The Product Coalition

JULY 5, 2023

It forced me to question a belief, as a product leader, I treated as an absolute — that products always require roadmaps. Do you think every company and product needs a roadmap?” This was not a question as much as a test of my ability to think critically. “Of Roadmaps are not always needed. he asked. Of course.”,

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 4, 2024

Kris Gale As a wise man once said, no roadmap survives contact with reality. Firefighting while staying on course on the strategy and commitments of the roadmap is difficult. Like a forest never cleaned, filled with leaves, debris, and branches catches fire quickly, managing a roadmap left to rot is challenging.

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Roman Pichler

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

This includes a sound understanding of the market, the user and customer needs, and the competition as well as solid product management skills such as the ability to develop an effective product strategy and an actionable product roadmap (as I explain in more detail in the article The T-Shaped Product Professional ).

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ProductPlan

JUNE 14, 2022

For an organization to follow through and turn that idea into a viable product, the team needs both a product vision and a product strategy. Both of these play a critical role in motivating those responsible for bringing the product from concept to market. Product vision. Product vision examples. Product vision examples.

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Product Talk

DECEMBER 6, 2023

How do you test to make sure your opportunity is not a solution in disguise? How does an opportunity solution tree connect to a product roadmap? How does an opportunity solution tree connect with a product vision? Below the solution space are assumption tests. Test the riskiest assumptions from each of your three ideas.

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

With all the best practices out there, improving CX without a customer experience roadmap can get overwhelming. Building a roadmap can help you understand your customer’s point of view, determine the CX tactics you should apply, and prioritize the tasks with greater returns. Plan and execute your CX vision.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

How to Develop Product Roadmap? How to conduct Usability Testing? To lay out and document your strategy, you need to develop a Product Roadmap. Product Roadmap?—?What What Product Roadmap is a guiding strategic document?—? Chapter 12/17?—?How Previous : Chapter 11?—?How Next: Chapter 13?—?Writing

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Product Management University

OCTOBER 16, 2023

If we go back to post 3 of 10 , you’ll see the ripple effect of a customer-facing portfolio vision in full swing when it’s time to craft your portfolio (and product) positioning! Let’s give it the acid test. Beyond a healthier balance sheet, why do your target customers care about cash flow relative to their big picture strategy?

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ProductPlan

MARCH 5, 2021

This article tackles one of the areas that gets the most interest from product managers: how can they use an essentialist approach to create and communicate better product roadmaps ? To ensure you’re adding the right features and initiatives to your product roadmap, I’ve outlined several suggestions here. Start with the product vision.

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Product Innovation Educators

APRIL 29, 2024

Product Strategy Well-defined new-product strategy First-to-market or fast-follower strategy Focus on sustainability Intellectual property considerations Global business model [13:24] 3. Portfolio Management Select projects Balance across projects Radical vs. incremental Low vs. high risk New vs. existing markets [14:09] 4.

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Userpilot

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Roadmaps vs backlogs: What’s the real difference and why does everyone keeps using these terms interchangeably when they mean different things? TLDR Understanding the difference between a product roadmap and a backlog is crucial for product managers. Everyone knows the difference between a roadmap and a backlog… right?

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 23, 2020

Funding your Product Roadmap How do you ask for funding as you scale your product & team You have a product roadmap (annual / multi-year) in front of you, crafted by you after months of deliberation, discussions, conversations, stakeholder and leadership feedback and reviews. If not, what can we do now to remediate it?

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Mind the Product

MAY 22, 2017

Can’t get your boss to part ways with a time-based feature roadmap? I wonder what it is about feature roadmaps that is comforting to the C-suite. As product managers, we instinctively know that planning things out in advance is impossible, because our work depends on a constant stream of testing, data and feedback.

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

How do product management and marketing teams work together to build successful products? Their responsibilities include product discovery, developing product vision, prioritization , roadmapping , analyzing product performance and its iterative development, and leading the product team. Let’s get right to it!

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 15, 2022

that products always require roadmaps. Do you think every company and product needs a roadmap?” I’m sure this was not a question as much as a test of my ability to think critically. “Of Then I thought further; maybe complete scenarios exist where roadmaps aren’t needed. he asked. Of course.”, I answered. Are you sure?

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Userpilot

JANUARY 22, 2024

A product marketing framework is like a compass that guides you through the complex, fast-paced world of SaaS. In this article, we dive deep into what a product marketing framework is and explore its essential components. In this article, we dive deep into what a product marketing framework is and explore its essential components.

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ProductPlan

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Roadmaps are a unique tool for creating and maintaining stakeholder alignment, resource planning, and budgeting purposes. Roadmaps can help reign in the chaos that might erupt when there are fewer barriers between coders and consumers. 5 Roadmap Templates for SaaS Businesses. 5 Roadmap Templates for SaaS Businesses.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 10, 2022

Are you wondering about the difference between the Minimum Viable Product vs Minimum Marketable Product? MVP reduces the time to market and allows a quicker release of the product. A Minimum Marketable Product (MMP) is a more developed version of the MVP and it is ready to be sold to customers. If so, you are in the right place!

