The Product Coalition

MARCH 11, 2020

NAVIGATING THE NATURAL TENSION AMONG STAKEHOLDERS This is the first in a series on product roadmaps. The first post describes why roadmaps matter and who relies upon them. The roadmap is much more than a directive document that tells teams what to do by when. Battleground The product roadmap. Marketing?—?Do

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Mironov Consulting

MAY 20, 2019

In addition to my formal coaching of product leaders (Directors, VPs and CPOs who directly manage teams of product managers), I talk with lots of senior individual contributors about the risks and challenges of moving “up the ladder” into product leadership roles. So I have a strong sense of what product managers want.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

While product managers are more customer and business-centric, technical PMs focus on the technical development and implementation of solutions. TPMs are responsible for market and customer research , but their main focus is on satisfying market needs from a technical point of view. In-app survey created in Userpilot.

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Roman Pichler

JULY 6, 2021

Consequently, your focus shifts from managing a product to looking after the product people on your team and empowering them to do a great job. For instance, you might show the individuals how they can make effective strategic product decisions, create an actionable product roadmap, and effectively use the right KPIs.

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Roman Pichler

JUNE 1, 2020

For example, these stakeholders are likely to include representatives from marketing, sales, support, and finance for a commercial product. At the same time, you rely on their work and support to progress the product, for instance, to market and sell it. Involve the Stakeholders in Important Product Decisions.

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Roman Pichler

APRIL 5, 2022

For example, a product strategy workshop might have the objective to identify the key changes required to achieve product-market fit. Contrast this with a sprint review meeting , which might help you determine if users can easily sign up for the product. Assess product strategy and adjust if necessary.

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Product Innovation Educators

APRIL 17, 2023

He has a great deal of experience that has helped him be well-rounded in product management. Paul acquired the breadth of experience through his leadership roles at San Francisco Bay Area startups and high-growth companies. He helps rapidly scaling early-stage startups craft their Product Strategy and everything related to it.

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UX Planet

DECEMBER 15, 2023

It encompasses the quality and consistency of research and design processes, resources, tools, and operations, as well as the organization’s propensity to support and strengthen UX now and in the future, through its leadership, workforce, and culture. Have you defined your short-term and long-term product goals?

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Mironov Consulting

JANUARY 24, 2024

  This is a recipe for failure: there are no generic product strategies or corporate strategies , and IMHO therefore no context-free prioritization models, metrics, or product goals.    Do Sales, Marketing, Finance, HR, Engineering, and Product know/have what they need to support the plan? 

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Userpilot

OCTOBER 26, 2022

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. An impact map is a visual representation of the connections between the goals you want to achieve, the customers, and solutions.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 13, 2023

Instead of relying solely on your intuition, supplement it with insights from market and customer research or feedback to inform prioritization decisions. Next, put them on the roadmap , considering feature interdependencies and timelines. A feature prioritization framework helps the product team to deliver high-impact features.

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Bain Public

MAY 24, 2019

It is no secret that a product manager needs momentum in areas such as product development, product sales and customer adoption in order to succeed. As a product leader, you need momentum to gain executive buy-in as well as engineering and marketing resources so that you can create interest and awareness around your product.

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ProductPlan

JANUARY 5, 2023

For this reason, your team should understand the difference between annual product planning and quarterly planning. Companies must react to changes in market dynamics, technology, and customer needs. Moreover, they must maintain a consistent overall business strategy and set goals. Annual planning and the product roadmap.

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Bain Public

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

On the show, Paul will be talking about discipline in product and good habits that are needed with completing roadmaps. Reaching a product goal and accelerating a company’s success is not possible unless everyone from all teams, including engineers, marketers, sales, support, etc. Episode Information.

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Bain Public

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

His job is to not only create and maintain a product roadmap according to the business ROI, but also lead the quarterly roadmap prioritization and help with development and go to market efforts. This helps him outline their challenges and present them to the leadership team so the product can continue to improve.

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Bain Public

MARCH 20, 2021

He held leadership roles at Bay Area startups and high growth organizations like WatchMojo -- helping establish product functions, as well as large strategic consulting companies such as Edelman where he organized product-led initiatives across national/regional offices. Interested in having me speak or attend an event?

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Roman Pichler

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

To effectively staff the product team, I recommend including the people shown in Figure 1. [1] 1] Figure 1: The Product Team Members Let’s look at the product team members in Figure 1 in more detail starting with the person in charge of the product. Let’s take a look at them.

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Bain Public

MAY 24, 2019

At Bain Public, we have learned a lot in the many hours and conversations spent mentoring, advising and consulting in product management. Getting it wrong comes in two forms: building the wrong product and building the product wrong. A well-understood product roadmap aligns behavior within the business.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Before the release, the product launch manager is involved in market and customer research. The insights from the market research feed into the go-to-market strategy. This outlines how to launch the product to the right clientele at the right time. On average, a product launch manager earns around $138,000.

