Product Innovation Educators

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

A four-layer framework to create a winning product strategy Today we are talking about creating product strategy. Bob is the author of the book Creative Strategy Generation. I first heard of Bob when he was the president of Sequent Learning, the product management training company. Our guest is Bob Caporale.

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Mironov Consulting

JANUARY 24, 2024

Expanding on a recent post ( Revenue Goals are Not Company Strategies ), I’ve been seeing lots of maker teams (product, engineering, design) struggling to form product strategies without a company strategy to hang them on.    Product management malpractice.  

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Roman Pichler

JULY 20, 2016

Whenever you are faced with an agile, dynamic environment—be it that your product is young and is experiencing significant change or that the market is dynamic with new competitors or technologies introducing change, you should work with a goal-oriented product roadmap, sometimes also referred to as theme-based.

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Roman Pichler

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Listen to the audio version of this article: [link] Introduction To discuss empowerment in product management, I find it helpful to distinguish three main levels of decision-making authority, product delivery, product discovery, and product strategy, as the model in Figure 1 shows. [1]

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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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Product Warrior

MARCH 9, 2023

How do you create confidence in your product strategy with those that approve investment i.e. c-suite or board members? Unfortunately, without anything better, many product leaders rely on the product roadmap to demonstrate their strategy. What happens when you show a senior leader a roadmap?

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Product Warrior

MARCH 9, 2023

How do you create confidence in your product strategy with those that approve investment i.e. c-suite or board members? Unfortunately, without anything better, many product leaders rely on the product roadmap to demonstrate their strategy. What happens when you show a senior leader a roadmap?

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 28, 2022

Let’s talk about how to define a product vision, and why the lack of a product vision is so detrimental to your team. As I’ll explain below, the “why” and “where” form your product vision, and your product team (especially your engineers), not only want this from you, but need it in order to do their best work.

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People-First Product Leadership

JUNE 11, 2023

Does your team (or organization) have a shared Mission, Vision, Strategy, and Goals? Be Curious Not Judgmental: In my course People-First Product Leadership , I do just that - I share how to put people on your team first. A good vision should be clear, punchy, and inspiring. We have a Product team to lead.

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Mind the Product

OCTOBER 21, 2019

A strong product strategy is often neglected because of the absence of any strategic thinking in product teams. What can product managers do to make sure they give their product strategy the attention it warrants? But today many, if not most, product teams fail this very first test. Sound familiar?

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Innovatemap

AUGUST 31, 2020

Some choices are long-standing and are reflected in the product vision, some play into the foundation of a product strategy, and many more reside in the plan to pull it off – the roadmap. Product vision depicts the future the product aims to create and is used to inspire teams and customers.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 30, 2022

Roadmaps require massive prioritization. It’s nice, but there is a much higher level of prioritization that needs to happen and would impact your roadmap much more. The same happens with your roadmap. Your roadmap must serve the company’s (business) goals , and therefore that’s where you need to start. Photo by Anete L?si?a

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 23, 2023

One of the first things you should do in your new role is to take stock of the current state of the product and its market, which means getting to know your team, customers, and competitors and analyzing any available data on product performance and market trends.

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Roman Pichler

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Figure 2: A Chan of Product-related Goals. 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. Should You Use OKRs for Your Product?

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 15, 2019

3 Different Types of Roadmaps Every PM Needs to Master Roadmapping is not easy. Every company demands different types of Roadmaps, and every PM has their own flavour. Here is a step by step process to create roadmaps so you can influence anyone in your company like a true Jedi. So what is Product Roadmap?

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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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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

As a result, I’ve come to value 5 different aspects of product leadership. Aspects which are more on the human skills end of the spectrum and vastly different from being a Product Manager. Shift #1: A leader of leaders The two top things I’ve head people reply to the question “how do I move into Product Leadership?”

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Ronke PM

MARCH 26, 2024

At the heart of an organization that creates product magic is a product leader who is an expert at leadership and coalition building. These leaders understand that bringing effective products, solutions, and services to market requires consensus building and engaging cross-functional teams in the journey.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Tech PMs work actively with product teams on the product vision and strategy. A big part of their job is managing the roadmap and prioritizing technical initiatives in the product backlog. However, you need the right mix of technical and leadership skills. Product vision.

