Roman Pichler

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

For example, a product manager might determine the product strategy and one or more development teams might be tasked with executing it. Instead, strategy and execution have to be closely connected: The former should not only guide execution, but execution should inform strategy changes and help adapt the strategy.

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Product Innovation Educators

DECEMBER 16, 2024

The core focus of these activities is on thorough market research, continuous customer engagement, and strategic product development. Building the Foundation for Product Vision This activity serves as a bridge between problem validation and product vision development.

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Product Innovation Educators

JANUARY 6, 2025

Kim developed what she called a “superpower” – the ability to remember information without fully understanding it initially, then gradually connecting the dots as her knowledge grew. This position was a departure from hands-on product work to leading through others and shaping organizational direction.

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Roman Pichler

AUGUST 15, 2023

Listen to the audio version of this article: [link] 1 No Strategy The first and most crucial mistake is to have no product strategy at all. When that’s the case, a product is usually progressed based on the features requested by the users and stakeholders. The strategy is therefore either too big or too narrow.

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Melissa Perri

OCTOBER 22, 2024

“Our vision is to be the best!” If you’ve ever sat through a company strategy meeting and left with your head spinning, you’re experiencing a common problem. First, there’s the vision – those sweeping statements that try to inspire but end up saying nothing. Present this information in an easy-to-digest format.

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Lenny Rachitsky

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

At Headspace back in 2016, we had established our product roadmap and success metrics and our mission and vision, but teams were still confused about why we were working on the projects we chose. I worked closely with a seasoned board member to trace this back to a lack of product strategy—both articulated and aligned.

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Roman Pichler

JULY 4, 2023

Listen to the audio version of this article: [link] Option 1: The Vision Captures Strategic Decisions Your first option is to view the product vision as a statement that captures strategic decisions like the product’s users and customers, its value proposition, and its standout features.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 26, 2021

a clear and compelling vision. from ‘ Drive’ All top product leaders know the importance that vision plays in the success of a product. Sometimes the Product Vision was something spoken by a visionary leader, but unseen. Or worse of all, sometimes there was just no Product Vision at all.

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Roman Pichler

AUGUST 17, 2021

What is the Product Vision? The product vision describes the ultimate purpose of a product, the positive change it will bring about. Say I wanted to create a product that helps people become more aware of what and how much they eat. What Makes a Good Product Vision? Who Owns the Product Vision?

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Roman Pichler

JULY 8, 2024

Keep the other groups in Figure 1 informed about changes in the product strategy and product roadmap , for example, by inviting subjects to bigger review/demo sessions and having one-on-ones with context setters. A better way is to co-create the product strategy and roadmap with the key stakeholders.

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The Product Guy

MAY 15, 2017

In a recent live stream from one of our mentors of The Product Mentor , Dustin Levy, lead a conversation around “Product Strategies for Non-Strategists”. We are always looking for more product mentors from all around the world. About The Product Mentor. Ladislav Bartos Chief Product Officer, UVIC Ltd.

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Roman Pichler

JANUARY 22, 2024

These guide and align the strategies of the portfolio members , as Figure 1 illustrates. Figure 1: The Product Portfolio and Product Strategy Using Microsoft Office as an Example In Figure 1, the strategies of the individual products—Word, PowerPoint, and Excel—implement the Office strategy.

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Product Innovation Educators

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Instead of acting as a sole decision-maker, today’s product managers need to excel at facilitation, stakeholder collaboration, and building trust across teams. She now runs her own consultancy, helping CEOs scale their companies by transforming product vision into measurable business growth.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 13, 2021

Product strategy is one of the most important tasks of the product leader, and definitely one of the hardest things to do. In the effort to bring the company’s vision into reality, the details matter, often more than the innovation and completeness of the vision itself. in detail?—?which

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Roman Pichler

MARCH 9, 2021

As a consequence, different people have suggested different ways to apply the product goal. Some view it as the product vision , others equate it to the product’s value proposition. What’s more, I like to ensure that product goals are connected to the product strategy and its user and business goals.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 3, 2023

How to Achieve Success in Your Product Strategy In today’s rapidly evolving market, having a clear product vision and a well-defined strategy is essential for the success of any tech product. A compelling product vision is a guiding light, providing direction and purpose to the development process.

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Roman Pichler

MAY 12, 2025

3] The Innovation Ambition Matrix and Product Strategy Once you know your products innovation type, you can use it to understand the strategy work required and make the right strategic decisions. Core Innovations As they are crucial to generating the necessary profits, you should protect your core products.

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Roman Pichler

JULY 20, 2016

You can download the template for free from romanpichler.com/tools, and you can find more information on how to use it in my post The GO Product Roadmap. I like to use my Product Vision Board to develop a valid product strategy. I like to use my Product Vision Board to develop a valid product strategy.

