Roman Pichler

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Third and most importantly, focus the backlog on a specific product goal. Then decline and remove items that do not serve this goal, as I discuss below. The Product Backlog is Too Detailed. The former means that there is no product goal that guides the decision if an item should be added to the product backlog or not.

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Roman Pichler

JULY 6, 2021

If it’s hard for you to let go of being actively involved in managing a product or if you don’t find it rewarding to help and support a group of product people, then becoming a head of product is probably not right for you, at least not at this point in time. Grow Your Leadership Skills.

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Roman Pichler

JANUARY 12, 2021

If you believe, however, that it would be impossible for you to say no to John, then this may indicate that you are not properly empowered, that you lack the authority and respect required to be in charge of the product and be responsible for its success. If that’s the case, explore how you can strengthen your product leadership.

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Roman Pichler

MAY 4, 2022

You need the stakeholders’ active contribution to progress the product and reach the product goals. As the Scrum product owner, you should therefore establish close and trustful connections with the key stakeholders, collaborate with them, and involve them in important product decisions on a regular basis.

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Folding Burritos

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Do we want to work on multiple product goals at once? However, with the structure described here, it’s possible to quantify and visualize these shifts over time, so that we can show where the problem is and discuss it with leadership. It forces us to think about our choices and where we want to spend our time on. Which ones?

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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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The Product Guy

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

With our expert guests, Garrett Lang (PlateRate, Founder and President) and Amil Shah (RBC Capital Markets, Senior Product Manager) , we discussed strategies for balancing leadership pressures, navigating feature requests, and crafting a personal brand that opens doors to new opportunities.

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Roman Pichler

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Figure 2 contains a set of cascading goals: vision, user and business goals, product goals, and sprint goals. The vision guides the user and business goals, which are contained in the product strategy. A product goal, finally, helps determine the right sprint goals.

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Roman Pichler

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

In theory, your Scrum Master should focus on providing people and process leadership. The individual is not a product backlog manager or a user story writer. The same is true for setting product goals. An effective Scrum Master will remind you to select product goals, but the individual won’t do it for you.

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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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Johanna Rothman

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

30 mins) 3:45 pm: How does this sprint support the overarching product goal? (Or Or otherwise create a sprint goal.) (20 20 mins) 4:05 pm: Rank the stories (15 mins) 4:20: Summarize iteration's value, the ranking of the stories, and sprint goal. Verify everyone understands and agrees. 4:25: Adjourn.

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Roman Pichler

JUNE 1, 2020

Collaboratively set goals , for example, user and business goals on the product strategy and product goals on the product roadmap. The post Stakeholder Management Tips for Product People appeared first on Roman Pichler. Ask the Scrum Master to help you build a stakeholder community.

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Mind the Product

DECEMBER 19, 2018

It’s very common for product managers to have too many projects and not enough resources to complete them all. Aligning your manager and executive team members around product goals can help you to prioritize your projects when too many disruptions occur. Everyone is busy, especially the people in your company’s leadership team.

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Roman Pichler

JUNE 7, 2022

If this data is actioned, bad product decisions will be made. To achieve this, refer to the needs and business goals stated in the product strategy and the product goals on the product roadmap. Then ask yourself how you can tell that these goals have been met.

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Mind the Product

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

In this ProductTank Wellington talk, Andrew Tokeley, Product Leadership Coach, explains why strategy is a big part of trying to help product managers connect the dots and prove the value of what they’re working on and why many can struggle with lack of strategy. [.]

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Product Talk

JUNE 21, 2023

Defining Outcomes has been the most impactful aspect of continuous discovery for me, both in terms of my involvement with the course content and also because I really enjoy helping businesses break down revenue outcomes or corporate outcomes into product goals and then setting targets against product goals.

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Roman Pichler

JULY 6, 2021

If it’s hard for you to let go of being actively involved in managing a product or if you don’t find it rewarding to help and support a group of product people, then becoming a head of product is probably not right for you, at least not at this point in time. Grow Your Leadership Skills.

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Product Innovation Educators

AUGUST 19, 2016

good-products-bad-businesses/. 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. Get the Product Mastery Roadmap and…. build products customers want and love.

