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Goal-oriented roadmaps focus on goals or objectives like acquiring customers, increasing engagement, and removing technical debt. To help you develop your agile product roadmap, I have created a goal-oriented roadmap template called the GO Product Roadmap. Product Roadma MORE
Talk: “The Organizational Challenge of Enterprise Roadmapping”. Featured Events Leadership Market Thinking Portfolio Management Product Management enterprise interrupts leadership motivation organizations prioritization product management roadmap stakeholders MORE
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. MORE
Decouple your exploration and execution roadmaps . These roadmaps do not necessarily play well together. Gabrielle ends with a cheat sheet – something that we could all print out and put in front of our leadership teams. MORE
Product Management Backlog Definitions Good PM Influence Interactions Leadership Planning PM Priorities Roadmap StrategyA very common challenge faced by Product Managers of all experience levels is understanding and implementing some form of repeatable process around prioritization. Some people take a very light approach, making decisions based on their own experience, data, and beliefs about the direction of the product. MORE
Product management teams often ask themselves if third-party integration is right for their software product roadmap. Senior/director integration positions are usually expected to own a product roadmap strategy. MORE
By Boston Women in Product – The product roadmap frames every task and is the lifeblood of delivering a successful product. Boston Women in Product has been considering the importance of mastering the product roadmap as a critical responsibility of the product manager. MORE
For our recent book, Product Roadmaps Relaunched: How to Set Direction while Embracing Uncertainty (O’Reilly), my co-authors C. We talk a lot in the book about explaining the “why” of your roadmap. Get your free copy Nov 28th at the Product Roadmaps Relaunched book signing at Workbar. MORE
On the final day of the event, they had the opportunity to hear Ed Catmull, co-founder and president of Pixar, who discussed his leadership strategies and how they contribute to building a healthy culture within an organization. As product managers, much of our role involves evangelizing our product roadmaps to people outside of our immediate team. Leveraging Personality Types to Drive Effective Leadership. MORE
He has a background in the public and private sectors and he begins his ProductTank NYC presentation with a quote from Steve Jobs, which underpins the central concept of Servant Leadership. Josh takes a brief moment to look at the roadmap of local government. To describe the diverse behaviours of work environments where flexible forms of product leadership is essential, Josh also looks at the structures of some big companies, like Amazon and Microsoft. MORE
Product roadmaps are frequently used badly, almost as handcuffs for product managers. A year ago we explored roadmaps and how they should be used with Bruce McCarthy. Since writing the book, Bruce has been busy helping companies improve how they use roadmaps. MORE
I want to address such topics here and show how product roadmaps can help the team collaboratively gather the pieces of work and have a view of long term desired outcomes that afterwards are going to be broken down into sprints, not the other way round. Don’t forget your roadmap! MORE
I get pulled into lots of discussions among product managers about the best ways to represent (and then present and present and present) roadmaps or backlogs, especially to internal sales/marketing/support audiences. So I assume that roadmap reviews will surface deeper concerns like…. MORE
A product roadmap lets you plan, collaborate, and communicate with others about how a product will evolve over its lifecycle. Your product roadmap may look different from someone else’s, but they have the same elements. Here are the 4 key elements for any product roadmap. #1. Your product roadmap is only as strong as your collaboration and communication. You’ll build your best product roadmap on planning, collaboration, and communication. #3. MORE
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. Shared Objectives Allow Laser-focused Roadmaps. If it didn’t contribute, it didn’t get onto the roadmap and it didn’t get done. MORE
The Product Leadership struggle is akin to the Entrepreneurship struggle because the role has no clear learning path. Setting the wheels in motion to create a set of Product Principles should begin to lift some of the fog from ‘The Product Leadership Struggle’. Roadmaps MORE
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. Creating a Focused Product Roadmap. MORE
Both he and the owners of the club advocated this plan in a number of press conferences and laid it down as the roadmap for a long-term project. The Parable. MORE
In the “final frontier” there isn’t a roadmap to follow. You’ll hear all about these trends beyond just the leadership question at Pulse, but I wanted to give you a sneak peek with this post. Which starship Enterprise captain is your favorite: Kirk or Picard? MORE
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”. MORE
The long awaited book Product Leadership is finally about to hit our Kindles, iPads and possibly even our hands. It’s a book that shows product leadership to be a mentality and style, rather than a set of rules. You’ll more likely be managing people instead of roadmaps. Roadmaps. MORE
When you think of the role and responsibilities of a product manager , two things probably come to mind – prioritization and roadmaps. But should prioritization and roadmaps be the responsibility of product managers alone? Why your product roadmap should be bottom up, not top down. MORE