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Product Management University

MARCH 15, 2023

You have to love the market dynamics (yours and the customer’s) and the business operations of your target customers way, way more than you love your products or you will fail miserably! Functional testing. The vision and product direction have nothing to do with the products themselves. There’s one catch though.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 15, 2023

A product launch marketing plan is more than a simple press release announcing your product. In this article, we detail what a product launch marketing plan is, why you need one, and how to create a successful product marketing from the start. Online marketing strategies for social media, emails, press releases, etc.

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Userpilot

APRIL 30, 2024

Throughout his rich career, Marty has worn numerous hats within modern software product organizations, transitioning between roles involving product management, software development, product marketing , user experience design, and general management, among others. Most product roadmaps are nothing less than confusing spreadsheets.

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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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Product Bookshelf

APRIL 15, 2024

Martin Good Strategy, Bad Strategy by Richard Rumels Product strategy is a set of choices informed by product vision and company objectives. ” is rivaled only by “What is a roadmap?” Common themes in product strategy Product strategy writing illustrates that strategy is the link between vision and roadmaps / plans.

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Userpilot

DECEMBER 13, 2023

A robust UX strategy is also a valuable differentiator helping you stand out in competitive markets. UX vision is a clear and inspiring statement that guides the long-term design strategy and keeps teams and stakeholders on the same page. The plan, often depicted in a UX roadmap, outlines the work necessary to achieve the goals.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 29, 2023

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. Here’s why it’s important: Defines a product vision and aligns strategy with organization goals. Champions a customer-centric approach.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 6, 2023

How you develop, launch, and improve a product determines your success in the market. Clear roadmaps will ensure you reach your goals. But there’s a reality about life, yeah following your roadmap chronologically will help you reach your goals safely, but there’ll be distractions and roadmaps are not linear.

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ProductPlan

JUNE 18, 2021

The IMPACT approach to product management’s primary goal is creating the maximum value for the broadest target audience while remaining aligned with the company’s mission, vision, and goals. But if there’s one part of product management that needs IMPACT more than anywhere else, it’s roadmapping. IMPACT doesn’t begin with the roadmap.

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ProductPlan

AUGUST 18, 2022

The Benefits of Adding More Product Roadmap Viewers in ProductPlan. Instead, product leaders can transcend the confines of these antiquated tools by using a purpose-built roadmap solution to add roadmap viewers. As a product professional, your product roadmap is your single source of truth. A more credible roadmap.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 13, 2021

The importance of measuring the small outcomes associated with their product goals or visions is the key to churn expected benefits throughout the product life cycle. In summary, this framework gives an opportunity to discover, experiment, build, measure, learn and sell the product for outcomes aligned with the product vision.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

TPMs are responsible for market and customer research , but their main focus is on satisfying market needs from a technical point of view. 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.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 21, 2018

Products live within markets that are constantly changing, making planning a difficult process. I believe this constant change is the reason that people have become frustrated with roadmaps, and in some cases have even went so far as to declare the roadmap dead. But as they say: fail to plan, plan to fail.

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Userpilot

APRIL 30, 2024

It lets you create surveys no-code, localize them for global markets, trigger to the right segments, and much more. Both of these directly influence product development and help keep up with market trends. How can companies use customer feedback to influence the product roadmap? Book a demo to see it in action.

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Sachin Rekhi

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

I instead define a product manager as driving the vision, strategy, design, and execution of their product. Vision: Vision Narrative. Most product managers realize that defining a compelling vision for their product is a core responsibility of their role. Vision: Product Walkthrough.

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Lenny Rachitsky

APRIL 28, 2024

Kayvon treated sacred cows like a “built-in roadmap” of innovations worth testing. While frameworks can offer valuable perspectives and guide decision-making, rigid adherence to them can lead to tunnel vision and unhelpful outcomes. Twitter accelerated cultural change and innovation through many small acquihires.

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

A strategic product manager is responsible for developing long-term product vision and strategy. The product launch manager collaborates with the marketing team to develop launch plans and oversees their implementation. Product marketing managers develop product positioning , messaging , and differentiation strategies.

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Userpilot

MAY 1, 2024

The product management team is primarily responsible for owning the product experience but is supported by the engineering, marketing, and customer success departments. In most SaaS companies, the product management team includes product managers, product marketers , and UX designers. Why is product experience management important?

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Agile Velocity

MAY 3, 2024

Agile has been shown to shorten time-to-market, increase quality, instill predictability, improve customer satisfaction, and create an overall happier working culture. Companies across industries recognize the importance of embracing agility to stay competitive, innovate, and respond swiftly to market changes.

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