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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. increase commensurately. A vision by itself is an empty promise.

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Johanna Rothman

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

The problems in this question might not be problems at all, if the team is autonomous, has a product goal that could supersede a sprint goal, and collaborates to create mastery for everyone. Does a lack of a sprint goal and hours of conversation require someone to control a team? That's not what I see in this question.

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Roman Pichler

JANUARY 12, 2021

If you believe, however, that it would be impossible for you to say no to John, then this may indicate that you are not properly empowered, that you lack the authority and respect required to be in charge of the product and be responsible for its success. If that’s the case, explore how you can strengthen your product leadership.

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Roman Pichler

JUNE 6, 2023

It is therefore important that you exercise leadership and address the people issues you are encountering even if this can be challenging and require courage at times. On the positive side, when done correctly, it will not only remove the problems. I can still feel some frustration now when I think about it.

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The Product Guy

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

That can mean a lot of things: the primary goals I set for myself were (1) use data better and more frequently to make decisions, (2) better understand & improve the relationship between UX/Design and Product in my organization, and (3) to launch my own side project but with the mindset of launching fast, learning, and improving quickly.

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Userpilot

APRIL 24, 2025

An individual adept at owning and driving roadmap strategy and definition, with a track record of end-to-end product delivery. A professional experienced in feature delivery and making trade-offs to meet product goals. A person who was given little decision-making power as a product manager.

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Roman Pichler

JUNE 7, 2021

In practical terms, involve stakeholders and dev teams in decisions that affect the product strategy and the product roadmap —be it that you create the plans or that you make bigger changes to them. Additionally, include the development team members in product backlog decisions , and always choose sprint goals together.

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ProductPlan

JULY 16, 2021

The art of product leader communication relies on the concept of responsibility without authority. Product managers who follow this concept understand the responsibility to influence others to achieve the organization’s product goals. As product managers, we have the power to task others with responsibilities.

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Bain Public

MAY 24, 2019

So then how can you, as a product manager, accelerate a company’s growth and reach product goals? It is important to note that product management goes hand in hand with product innovation. have goals moving in the same direction. Innovation is a key ingredient to creating and fueling growth for a company.

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BrainMates

MAY 7, 2019

Product Leaders who claim the title without actively seeking formal leadership learning and coaching are doing a disservice to those who serve their people and this great profession. While learning is a necessity for great leadership, the love, passion and drive of Product Leaders to lead people are equally important.

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Roman Pichler

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Figure 2 contains a set of cascading goals: vision, user and business goals, product goals, and sprint goals. The vision guides the user and business goals, which are contained in the product strategy. A product goal, finally, helps determine the right sprint goals.

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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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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

An enterprise product manager is normally responsible for delivering a specific aspect of a complex enterprise-level product. Irrespective of the type, all product managers must have some common key skills, like strategic thinking, leadership, and customer empathy. Product vision.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

The Product Owner is also accountable for effective Product Backlog management, which includes: a) Developing and explicitly communicating the Product Goal; b) Creating and clearly communicating Product Backlog items; c) Ordering Product Backlog items; and, d) Ensuring that the Product Backlog is transparent, visible and understood.

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Roman Pichler

APRIL 5, 2022

Here are three meetings with sample input data: Product strategy workshop : product performance data ( KPIs ), competitive analysis, market trends, development progress, for example, in the form of a release burndown chart , and user feedback on recent product increments.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 8, 2024

Target market : Also known as your target audience, this is the customer segment your product aims to serve. Product goals : Your product goals are specific, measurable objectives and benchmarks for your product to achieve. It focuses on introducing groundbreaking products or services to a new market.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

A big part of their job is managing the roadmap and prioritizing technical initiatives in the product backlog. Technical PMs play an important role in helping the development and product team gain a shared understanding of the product goals and technical requirements. Product vision.

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ProductPlan

MARCH 5, 2021

Collaborate with other product owners, design, and engineering to bring your ideas to market through rapid iteration. Build business cases, articulate strategy, sell your vision to leadership, understand the market, analyze consumer engagement, lead your team, etc. Secondly, become an advocate for the product team to senior leadership.

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