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. Her approach was to acknowledge knowledge gaps openly while demonstrating steady progress in understanding the technical aspects of the role.

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Product Talk

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Question: How do you respond to requests for date-based roadmaps? To provide a bit more context, one CDH community member was being drawn into theoretical debates about date-based roadmaps. First, I’d like to address some of the shortcomings of date-based roadmaps. At best, creating a date-based roadmap is a waste of time.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 9, 2021

Photo by Denise Jans on Unsplash There is a misconception that building a roadmap will define a product’s future. But a roadmap doesn’t create a clear view of the future. Your vision of the future should bring clarity to your roadmap. So why build a roadmap at all? Select a reasonable time range for the roadmap.

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Productside

MAY 27, 2025

While searching for a better way forward, Heather discovered the Productside Blueprintan outcome-driven approach to product work that emphasizes strategic discovery, lo-fi experimentation, and data-informed decision-making. In the Create phase, Heather and Tommy turn validated ideas into a focused strategy and prioritized roadmap.

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Roman Pichler

MARCH 9, 2021

Some view it as the product vision , others equate it to the product’s value proposition. In figure 1, the vision is the basis for choosing the user and business goals, and the latter create the context for determining the right product goal. It does not intend to prescribe how the practices it offers should be applied.

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Roman Pichler

MARCH 14, 2023

Listen to the audio version of this article: [link] What Information Should a Product Strategy Provide? I like to think of the product strategy as a high-level plan that helps you realise your vision and that answers the following four questions: Who is the product for? How Does the Strategy Relate to the Vision and Roadmap?

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Roman Pichler

JULY 8, 2024

The individuals whose buy-in to strategy and roadmap decisions is crucial are the players: They are interested in your product, as they, for example, will have to market and sell it. Smaller strategy updates and product roadmapping decisions, however, are not as critical. I refer to this group as key stakeholders.

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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

APRIL 7, 2025

5] What about Product Roadmap Generation? You might have noticed that I didnt list the creation of product roadmaps as an AI benefit, even though several tools offer it. There are two reasons for this: First, the AI-generated roadmaps I came across during my research were feature-based, which is a roadmapping approach I dont recommend.

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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. As the product vision, I could then choose “help people eat healthily” or just “healthy eating.” What Makes a Good Product Vision? Who Owns the Product Vision?

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The Product Guy

JUNE 20, 2019

As the first and most senior PM, I recognized the need to clarify vision, formalize processes, and set a proactive agenda moving forward. They need to shift their focus to leveraging teams to execute their vision and it is up to you to help with this transition. Start at the Top. In most companies, this process is ongoing.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 19, 2023

Are product roadmaps sales tools? Think of a product roadmap as a sales pitch for your product. Thinking of your roadmap this way is helpful when you want to get support from stakeholders and gauge interest from customers — important people who care about your product’s future. Absolutely! Build excitement.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Photo by AP Vibes Outcome-based roadmaps are considered the best practice; however, they are not as common as you would expect. We created a beautiful vision and design that laid the foundation for anything that would be needed in the future until the existing system could be fully replaced. With that focus in mind, we started rolling.

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The Product Manager Coach Blog

JANUARY 14, 2025

Connect Decisions to Customer Needs: Show how your roadmap addresses customer pain points to build trust. Analyze Trends: Use historical data to inform recommendations and showcase strategic thinking. How to Inspire with Vision: Collaborate with stakeholders to co-create a vision that aligns with company goals.

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Mind the Product

AUGUST 13, 2020

Roadmap creation is one of the primary jobs of a product manager, and probably the one that causes them the most difficulty. There are many books, blogs, conference talks, and training programmes on what makes a good roadmap, and people make careers out of being roadmapping experts. The post What Makes a Good Product Roadmap?

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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. The vision describes the ultimate purpose for creating the product and the positive change it should bring about. The former is achieved by solving a problem or by providing a specific benefit.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 5, 2020

It’s Product Roadmap Building Time Again! The end of 2020 is nearing and it’s product roadmap building time again?—?at To make that process as worthwhile as possible, adhering to the following seven product roadmap first principles has proven beneficial in my experience. based on what you know now?—?where

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Roman Pichler

MARCH 4, 2019

Additionally, you should be able to correctly state the information captured by the product vision and strategy , product roadmap , KPIs , and business model on the map above. If that’s the case for you, then explore what it would take to fill the gaps and acquire the relevant information.

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Roman Pichler

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

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. With an actionable product roadmap in place, move on and stock your product backlog. This might involve making smaller, incremental adjustments.

