Roman Pichler

JULY 20, 2016

Whenever you are faced with an agile, dynamic environment—be it that your product is young and is experiencing significant change or that the market is dynamic with new competitors or technologies introducing change, you should work with a goal-oriented product roadmap, sometimes also referred to as theme-based. Learn More.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Does it align with how your product will win in the market? For more on the topic strategy, here are two posts to review: Eight core elements of a winning product strategy Essential question that lead to a great product strategy Story —  Stories make the world go round. Ownership —  This one is simple.

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Roman Pichler

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

These include interviewing users, working on the product roadmap, updating the product backlog, engaging with the stakeholders, and working with the development team, to name just a few. Please refer to my article “ Scaling the Product Owner Role ” for more information on how to jointly manage a product.).

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 5, 2021

Or that Chicago’s Ventra card is a reference to its nickname as the ‘windy city’? New York’s MetroCard, however, is not a reference to anything. This fairly generic, unimaginative name (sorry not sorry) has failed to properly capture the essence of the city since its inception. you name it, contactless is out here to save it.

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Roman Pichler

AUGUST 16, 2016

I use the term major release to refer to a version of your digital product that introduces a noticeable change, for instance, by adding or optimising functionality or enhancing the user experience, and it typically results in a new product version—think of Windows 10 or iOS 9.3, Product roadmaps vary in their format.

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Userpilot

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Therefore, they are vital for effective product strategies and ensure resource allocation aligns with customer needs. It offers a detailed understanding of your customers, which is necessary to develop effective product strategies, enhance customer experiences , and ultimately drive product growth.

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Userpilot

JANUARY 31, 2022

Before I take a dive into these different product management specializations you should be looking at when building up your product team , it’s worth noting that at their very core, all product managers have the same set of responsibilities and skills. Growth Product Manager. Innovation Product Manager.

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Roman Pichler

AUGUST 14, 2018

If the data shows a largely flat performance over the last few months, then the product is likely to be mature. Ideally, you should continuously track the product performance and regularly review the product strategy—at least once per quarter as a rule of thumb. Take the iPhone as an example.

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UserVoice

JULY 4, 2019

For this, many companies refer to customer data in Salesforce , and swear by its use as a repository for customer traits… but that’s only one part of the story. Product organizations tend to rely on multiple tools to cover their various user research needs. Roadmunk bills itself as an easy way to build ‘boardroom-worthy’ roadmaps.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 4, 2024

Let’s look at a few for reference. SPARK : SPARK is a business lending solution emphasizing clarity in its product roadmap. SPARK maintains an ‘Under Consideration’ section on its public product roadmap page, allowing users to vote on suggested features. Even this varies company by company.

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Amplitude

MAY 7, 2018

Side note: Choosing names for personas. Names matter. Personas are not going stick if the names to describe them aren’t right. We wanted the names to capture the unique characteristics of the persona without a need for additional information. An example of naming a persona. How personas impact product strategy.

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ProductPlan

MAY 25, 2021

Product Strategy is Important. One of the most important roles of a product manager (PM) is setting the product strategy. The strategy, by way of a roadmap, is the document that drives team alignment. But, unfortunately, most strategy is dead when it exists, but in name only. .

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Roman Pichler

APRIL 15, 2024

The second row gives you the option to state a name. This is useful when meeting the product goal results in a new major release or product version, for instance, iOS 17.4 The fourth row lists the product’s features. 10] TL;DR Can you use OKRs on a product roadmap? 10] TL;DR Can you use OKRs on a product roadmap?

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Mind the Product

MAY 25, 2018

So we decided to come up with a sub-brand that would help us position the product differently and talk more about what it was rather than what it wasn’t. And for that, we needed a new name… Output of one naming brainstorm. After a lot of deliberation we settled on the name Yimby, which stood for “yes in my backyard”.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 7, 2023

Many companies expect product managers, designers and other roles to be able to deliver good user interviews, but the training is often by trial-and-error. I compiled this guide back when I was training product managers on my team to be able to run user interviews. How many times this month would you say you used the [insert name] app?”

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 15, 2020

Product strategy, discovery, and delivery: These are the three general dimensions for which product managers are responsible to optimize in a customer-centric organization. Product strategy exists outside the well defined guideposts of dual-track agile (a product discovery and delivery methodology).

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Userpilot

APRIL 19, 2024

TL;DR Market research is vital for making informed business decisions, enabling companies to understand the market, target audience, and competitors, reducing risks, and optimizing marketing communications and product strategies. For more on combining these approaches, refer to Generative vs. Evaluative Research.

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Roman Pichler

MAY 5, 2020

The term product owner is commonly used to refer to six different product roles in my experience. These are: The original Scrum product owner who owns a product in its entirety and is responsible for maximising the value it creates. Scrum Product Owner. Note that the choice of the name is intentional.