Bruce McCarthy was the president of the Boston Product Management Association, is the founder of consultancy Product Culture and co-wrote the book on roadmapping, Product Roadmaps Relaunched. The biggest mistake people make on roadmaps. Roadmaps vs release plans. MORE
Product roadmaps have long been used to illustrate the direction of product development, including how much time the project will take to complete, what tasks need to be completed, and who is responsible for those tasks. Visualizing the Roadmap. MORE
Your roadmap is one of the most important things you’ll produce as a SaaS company. Who will you share the roadmap with: Just employees, or customers too? And then there’s perhaps the biggest question of all: “How do we decide what makes it on to our roadmap?” MORE
Thumbtack CEO Marco Zappacosta has been there — and has a roadmap that'll help. Recruiting and hiring executives is difficult for any leader, but especially first-time or early-stage founders who may not have enough knowledge to test candidates for skill in their area of expertise. MORE
Three Types of Leadership. Each role provides a distinct type of leadership. Providing the right product leadership is demanding; it requires a specific skills set and usually your full attention as the person in charge of the product. MORE
The path to engaging releases starts with planning your near-term roadmap. When you’re constructing your roadmap, you should already be thinking about how you want to bundle tasks into releases and how those releases are communicated to your users. MORE
The long awaited book Product Leadership is finally about to hit our Kindles, iPads and possibly even our hands. It’s a book that shows product leadership to be a mentality and style, rather than a set of rules. You’ll more likely be managing people instead of roadmaps. Roadmaps. MORE
Much has been written about the process of creating product roadmaps, not least the six great articles written by my own team. I believe the actions of a product leader all too often are the root cause of a “bad” roadmap. A Product Leader’s Role in Roadmapping. MORE
Challenging situations are great opportunities to grow as a human being and by doing so, you increase your leadership power. Product Leadership empowerment mindfulness product manager product ownerIncrease Your Referent Power. MORE
You can’t hold the team accountable if YOU give them the roadmap. As Apple’s Bill Campbell once said, “leadership is about recognising there’s a greatness is everyone, and your job is to create an environment where that greatness can emerge.” MORE
And do you agree on what a product vision , strategy , roadmap , and backlog are, for example, and how these plans should be captured? Make sure, though, that you hire people not only for their product management and domain knowledge but pay attention to their leadership and people skills. MORE
We’d spent weeks perfecting the roadmap presentation for our annual customer conference. It felt like people had overlooked all the greatness of our roadmap and were focused on the (relatively few) changes we’d made along the way. Why Have a Roadmap Conversation With Your Customer? MORE
That is the question faced by B2B product leaders Courtesy of Street Smart Product Manager Product roadmaps and I have a complicated relationship. Tweet this ) WHY is our roadmap relationship so complicated? Roadmaps change and evolve frequently. Roadmap requestors are people. MORE
This year’s talk is a reworking of “ What To Do About Your Audience’s Real Roadmap Questions ” and will address systemic roadmapping issues/conflicts that executive teams face. MORE
He had to quickly determine which team members displayed a potential for leadership and teach them the fundamentals of management so they could make new hires and scale – without ruining the culture. I hosted Nick on the podcast, where we discussed the differences between management and leadership, fostering diversity in tech, and more. Here are five quick takeaways: Management and leadership aren’t one and the same. Podcast Startups engineering teams leadership management MORE
Although product managers may not regularly attend management meetings, they will frequently have opportunities to demonstrate features, share customer learnings, and present roadmaps to the higher ups in the company. A product roadmap presentation should be optimized for whomever will be attending it. This is not the forum to upstage anyone or cast doubt on the leadership team in the eyes of board members or investors—everyone should appear aligned and on the same page. MORE
It is meant for certain use-cases and audiences, largely those who are not a key part of the decision-making process, but who are affected by it and by leadership, who don’t have the time to dive deep into the how and why of products and features. product-management roadmaps product-roadmap MORE
I’m pleased to announce that for the first time the Summit will feature a Product Leadership Exchange. The Product Leadership Exchange is just one of the reasons that product management professionals should attend Summit , along with content like my keynote presentation on The Art and Science of Identifying and Prioritizing Customer Needs as well as a presentation in our Product Marketing and Management track on The SiriusDecisions Investment Decisionmaking Process. MORE
bpma ProductHub
NOVEMBER 27, 2017
For our recent book, Product Roadmaps Relaunched: How to Set Direction while Embracing Uncertainty (O’Reilly), my co-authors C. We talk a lot in the book about explaining the “why” of your roadmap. Get your free copy Nov 28th at the Product Roadmaps Relaunched book signing at Workbar.
Roman Pichler
MAY 8, 2018
Three Types of Leadership. Each role provides a distinct type of leadership. Providing the right product leadership is demanding; it requires a specific skills set and usually your full attention as the person in charge of the product.
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.
