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What Do We Owe Our Teams?

Mironov Consulting

Many of my discussions with product leaders (CPOs, VPs and others who manage teams of product folks) are about the substance of product management: portfolios, competing stakeholders, pricing & packaging, tarot cards as a revenue forecasting model.  Last A competitor announces ChatGPT-based retirement investment advice.  

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3 Empowerment Levels in Product Management

Roman Pichler

1] Figure 1: An Empowerment Model for Product People and Teams Level one represents the authority to decide how features are detailed and guide their implementation. Level three, finally, allows product people and teams to develop the product strategy including the value proposition and business goals.

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Seven Product Backlog Mistakes to Avoid

Roman Pichler

One of the challenges the agile transition team was concerned about was the choice of the right product backlog tool, which at first seemed odd to me. Another time, I was asked to help a team of a major charity in the UK whose task was to create a new website for their fund-raising campaigns. The Product Backlog is Too Big.

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8 Tips for Collaborating with Development Teams

Roman Pichler

Manage the Product, not the Team. Focus on your job as the product manager or product owner, and manage the product, not the team. Treat the Team as an Equal Partner. The team members are not your resources but the people who create your product. Assume that the team members want to do their best.

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Be a Balanced Product Leader, Not a Feature Broker or Product Dictator

Roman Pichler

How do you best lead the stakeholders and development team as the person in charge of the product? One way to answer this question is to avoid unhelpful but common leadership styles. As its name suggests, this leadership style mediates between different parties and tries to broker a deal. Recognise Your Leadership Bias.

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Plan and Pace Activities Like a Pro With the 5 Chapters of Workshop Design

The Product Coalition

In a recent poll, many of my fellow facilitators shared that the most challenging part of designing a workshop lies in picking the right methods and activities to apply, then pacing against them. As guides, we want so badly to steer our teams in the right direction and toward the best possible outcomes. Hey, I get it!

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Authentic Leadership Practices

The Product Coalition

I work in the tech industry & manage a team of around 12 people with a range of product, delivery & engineering skills. As a leader in tech, I have a variety of responsibilities, but I see my main role as building, enabling & motivating teams to deliver great digital products. To my mind, these are the most important parts.