be successful. Just like building a house, if a product’s vision, blueprint, or the foundation is wrong, the output has serious problems. Modus Kickstart Workshop, Business, and Product Goals. Product Vision and Goals.

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CardBoard

OCTOBER 6, 2023

It’s a practical, hands-on framework that’s designed to make your role as a product owner more manageable and more effective. It’s a useful tool for software teams to solve complex problems. The origins of Scrum actually have nothing to do with software development. Product Owner: This is you!

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Userpilot

JULY 17, 2023

A well-structured product team requires a product leader – either a product manager or a product owner. They lead a team that consists of developers and designers. In larger organizations, they may work side by side with QA engineers, product marketers , data analysts , or product ops managers.

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Product Innovation Educators

DECEMBER 11, 2017

10 common mistakes or pitfalls new product managers should avoid. A few months ago I was contacted by a product manager, Areo Wong, who works in Hong Kong. He has been struggling to learn what the role of product manager was really about. Summary of some concepts discussed for product managers. [3:09]

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CardBoard

AUGUST 28, 2023

Agile Development: The Foundation for Sprints Agile development is all about embracing change, promoting collaboration, and delivering value incrementally. It’s about breaking down your work into manageable chunks and delivering them in short, iterative cycles. Scrum is one of the most popular Agile frameworks.

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Usersnap

JULY 22, 2021

In our recent post I’ve shown you how we interpret and live up to the “release early, release often” paradigm of software development. In this post I’m going to show you how we handle product feedback and implement new product features. Gathering product and user information using product feedback tools.

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Usersnap

JULY 22, 2021

In our recent post I’ve shown you how we interpret and live up to the “release early, release often” paradigm of software development. In this post I’m going to show you how we handle product feedback and implement new product features. Gathering product and user information using product feedback tools.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 8, 2019

In most contexts, war and product development are completely different beasts. But in the context of planning, agile software development practitioners are wise to take Eisenhower’s words to heart. “In Revisit the product vision Business objectives and KPIs are usually tied to somewhat near-term timelines (i.e.

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