Mind the Product
FEBRUARY 20, 2019
Bruce McCarthy was the president of the Boston Product Management Association, is the founder of consultancy Product Culture and co-wrote the book on roadmapping, Product Roadmaps Relaunched. The biggest mistake people make on roadmaps. Roadmaps vs release plans.
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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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BrainMates
JANUARY 21, 2019
The Product Leadership struggle is akin to the Entrepreneurship struggle because the role has no clear learning path. Setting the wheels in motion to create a set of Product Principles should begin to lift some of the fog from ‘The Product Leadership Struggle’. Roadmaps
Mind the Product
FEBRUARY 15, 2018
Much has been written about the process of creating product roadmaps, not least the six great articles written by my own team. I believe the actions of a product leader all too often are the root cause of a “bad” roadmap. A Product Leader’s Role in Roadmapping.
Roman Pichler
JULY 20, 2016
Goal-oriented roadmaps focus on goals or objectives like acquiring customers, increasing engagement, and removing technical debt. To help you develop your agile product roadmap, I have created a goal-oriented roadmap template called the GO Product Roadmap. Product Roadma
Roman Pichler
APRIL 19, 2017
Challenging situations are great opportunities to grow as a human being and by doing so, you increase your leadership power. Product Leadership empowerment mindfulness product manager product ownerIncrease Your Referent Power.
Mind the Product
JUNE 7, 2018
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. Shared Objectives Allow Laser-focused Roadmaps. If it didn’t contribute, it didn’t get onto the roadmap and it didn’t get done.
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Gainsight
APRIL 26, 2019
In the “final frontier” there isn’t a roadmap to follow. You’ll hear all about these trends beyond just the leadership question at Pulse, but I wanted to give you a sneak peek with this post. Which starship Enterprise captain is your favorite: Kirk or Picard?
Mind the Product
NOVEMBER 28, 2017
We’d spent weeks perfecting the roadmap presentation for our annual customer conference. It felt like people had overlooked all the greatness of our roadmap and were focused on the (relatively few) changes we’d made along the way. Why Have a Roadmap Conversation With Your Customer?
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. Creating a Focused Product Roadmap.
Mironov Consulting
MARCH 5, 2019
Talk: “The Organizational Challenge of Enterprise Roadmapping”. Featured Events Leadership Market Thinking Portfolio Management Product Management enterprise interrupts leadership motivation organizations prioritization product management roadmap stakeholders
Mind the Product
MAY 23, 2017
The long awaited book Product Leadership is finally about to hit our Kindles, iPads and possibly even our hands. It’s a book that shows product leadership to be a mentality and style, rather than a set of rules. You’ll more likely be managing people instead of roadmaps. Roadmaps.
Mind the Product
OCTOBER 12, 2017
He has a background in the public and private sectors and he begins his ProductTank NYC presentation with a quote from Steve Jobs, which underpins the central concept of Servant Leadership. Josh takes a brief moment to look at the roadmap of local government. To describe the diverse behaviours of work environments where flexible forms of product leadership is essential, Josh also looks at the structures of some big companies, like Amazon and Microsoft.
Inside Intercom
JUNE 24, 2019
When you think of the role and responsibilities of a product manager , two things probably come to mind – prioritization and roadmaps. But should prioritization and roadmaps be the responsibility of product managers alone? Why your product roadmap should be bottom up, not top down.
Mironov Consulting
DECEMBER 31, 2017
I get pulled into lots of discussions among product managers about the best ways to represent (and then present and present and present) roadmaps or backlogs, especially to internal sales/marketing/support audiences. So I assume that roadmap reviews will surface deeper concerns like….
Mind the Product
MAY 23, 2017
The long awaited book Product Leadership is finally about to hit our Kindles, iPads and possibly even our hands. It’s a book that shows product leadership to be a mentality and style, rather than a set of rules. You’ll more likely be managing people instead of roadmaps. Roadmaps.
Inside Intercom
AUGUST 15, 2018
He had to quickly determine which team members displayed a potential for leadership and teach them the fundamentals of management so they could make new hires and scale – without ruining the culture. I hosted Nick on the podcast, where we discussed the differences between management and leadership, fostering diversity in tech, and more. Here are five quick takeaways: Management and leadership aren’t one and the same. Podcast Startups engineering teams leadership management
Product Innovation Educators
APRIL 22, 2019
Product roadmaps are frequently used badly, almost as handcuffs for product managers. A year ago we explored roadmaps and how they should be used with Bruce McCarthy. Since writing the book, Bruce has been busy helping companies improve how they use roadmaps.
The Product Coalition
OCTOBER 28, 2018
It is meant for certain use-cases and audiences, largely those who are not a key part of the decision-making process, but who are affected by it and by leadership, who don’t have the time to dive deep into the how and why of products and features. product-management roadmaps product-roadmap
The Product Coalition
SEPTEMBER 23, 2018
I want to address such topics here and show how product roadmaps can help the team collaboratively gather the pieces of work and have a view of long term desired outcomes that afterwards are going to be broken down into sprints, not the other way round. Don’t forget your roadmap!
