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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The Product Guy

OCTOBER 9, 2018

I became a product manager because I wanted to take a more strategic role at my company. First, I did not know how to frame, develop and present product strategy in a systematic way, and second, as a startup, my company has not historically had a good track record of strategy being developed outside of senior management (read: founder).

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Roman Pichler

MARCH 11, 2020

What’s more, do not de-prioritise your leadership work even when push comes to shove and you are pressed for time. Look at leadership as an integral part of your job that is at least as important as updating the product roadmap and refining the product backlog. Leadership at Multiple Levels.

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Roman Pichler

MARCH 11, 2020

What’s more, do not de-prioritise your leadership work even when push comes to shove and you are pressed for time. Look at leadership as an integral part of your job that is at least as important as updating the product roadmap and refining the product backlog. Leadership at Multiple Levels.

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The Product Guy

OCTOBER 25, 2024

However, product managers often face even greater challenges when navigating high-stakes situations with senior leadership or dealing with conflicting priorities across departments. These moments can be politically challenging, as they require balancing the immediate demands of stakeholders with long-term product goals.

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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

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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Lenny Rachitsky

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

This openness encouraged deeper discussions within the team and helped clarify the project’s direction, ultimately aligning everyone on the vision. These are stronger indicators of interest that tell you they really want your product, versus general positive feedback. It also serves over 45% of the Fortune 100.

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Roman Pichler

MAY 8, 2018

Three Types of Leadership. Scrum is a simple framework with three roles: product owner, development team, and Scrum Master. Each role provides a distinct type of leadership. As the product owner, you lead the product and are responsible for its overall success. Lead the Product.

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Folding Burritos

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Well, th at’s the role of a product strategy. My favorite definitions of strategy are the simplest I’ve found. The one I use most is this: a strategy is what we choose to do. A simple representation for our product strategy. Is this thing you’re asking with our mission, vision, value proposition?

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 25, 2021

This month, we’re focusing on all things Product Leadership. Before we start diving into the ins and outs of leadership in Product Management, it’s important to ask and to understand what we mean by Product Leadership. they’re in a Product leadership role. they’re a thought leader.

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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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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. Krishna Madhuvarsu Director of Product Strategy, Oracle Inc.

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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. Figure 2 below shows the goals I recommend.

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Roman Pichler

APRIL 4, 2023

For example, ensure that the individual product people are sufficiently empowered to succeed in their roles and establish a product-led way of working. What Happens When the Head of Product Determines the Product Strategy? As you might have noticed, the list above does not mention determining the product strategy.

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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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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. 4] As you may have noticed I didn’t list the product backlog.

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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. Product Strategy in an Agile World Marty Cagan.

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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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Roman Pichler

JANUARY 11, 2022

For the first two quarters, the area is strategy; for the last two, it is leadership. 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. Figure 2: A Product Mmgt Skills Model.

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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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Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 30, 2021

The solution requires companies to institute two parallel career growth paths — one that focuses on people management and another that focuses on leadership as an individual contributor , often titled as staff or principal designers. Strategy and vision. Leadership. They help others deliver better work.

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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. Use your vision and product strategy to make the right decisions.

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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. Grow Your Leadership Skills. This includes the following ten capabilities: Formulating an inspiring vision for a product.

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Melissa Perri

JULY 23, 2024

At all of them, I start understanding the current state of Product Management. I then do various interviews with executives all the way to Product Management team members and surrounding functions. I review strategies and roadmaps. This is one of the biggest issues I see when helping Product Management organizations.

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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 12, 2024

But this taught me an important lesson: There is no point in worrying about the product details if a sound product strategy is missing. As helpful as a product strategy is, it’s not enough. 1] While I hope that this makes sense to you, I find that in practice, the different strategies are sometimes confused.

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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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The Product Coalition

JUNE 22, 2021

You have a strategy AND a roadmap, they’re two different things. Continue reading on Product Coalition ».

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Product Innovation Educators

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Strategy, vision, and influence for product managers. Today we are talking about the journey from product manager to product officer or product VP. He has been a product manager and managed a variety of product teams in multiple countries. 1:49] How do we formulate a product strategy?

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Mind the Product

MAY 23, 2022

In this #mtpcon Digital Americas session, CPO at WHOOP and author Ben Foster, explains how to think and operate like a true product leader regardless of your level or title. [.] Read more » The post Build what matters with vision-led product management appeared first on Mind the Product.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

The Eight Core Elements of a Winning Product Strategy “The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do.”?—?Michael After what seemed like months of work, our product was emerging from stealth mode. The leadership team finally agreed on the vision. No choices = no product strategy.

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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

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Jack Welch Product strategists = coaches You, as the product strategist, are the coach. The product strategy acts as the playbook for the team, taking them to victory. As a product strategist, you are the coach for your athletes?—?err err I mean product team, as they execute.

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Product Management University

JUNE 5, 2023

Most product managers know how to create a product vision, but that’s not the hard part. The extent to which stakeholders get behind your product vision has everything to do with how the product vision is articulated. What is a Product Vision? Why is a Product Vision Important?

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Roman Pichler

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Once you have achieved the goal, you will hopefully better understand how you can progress your product and be able to create a realistic roadmap. [3] 3] If that’s not the case, check that you have a validated product strategy, on which you can base the roadmap. A validated strategy is free of significant risks and assumptions.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 8, 2024

Crafting a winning product strategy is crucial for SaaS success, and finding the right product strategy example can provide all the inspiration you need. This article provides concrete examples of different product strategies employed by SaaS companies. Book a demo to learn more.

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