The Product Coalition

JULY 21, 2020

Photo by Karla Vidal on Unsplash ‘How-To’ Guide for Crafting Your First Product Vision I originally packaged this up from a recent coaching session I had with a Product Manager who had been tasked for their first time to develop a product vision from scratch?—?hope A good vision should be clear, punchy, and inspiring.

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nulab

JANUARY 8, 2021

This is where a product vision statement comes in handy. A product vision is a roadmap. Product vision statements are important, and it’d be a huge mistake to set off on your journey without one. To help you get started, here’s everything you need to know about creating your first product vision statement.

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ProductPlan

MARCH 21, 2024

We get it–your days are packed with roadmap review meetings, brainstorming sessions, and making (what sometimes feels like) too many PowerPoint presentations. Global economic uncertainty, changing consumer habits, and artificial intelligence significantly influence how product managers function and their work.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

JULY 1, 2020

When I interview a product manager to work in my team, I want to know that they understand the whole of the product cycle - how to make it happen, from concept to rollout and beyond, and most importantly what will make it successful. Product vision statement 5. Product Vision 4. Don't panic! Pain points 2. Market sizing 4.

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bpma ProductHub

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

With a keen focus on value and conducting Structured Conversations using the 7 Product Dimensions, you greatly improve your ability to go from vision to value. A successful product delivers value when it is aligned to your product vision and goals. Ellen is a world-renowned writer, speaker, and presenter.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 11, 2019

Past, Present and Future. Present: What is the current sprint or work we should be doing today? Future, Present and Past: Future is our backlogs, both development and opportunity backlog (I’m a big fan of Jeff Patton’s dual track ). Present is your typical Scrum/Kanban board/Sprint backlog? Second is present ?—?this

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

But in the whirlwind world of product management, where ideas zip around like bees in a garden, there’s a superpower often overlooked: active listening. It’s like having X-ray vision, seeing beneath the surface to the real issues and potential of your product. This helps in maintaining focus and being fully present in the conversation.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Presenting or rejecting a well-researched product or design change to the HiPPO is a common pain point for product managers. A HiPPO situation is when you present your idea to executives or a board member and they shoot down your idea based on their gut. Reddit thread: What is the HiPPO effect? But there’s more to it.

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ProductPlan

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

As product managers, the product roadmap is at the core of everything we do. Today we look at a few simple tips for product roadmap presentations. We hope these will help ensure your next product roadmap presentation is well received by other internal teams. 5 Hacks for Better Product Roadmap Presentations. Tell a story.

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Innovatemap

AUGUST 25, 2020

As the product manager, it’s your job to understand your customer and identify features that keep your product ahead of the competition. Whether you’ve been handed a new product vision to execute or you have an idea of your own, it’s also your job to socialize your product vision and gain buy-in from internal stakeholders.

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Product Culture

JULY 6, 2022

When working on vision with stakeholders, I like the Cover Story exercise, which I outlined last week. the future that will result from the roadmap) and then works gradually backward to the present. A great exercise to follow the Cover Story is the Back-Plan. Subscribe to my weekly Nano-letter: Sign Up. Subscribe to One Thing Weekly.

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ProductPlan

JULY 15, 2021

Clutch’s survey proves that you need an effective product management strategy to measure product vision success. As a product leader, your product vision anchors everything you communicate to your team. First, you must realize you need to test your product vision before developing a product strategy. Metrics are crucial.

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Sachin Rekhi

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

Mastering the craft of product management is no easy task. I instead define a product manager as driving the vision, strategy, design, and execution of their product. It's equally important for product managers to think about each of these four dimensions as having a concrete set of deliverables. Vision: Vision Narrative.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Anyone familiar with Product Management will recognize the immortal phrase ‘influence without authority.’ As a Product Manager, you’re a team player who guides product development along its chartered course, but you have to do that without being the literal captain of the ship. What Does ‘Influence’ Mean?

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Product Innovation Educators

JUNE 12, 2023

Tools for planning and executing product projects Today we are talking about the skills product managers need to grow their careers. Before joining Google, Neha worked as a Management Consultant at Essex Product Consulting, where she helped organizations build products. Planning includes the product vision, strategy, and roadmap.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 27, 2024

In the past decade, the field of product management has evolved, shedding much of its earlier ambiguity. The spectrum of roles in product management is broad, ranging from highly specialised to more generalist positions. In both cases, there should be a proper high-level product vision and a product roadmap.

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Roman Pichler

APRIL 5, 2022

The following list shares sample rules, which are based on my book How to Lead in Product Management : Always have cameras turned on in online meetings and mute yourself if you don’t speak. Stay present. Many product management meetings I have attended were working meetings, or workshops, where product decisions were taken.