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Roman Pichler

MARCH 4, 2019

Coming up with a set of tools to capture important strategic decisions reminded me of treasure maps: It should guide you to product success, bearing in mind that not all treasure is silver and gold, as Captain Jack Sparrow put it. The map below shows the strategy tools I find helpful to make effective product strategy decisions.

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Product Innovation Educators

JULY 8, 2024

Essential strategy tools and frameworks for product managers Watch on YouTube TLDR Want to level up your product management game? This guide dives into the world of product strategy, sharing insights from expert Andreas Maihoefer. The Attic: Corporate Strategy Just below the roof is your overall company strategy.

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Product Innovation Educators

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Tips for creating customer use cases – for product managers Today we are talking about how to create and use customer use cases to guide product design. Our guest is Dr. Lilac Muller, VP of Product Management at Kymeta Corporation. ” Compile all of that information. How would you use this?

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Roman Pichler

APRIL 3, 2018

Business Strategy vs. Product Strategy. A business strategy describes how a company wants to achieve its overall aspiration and create value for its users, employees, and shareholders. What is the company’s vision? Note that there is no perfect business strategy—just like there is no perfect product strategy.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 1, 2023

What Is Product Strategy Exactly? And Why It Matters Product strategy is a creative act, to “do something new,” approaching an opportunity from a different angle. — Self So what exactly is product strategy? Why is it important if I have a solid product management team?” I snapped out of la la land.

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Mind the Product

OCTOBER 18, 2021

In this keynote from #mtpengage Hamburg 2021, Megan Murphy, VP Product at Hotjar, shares how she communicates and enforces Hotjar’s product strategy in her day-to-day work. Read more » The post Beating the drum of your product strategy tune by Megan Murphy appeared first on Mind the Product.

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Roman Pichler

JUNE 7, 2022

The value the product should create is not clearly understood : A validated product strategy and an actionable product roadmap are missing. If this data is actioned, bad product decisions will be made. Do this at least once per quarter, as a rule of thumb, ideally as part of the product strategy reviews.

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Roman Pichler

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Think of Google Search, which addresses the challenge of finding information online, and Flickr, which allows people to share photos. Finally, the individual must be empowered to decide if no agreement can be reached within the product team. The former is achieved by solving a problem or by providing a specific benefit.

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Mind the Product

OCTOBER 1, 2018

A lot of this information was freely available online, for example, Universities UK’s Higher education in numbers report, which gave us the rich insight displayed below. We were successful in “selling” our vision and strategy, and were allocated funds to deliver it. Download the Product Funnel template.

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Melissa Perri

JULY 23, 2024

At all of them, I start understanding the current state of Product Management. A lot of digital transformation companies usually need to start with Product Organizational design, getting alignment on the role of a Product Manager and what that means before they can look at Product Strategy and Product Operations.

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Roman Pichler

JANUARY 11, 2022

For the first two quarters, the area is strategy; for the last two, it is leadership. The third row contains the most important information. The first goal is about creating a new strategy, the second one talks about the product life cycle model, the third one covers decision-making, and the last one addresses active listening.

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Arkenea

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

But, it’s usually challenging to assess what’s the right way to go about it – how much of iteration should be that from user feedback versus founder’s vision for the product? We asked some of the industry experts about how do they merge both the aspects and finalize the features of the product.

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Roman Pichler

APRIL 13, 2021

Effective KPIs help you understand if your product is creating the desired value for the users, the customers, and the business. Without KPIs, you end up guessing how well your product is performing. Then take into account the product goals on the product roadmap to discover additional KPIs.

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Product Innovation Educators

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Today we are discussing strategy. This is the foundation for product managers as organizational strategy impacts product strategy. Don’t just copy a vision statement from someone else; make it real for your company and the people involved in your company. [19:33] 19:33] What is innovation strategy?

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Userpilot

MARCH 24, 2021

Defining your product strategy is the most important aspect of deciding to build something new. It helps your entire team rally around a vision and a set of outcomes, making sure everyone is aligned in reaching those product growth goals. What is a product strategy? How do you set a product vision?

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Mind the Product

AUGUST 3, 2017

Being the first product manager at a startup typically means being the 10th or 15th employee, and recognizing that – although product management has both tactical and strategic components – you’ll initially be more focused on tactics. Strategically, this is about focusing vision and limited resources.

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Userpilot

JULY 24, 2024

Launching a product without a well-defined product strategy framework is similar—you risk wasting resources without a clear path to success. So, how do you outline a product strategy framework that is the foundation of product-led growth ? Product strategies help you design and grow your products.

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Userpilot

OCTOBER 11, 2022

What are some good product vision examples? How is the product vision different from the company vision? What makes a great product vision? How should product managers develop effective product vision statements? Product vision development takes a few iterations.

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