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Roman Pichler

JANUARY 22, 2024

Their visions, target groups, needs, standout features , and business goals must comply with the overall portfolio strategy. [1] Which Specific Information Should the Portfolio Strategy Contain? The Word, PowerPoint, and Excel visions have to either support the Office vision or, which is my preference, they inherit it.

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The Product Guy

MAY 7, 2020

The path and the steps to reach the destination is defined through a product roadmap. Hence roadmapping is a crucial exercise which can make or break your product. In my opinion, apart from a bad culture, a bad roadmap can also have a devastating impact on your organizational strategy. Product Roadmap.

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The Product Guy

JULY 2, 2020

Communication underpinned and still does underpin my day to day to work, whether this is nonverbal communication in the morning to uplift your team, a quick rational response over slack to make informed decisions, or presenting your product roadmap to a room of customers. .

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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. To achieve this, refer to the needs and business goals stated in the product strategy and the product goals on the product roadmap. Therefore, be data informed, not data driven.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 9, 2023

If you do things that are purposeful, you’ll eventually be successful.” — Howard Schultz Several years ago, I found myself in a heated discussion about product roadmaps with a client. So as he leaned across the table and looked me in the eyes, he demanded, “Explain why I need a product roadmap.” Why not, indeed?

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The Product Coalition

JULY 5, 2023

It forced me to question a belief, as a product leader, I treated as an absolute — that products always require roadmaps. Do you think every company and product needs a roadmap?” Then I thought further; maybe scenarios exist where roadmaps are optional. Roadmaps are not always needed. Roadmaps early on tend to box you in.

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Product Innovation Educators

JUNE 12, 2023

Typically, there are two big phases in bringing a product from vision to launch: planning and execution. Planning includes the product vision, strategy, and roadmap. How do you set the vision, strategy, and roadmap? We tap into all of that to write the vision document. [8:27] At what cadence do you do that?

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Roman Pichler

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

To successfully manage your product and maximise value delivery, you should use additional artefacts including the following five: An inspiring vision that describes the ultimate reason for offering the product; A validated product strategy that captures your approach to realise the vision and make the product successful.

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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? However, I don’t necessarily agree with the idea that its user feedback “versus” the founder’s vision.

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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. Product strategy sits in between the mission and vision and the plan, either at the company level or at the team level.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 15, 2023

A Tale of Two Roadmaps — And Why You Can’t Succeed With Only One “There is no one-size-fits-all product roadmap. A roadmap can and should look different depending on the situation. Todd Lombardo Once upon a time, in a city like yours, two versions of a roadmap emerged. Both roadmaps, though different, are crucial.

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Product Innovation Educators

JUNE 29, 2020

Leaders of product management need agility, influence, trust, empathy, and motivating vision. Hard skills like market research or roadmapping are important, but they’re not enough. 17:30] Tell us about product vision. When you make a major change to an existing product, revisit the vision and adjust if necessary.

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Product Innovation Educators

JANUARY 4, 2021

Insights on roadmaps, metrics, OKRs, and more for product managers. Joining us for this episode is a CPO who shares some of the tools he uses, including roadmaps, metrics, and OKRs. In my company, I help with hiring great people across the company and explaining why the company is going to win using its great product vision.

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Melissa Perri

JULY 23, 2024

I review strategies and roadmaps. Then we put together a roadmap for change, and I check in with them along the way as they transform. Communication Breakdowns : Poor communication channels and lack of information flow between teams and departments cause misunderstandings and delays. Lots of data goes into pinpointing.

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Roman Pichler

AUGUST 15, 2023

But not all strategies I have seen contained the right information. A handy tool to capture your answers and describe the product strategy is my Product Vision Board shown in the picture below. You can download the template by clicking on the image and you can find more advice on how to use it in the article The Product Vision Board.

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The Product Guy

JULY 30, 2020

Product Managers (PM) need to effectively communicate product vision, strategic roadmaps and concepts to a variety of different stakeholders through the different stages of the product life cycle. There are various ways to collect this information and bring it in an adequate format.

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Product Innovation Educators

DECEMBER 12, 2021

20:16] What are your suggestions for structuring and using roadmaps? Especially for B2B software, roadmaps are a critical part of communicating with customers. Even for B2C software, when we buy products, we’re investing in a company and a vision. We’re buying the roadmap. We’re buying the roadmap.

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Roman Pichler

APRIL 13, 2021

It’s like driving a car with your vision blurred: You can’t see if you are heading in the right direction or getting closer to your destination. Then take into account the product goals on the product roadmap to discover additional KPIs. Without KPIs, you end up guessing how well your product is performing.

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