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Ronke PM

APRIL 11, 2024

While product teams and their multidisciplinary partners may have a clear vision for the product, customer, and business outcomes, they still need to validate these visions and ensure that customers and prospects will desire the new feature or product. Why is Customer Feedback Important? Gathering customer feedback is invaluable.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 4, 2024

Yet this is what the life of a product manager often feels like. Like a forest never cleaned, filled with leaves, debris, and branches catches fire quickly, managing a roadmap left to rot is challenging. Instead, we will discuss what I’ve learned about applying best practices and managing roadmaps in the real world.

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bpma ProductHub

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

This makes sure people don’t forget what we’ve recently accomplished, and helps them see the connecting lineage between what we launched and what’s coming out — and how this is growing us toward our vision.”. The process keeps you honest, and connected to your vision, your clients and your investors.”

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 8, 2022

The idea you should take away is vision coupled with incrementalism works. Gutenberg had a vision and iterated on existing product, making some radical improvements. Apple didn’t invent the MP3 player, they iterated on it while focusing on a bigger vision to create the iPod. Absolutely! information available to all?—?as

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UX Studio

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Working on a product without a decent product vision resembles going into the street with eyes closed. This article will show how a product vision should look, how to create it and communicate it to all stakeholders in play. What is Product Vision? Product vision imagines a product direction in the long-term.

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Sachin Rekhi

AUGUST 25, 2013

I recently gave this presentation on product management at LinkedIn that I thought was worth sharing more broadly. Product management in my mind boils down to owning the vision, design, and execution of your product.

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The Product Manager Coach Blog

JANUARY 9, 2024

Brian Chesky of Airbnb sparked a lively debate last year by questioning the role of product managers in today’s fast-evolving business landscape. He stated, “Airbnb has morphed its product management function into an “Apple-style product marketing function.” Aligning Product Vision and Strategy 2.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

More often than not, life-altering moments present themselves in unexpected ways. That’s exactly how I discovered the world of Product Management. And so, I set the following vision and mission for myself Vision: Be an honest and empathetic individual and create a definitive impact on people. Just don’t give up.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 25, 2018

Vision casting is easy. At times it can be so easy that once the rally is over, the vision gets drowned by the hustle and bustle of daily chores. Whether large corporations or start-ups, I have encountered vision statements die by natural death or simply gather dust on shelves. To illustrate, team missions are clearly defined?—?

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 5, 2022

I hope you find this helpful: Digital product development presents incredible opportunities for us to help our customers and our colleagues. I was in a meeting with the CTO and his staff one day when he laid out his vision. Part of his vision was “being agile”. if the vision, goals, objectives, etc.

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Actuation Consulting

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Over the past few weeks we’ve considered a number of key product management tools. Today we will look at two of the most important: the Product Vision and Product Strategy documents. Each of these elements fulfills a distinct function, but are often presented together. Defining a Product Vision Document.

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Product Management University

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

When all three of these factors are present, it’s going to be a great sales demo. The endgame is to get everyone on the buyer’s evaluation team pushing internally and cutting through the politics to help you close the deal sooner rather than later so their vision for how they work (with your product) becomes a reality ASAP.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 16, 2022

Context Setting Slide I include for all presentations 2. While articulating trade-off decisions, always use a visual approach As Product Managers, we have to make trade-off decisions almost daily. A lot of these times, we have to present our recommendation to some stakeholders (partner teams, leadership, your own team etc.)

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 25, 2022

Product managers (PMs) are ninjas of aligning people, management, and processes. The best product managers are in a continuous state of discovery and know that?—? That’s why we’ve listed 12 tools that the best product managers use to do their jobs better? and not the best product management tools.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 11, 2022

It’s time to perk up the product management industry by redoing Blackalicious’ most popular song, “Alphabet Aerobics”. Product management glossary For those finding some new Product Management terms, check my Product Management Glossary. What, in my world, is a worthwhile Wow, Witness wonderful, worthwhile wonders now.

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Sachin Rekhi

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

I wanted to highlight five of those skills that are particularly relevant for product managers that can help them reach new heights in their own craft. Product management is an inter-disciplinary role and the best product managers I know go deep like Elon into multiple verticals. Craft a compelling vision.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 7, 2023

Aspiring product managers, nothing you’ll want to build will ever come easy, so let me give you some words of advice. Many who aspire to become a product manager (PM) always come to me with the same pattern of questions: Will I get to drive my ideas from start to finish? On paper, the role of a product manager can be a dream come true.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 2, 2022

Every time I navigate the ocean of Product Management frameworks, we are not tackling one essential part of our role: People and Ourselves. This article is not intended to be a book review, but I used the skills described in this bestseller to link them with our day-to-day Product Management life.

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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. It’s all about tailoring your presentation for the folks in the room. Know your audience.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 5, 2022

What can product managers do to escape it? These are just a few of the questions that Melissa Perri, a product consultant and the author of Escaping the Build Trap , discusses in her presentation she delivered at the Product Drive Summit powered by Userpilot a few weeks ago. What is the build trap? How do teams fall into it?

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