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Sachin Rekhi

AUGUST 4, 2021

So in 2020, I took a survey of all the available product management courses out there. There were plenty of courses introducing product management to those new to the role. There was even an emerging set of courses focused on product leadership. Take product roadmaps for example.

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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. A powerful stakeholder or line manager determines the KPIs —not the person in charge of the product. If this data is actioned, bad product decisions will be made.

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ProductPlan

MARCH 23, 2023

If so, chances are you were working without the benefit of a concrete product strategy. Product strategy helps with feeling overwhelmed because it Helps your product team see how your product contributes to your company’s goals. Helps you get the right items on your roadmap and keep the wrong items off it.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 29, 2023

The main difference between product management and project management is the focus. A project manager is focused on the completion of a specific project, whereas product managers focus primarily on the long-term vision and evolving a product to deliver value over time. Champions a customer-centric approach.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

TL;DR Hard skills, like technical knowledge, are job-specific and enable product managers to perform their core responsibilities. Soft skills, like communication or leadership , are more general and can be used in different contexts. Hard product management skills Let’s start with the hard skills.

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ProductPlan

AUGUST 10, 2023

When plotting out our product’s trajectory, there’s a constant tension between two competing mindsets. Where charismatic leaders rally the troops around an ambitious vision with a massive potential payoff. Meanwhile, the slow, steady drumbeat of cautious experimentation and incremental enhancements always makes the product better.

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Roman Pichler

MAY 4, 2022

Invite the individuals to product strategy review meetings and sprint reviews. This ensures that the members are involved in strategic and tactical product decisions and have a holistic understanding of how the product is evolving. Align the product team members through shared goals.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 15, 2022

that products always require roadmaps. My mentor and I started in our usual spot, talking start-ups, and new products in the healthcare industry. Do you think every company and product needs a roadmap?” Then I thought further; maybe complete scenarios exist where roadmaps aren’t needed. An hour flew by.

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Amplitude

MARCH 11, 2020

Roadmapping is at the core of product strategy and product management. As a product person, and the VP of Product at Yesware , I’ve never come to fully embrace the discussion of what each team would deliver, in what sequence and within a long timeframe. Output-Based Planning. You can align on direction.

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ProductPlan

MARCH 21, 2024

Calling busy product professionals! We get it–your days are packed with roadmap review meetings, brainstorming sessions, and making (what sometimes feels like) too many PowerPoint presentations. We compiled insightful responses from over 1400 product professionals worldwide and analyzed them to spot the latest trends.

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Mind the Product

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

so my investor said that I need a product manager to do our product roadmap?”. When I worked as a product management consultant clients would often talk about “needing a product roadmap ASAP”. In reality, asking for a product roadmap was shorthand for “please help me with my strategy”.

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bpma ProductHub

APRIL 10, 2017

By Garima Painuly- One of the constant challenges a product manager faces is creating a focused product roadmap that is aligned with expectations of all stakeholders, and defending that roadmap against distractions. The discussion topics were inspired by a blog post from Fresh Tilled Soil on Building a Product Roadmap.

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Bain Public

MARCH 14, 2022

Product-led cultures elevate products to the highest levels of the company’s mission. But unfortunately, in many companies, the product leadership team can perpetuate a negative culture — setting up product managers to fail. In essence, the product leadership team are those with influence on the product roadmap.

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Userpilot

DECEMBER 13, 2023

According to Jamie Levy, the main tenets of a UX strategy are business strategy, value innovation, validated user research , and frictionless UX. UX vision is a clear and inspiring statement that guides the long-term design strategy and keeps teams and stakeholders on the same page.

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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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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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Mind the Product

JUNE 7, 2018

When starting to move an organisation to be more product centric, you’ll find some common characteristics. For example, the roadmap will likely be a collection of stakeholder requirements and you’ll be often told to just get on and do it. Map Your Products to the Lifecycle. You need to map each of your products to the lifecycle.

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Roman Pichler

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Figure 2: A Chain of Product-related Goals. 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. Should You Use OKRs for Your Product?

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