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Tyner Blain

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Product-comparison features could be excluded. Comparison is helpful to someone when they are making comparisons or discovering alternative products. Searching by product name would be more helpful than searching by product category.

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UX Studio: Product Management

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Get in touch with us , and let’s discuss your current product design challenges. The Wandr studio is a young product strategy and design company headquartered in Los Angeles, USA. The team has worked with clients from various industries, such as education, media, healthcare, social justice, and environmental, to name a few.

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Mixpanel

JUNE 10, 2020

As VP of Product at NerdWallet , I guide product decisions that drive maximum value for our brand and consumers—helping them break down complicated financial topics (e.g. This understanding of why we do what we do is core to our product strategy, and informs every decision we make. what the heck is a Roth IRA?),

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Product Management University

OCTOBER 19, 2023

The new product is going to boost your differentiation in the competitive space. You’ve got customer references with success metrics to make your value story real. Product Launches and the Most Common Mistake Here’s the most common mistake technology companies make, and it’ll take every bit of wind out of your launch sails.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 15, 2019

McElroy influenced two entrepreneurs named, Bill Hewlett and David Packark?—?names names look familiar, anyone? As the name the “Brand Men” suggest the origins of Product Management was truely in marketing. this was the creation of the Product Owner role. obviously most people skipped that part!

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Many product managers I speak with know full well that the system is broken and wasteful, but feel powerless to change it. Last tickets available for my Lean Product Management workshop Dec 3–4 in Barcelona. Learn how to create verified product strategy and to put to use the GIST framework in two activity-packet days.

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Bain Public

MARCH 20, 2021

Product development is where you’re translating product strategy into reality, namely the tactical decisions for a series of major roadmap initiatives. Ultimately, the goal of the product roadmap features & releases is to make this ROI (Return on Investment) as big as possible!

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ProductPlan

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Be sure to create these training assets using your company’s instance, so colleagues see familiar names and terminology used throughout the new tool. Lead by example We all know how important it is to “ eat your own dog food ” as a product manager, and the same goes for these tools. This makes things more relatable and less generic.

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Mind the Product

APRIL 6, 2020

Without it, product teams become feature teams focused on outputs and not outcomes. We started working with the product teams on how each tool – product strategy, OKRs, and roadmaps – should be used so that we could merge them together. What aligned roadmaps and OKRs together was the product strategy.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

APRIL 13, 2022

Like his peers, he was originally interested in working for a big-name tech company like Google or Apple. Ultimately, he decided that although these companies look great on your product manager resume , the work you'll do at these companies will be highly specialized.

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Roman Pichler

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Listen to the audio version of this article: [link] Organise the Team around a Product As the name suggests, a product team is focused on a product. Finally, the individual must be empowered to decide if no agreement can be reached within the product team. This sounds simple enough.

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ProductPlan

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

The term greenfield gets its name from the construction industry. In product management, greenfield projects refer to products developed entirely from scratch. It describes a project that builders will be starting from scratch. That is, they’ll be building on a green field with no infrastructure already in place.

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ProductPlan

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Regarding how easy it is to build and edit roadmaps within each tool, let’s refer to Capterra, a popular site for software reviews and comparisons. Ease of use is one of the primary categories that factor into their overall score for a particular product. Building Roadmaps. Overall, it’s a more static screen. Roadmunk offers it.

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ProductPlan

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Regarding how easy it is to build and edit roadmaps within each tool, let’s refer to Capterra, a popular site for software reviews and comparisons. Ease of use is one of the primary categories that factor into their overall score for a particular product. Building Roadmaps. Overall, it’s a more static screen. Roadmunk offers it.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

APRIL 25, 2022

How would you improve the Facebook login product? Ask clarifying questions and think about things like: Clearly define what the Facebook login product is. In this case, it's referring to a third-party integration that allows for SSO. Who are you improving the product or feature for? What platform are you focused on?

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

JANUARY 18, 2022

Job Responsibilities and Duties A step above Senior Product Managers at some companies are the Product Leaders (although they may not necessarily go by that name). Many organizations, instead, refer to these individuals as Group Product Managers or Principal Product Managers.

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ProductPlan

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

After all, solving problems is kind of the name of the game, isn’t it? But, as you already know, another key part of product management is careful prioritization, which applies to customer requests too. Remember: you’re a product manager, not an order-taker.

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ProductPlan

JULY 25, 2019

Leveraging data and referring to real-world examples carries far more weight than any rationale that includes the words “I think” in it. It may not be fair, but there’s a reason companies poach talent from big-name firms while scrappy product managers from failed ventures struggle to stand out.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MAY 15, 2022

Specifically, UX designers sit at the intersection of product design, market research, interaction design, product strategy, human computer interaction, visual design, and more! UX, or user experience, design is a discipline, as the name suggests, that is all about how users interact with products or services.

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