ProductPlan
JUNE 20, 2019
Although product managers may not regularly attend management meetings, they will frequently have opportunities to demonstrate features, share customer learnings, and present roadmaps to the higher ups in the company. A product roadmap presentation should be optimized for whomever will be attending it. This is not the forum to upstage anyone or cast doubt on the leadership team in the eyes of board members or investors—everyone should appear aligned and on the same page.
Hutwork
SEPTEMBER 30, 2017
A product roadmap lets you plan, collaborate, and communicate with others about how a product will evolve over its lifecycle. Your product roadmap may look different from someone else’s, but they have the same elements. Here are the 4 key elements for any product roadmap. #1. Your product roadmap is only as strong as your collaboration and communication. You’ll build your best product roadmap on planning, collaboration, and communication. #3.
The Product Coalition
DECEMBER 8, 2018
Your roadmap is one of the most important things you’ll produce as a SaaS company. Who will you share the roadmap with: Just employees, or customers too? And then there’s perhaps the biggest question of all: “How do we decide what makes it on to our roadmap?”
Atomic Spin PM
JUNE 20, 2018
Product roadmaps have long been used to illustrate the direction of product development, including how much time the project will take to complete, what tasks need to be completed, and who is responsible for those tasks. Visualizing the Roadmap.
The Product Coalition
APRIL 17, 2018
That is the question faced by B2B product leaders Courtesy of Street Smart Product Manager Product roadmaps and I have a complicated relationship. Tweet this ) WHY is our roadmap relationship so complicated? Roadmaps change and evolve frequently. Roadmap requestors are people.
First Round Review
APRIL 16, 2018
Thumbtack CEO Marco Zappacosta has been there — and has a roadmap that'll help. Recruiting and hiring executives is difficult for any leader, but especially first-time or early-stage founders who may not have enough knowledge to test candidates for skill in their area of expertise.
Mind the Product
JULY 5, 2019
Decouple your exploration and execution roadmaps . These roadmaps do not necessarily play well together. Gabrielle ends with a cheat sheet – something that we could all print out and put in front of our leadership teams.
Clever PM
OCTOBER 5, 2018
Product Management Backlog Definitions Good PM Influence Interactions Leadership Planning PM Priorities Roadmap StrategyA very common challenge faced by Product Managers of all experience levels is understanding and implementing some form of repeatable process around prioritization. Some people take a very light approach, making decisions based on their own experience, data, and beliefs about the direction of the product.
Revulytics
OCTOBER 19, 2017
On the final day of the event, they had the opportunity to hear Ed Catmull, co-founder and president of Pixar, who discussed his leadership strategies and how they contribute to building a healthy culture within an organization. As product managers, much of our role involves evangelizing our product roadmaps to people outside of our immediate team. Leveraging Personality Types to Drive Effective Leadership.
Mind the Product
JUNE 7, 2019
You can’t hold the team accountable if YOU give them the roadmap. As Apple’s Bill Campbell once said, “leadership is about recognising there’s a greatness is everyone, and your job is to create an environment where that greatness can emerge.”
Mind the Product
APRIL 12, 2017
Product management teams often ask themselves if third-party integration is right for their software product roadmap. Senior/director integration positions are usually expected to own a product roadmap strategy.
Mironov Consulting
SEPTEMBER 3, 2018
This year’s talk is a reworking of “ What To Do About Your Audience’s Real Roadmap Questions ” and will address systemic roadmapping issues/conflicts that executive teams face.
Mind the Product
SEPTEMBER 21, 2017
Both he and the owners of the club advocated this plan in a number of press conferences and laid it down as the roadmap for a long-term project. The Parable.
Good Product Manager
MARCH 6, 2016
I’m pleased to announce that for the first time the Summit will feature a Product Leadership Exchange. The Product Leadership Exchange is just one of the reasons that product management professionals should attend Summit , along with content like my keynote presentation on The Art and Science of Identifying and Prioritizing Customer Needs as well as a presentation in our Product Marketing and Management track on The SiriusDecisions Investment Decisionmaking Process.
Roman Pichler
JULY 9, 2019
And do you agree on what a product vision , strategy , roadmap , and backlog are, for example, and how these plans should be captured? Make sure, though, that you hire people not only for their product management and domain knowledge but pay attention to their leadership and people skills.
Mind the Product
SEPTEMBER 14, 2017
The path to engaging releases starts with planning your near-term roadmap. When you’re constructing your roadmap, you should already be thinking about how you want to bundle tasks into releases and how those releases are communicated to your users.
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