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Bain Public

MARCH 30, 2020

A Day in the Life of a Product Management Consultant Bringing Product Management to the Next Level at Livescale The Top 6 Roles to Describe a Product Manager When Executives Tell You What to Build, They Approve the Development of Unnecessary Features Working Together, Product vs Sales: How to Collaboratively Reach your B2B Product-Market Fit.

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Bain Public

MARCH 21, 2020

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. What Does it Mean to Adopt a Product Mindset? Building Roadmaps.

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Roman Pichler

JUNE 7, 2021

There are two reasons for this: First, you usually require people’s expertise to help you tackle complex issues, for instance, to understand technical risks or the impact on the ability to market and sell the product. For a revenue-generating product, this might be someone from marketing, sales, support, and finance.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 13, 2019

Identifying the problem area, target market and going after the clients, doing anything to sign them on. What if a feature doesn't really address the larger market need? After the first few weeks at the company, it was a messy situation where they were trying to be both a product and a service company. What happened next?

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Roman Pichler

APRIL 1, 2020

While I really appreciate this entrepreneurial aspect of our work, it can bring up tension, stress, and frustration when we are trying to progress our products towards agreed goals but are in danger of missing them, be it a sprint goal , product goal on the roadmap , or a strategic user or business goal.

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Roman Pichler

APRIL 1, 2020

While I really appreciate this entrepreneurial aspect of our work, it can bring up tension, stress, and frustration when we are trying to progress our products towards agreed goals but are in danger of missing them, be it a sprint goal , product goal on the roadmap , or a strategic user or business goal.

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ProductPlan

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

It specifically identifies how the product will help the company meet its goals. Once defined, the product strategy should drive every downstream decision. It’s a superset of the product vision , goals, target markets, differentiators, and initiatives. Aligning Meaningful Metrics via the Product Roadmap.

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Bain Public

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Her job is to not only create and maintain a product roadmap according to business ROI but also to lead the product release plans. As part of her role at Livescale, she defines product vision, roadmaps and growth opportunities as well as researches and analyzes the market. Written by Loren O'Brien-Egesborg.

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Bain Public

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Now with over 36 million subscribers across their worldwide channels, together we’ve spent the last 3 years defining, developing and refining a product ecosystem called ‘Unity’. WatchMojo was entering its expansion stage and we knew there was a big market growth opportunity. This meant entering new markets and launching new channels.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

JANUARY 18, 2022

They assist other product managers on their team gather customer feedback along with other relevant product data. Using this data, APMs can help influence the product development roadmap, if need be. Product managers are the first point of contact for anyone at the company if they need to know more about the product.

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Bain Public

DECEMBER 8, 2020

As a product manager, you may have already learned how to plan and prioritize a product roadmap. In response to a Reddit question asking whether there are product roles that exist with a work-life balance, one user answered: "It depends. Make a note of what type of product management you are doing.

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Product Innovation Educators

AUGUST 19, 2016

How product managers can create new ideas. Create the right mindset by first understanding product goals, such as increasing the number of customers or decreasing the volume of customer service inquires. Next perform primary research (know your customers) and secondary research (market and environment influences).

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Roman Pichler

JUNE 7, 2021

There are two reasons for this: First, you usually require people’s expertise to help you tackle complex issues, for instance, to understand technical risks or the impact on the ability to market and sell the product. For a revenue-generating product, this might be someone from marketing, sales, support, and finance.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 31, 2021

Leading Complex Initiatives As a Product Leader, you will be expected to lead and drive initiatives that span across an organization. Your leadership team, stakeholders, and individuals doing the work all need to trust that your influence will result in better outcomes. The roadmap is just a list of things you say you’ll be working on.

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ProductPlan

MARCH 5, 2021

In terms of day-to-day work, associate product managers do everything a product manager does, but on a smaller scale. In other words, you may not set the product strategy or own the product roadmap , but you will set priorities for your projects. Engineering, UX, and marketing should trust and respect you.

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Mind the Product

APRIL 6, 2020

Product (and company) strategy is the backbone that guides product goal-setting and roadmap definition, although it’s sometimes overlooked or confused with having a vision. Without it, product teams become feature teams focused on outputs and not outcomes. It is the guiding principle for OKRs and roadmaps.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 11, 2022

Finally, “ Building for Business: Product Management in Enterprise Software ” is a truly B2B-focused Product Management book, written by Blair Reeves (Salesforce) and Benjamin Gaines (Adobe) for “all the ones who aren’t part of the Silicon Valley startup bread”. These problems indicate a “big opportunity” (i.e., How are we doing?

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ProductPlan

MARCH 5, 2021

In terms of day-to-day work, associate product managers do everything a product manager does, but on a smaller scale. In other words, you may not set the product strategy or own the product roadmap , but you will set priorities for your projects. Engineering, UX, and marketing should trust and respect you.

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