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Defining Guidelines in Product Management

The Product Guy

A lot of them worked in other positions before moving to product management, like engineers, analysts, marketers and project managers, and learned by taking on extra responsibilities. Becoming a product person seems to be easier with access to clear guidelines. Also who is to define “good” in various industries and companies?

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Avoid ‘Product’ Ground Hog Day: Unlocking Success When Crafting an Outcome-Driven Roadmap

The Product Coalition

So either we work together to understand your objectives, call them goals if you’d like, and the outcome you are looking for from the product, or we will end the discussion, and you won’t get a committed set of work on the roadmap.” We went away from detailed, long-term, feature-committed roadmaps. I explained this many times.

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From The Soccer Pitch to The Product Roadmap: The Power Of Teamwork In Creating Outcomes

The Product Coalition

Like that soccer team, products can fall apart when the team doesn’t work together toward a common goal following a roadmap. Soccer is a perfect parallel for product management and roadmap development. While they might seem worlds apart, they share common core principles for success — especially when it comes to roadmap development.

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How to Build a Customer Experience Roadmap to Improve CX

Userpilot

With all the best practices out there, improving CX without a customer experience roadmap can get overwhelming. Building a roadmap can help you understand your customer’s point of view, determine the CX tactics you should apply, and prioritize the tasks with greater returns. What is a customer experience (CX) roadmap?

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UX Strategy: Step-By-Step Guide for SaaS Companies

Userpilot

The plan, often depicted in a UX roadmap, outlines the work necessary to achieve the goals. The strategy should also have information about the UX team, processes, and guidelines. Include the desired outcomes in the roadmap along with who will realize them and roughly when. Key elements of an effective UX strategy.

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30 Steps to Mobile App Launch

Alchemer Mobile

If you’re ready to submit your app to the app stores next week, condense the most important elements of pre-launch into a one-week period and move the other items to your post-launch roadmap. The first step of any go-to-market strategy is to lock in a compelling positioning statement: Who is your app intended for? Launch: Go Time!

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A Leader's Guide to Implementing OKRs

Sachin Rekhi

Keep in mind, OKRs are not a representation of your entire product roadmap, which is often longer. Consistent Scoring Guideline. It's important that you establish a single consistent scoring guideline across the entire team so that anyone can reliably score OKRs and so the definitions are consistent and clear.