Roman Pichler

JANUARY 22, 2024

Listen to the audio version of this article: [link] What Is a Product Portfolio Strategy and Why Does It Matter? A product portfolio strategy is a high-level plan that helps you maximise the value a group of products creates. These guide and align the strategies of the portfolio members , as Figure 1 illustrates.

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Mind the Product

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Duolingo has long been a standout in product strategy, company culture, and user engagement. Over 14 years, it has grown into a household name, blending language learning with gamification to keep users returning. Now, with the release of its company handbook, we get a behind-the-scenes look at what drives its success.

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Product Management University

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

If you thought there were a million ways to define product management, product strategy might have it beat by a longshot. Just think about how many ways product strategy is defined within your own organization. It’s the number one thing that makes product strategy both challenging and frustrating at the same time.

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Roman Pichler

MAY 5, 2020

For example, you could be a product and a feature owner on a larger product, or you could be a portfolio owner and at the same time, manage one of the products in the portfolio, assuming that this neither leads to biased product decisions nor sacrifices sustainable pace. Scrum Product Owner. SAFe Product Owner.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 18, 2023

It took me time to understand that I need to present myself as a product leadership coach and product strategy expert rather than a consultant. One other misunderstanding that was much harder for me to explain was related to how people understood the word ‘product’ in what I do. PLG under the hood.

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Roman Pichler

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Listen to the audio version of this article: [link] Overview The GO Product Roadmap consists of five elements, as the image below shows: Date, name, goal, features, and metrics. Name Relevant : Choose a name, which communicates the essence of the work carried out. Memorable : The name is easy to remember.

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Product Management University

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Is creating a product strategy worth the effort? Creating a product strategy isn’t easy for product managers. It’s difficult to flip the switch when most of your time is spent in the weeds taking care of the day-to-day product needs, launches, sales support, etc. Your question * Name *.

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Roman Pichler

AUGUST 17, 2021

Not tied to a solution : Despite its name, I recommend keeping the product vision free from assumptions about the actual product or solution. This allows you to pivot, to change the product strategy and the product while staying grounded in your vision. Who Owns the Product Vision?

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The Critical Role of Product Strategy When Money Is Scarce (Part 1 — Seed) A good product strategy is something every company needs. Here is how a product strategy can help you create business results, even when the market is not in your favor. Product strategy is such a vague term for most people.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 12, 2020

In our world, this would have been considered a great product strategy. As you are reading this, replace Ford’s car with your own product. Sales need to be able to connect the specific need of that target audience to the actual product, which in turn needs to deliver on the value originally promised by marketing.

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Roman Pichler

MARCH 9, 2022

If that’s not the case, then it will be difficult to encourage the individuals to agree to more specific goals and to follow a product strategy and a product roadmap that are based on the vision. An example for a product that helps people improve their eating habits might be “help people eat healthily.”.

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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. Its goals and objectives consequently have to be aligned with the strategy. and Android 14.0.

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Roman Pichler

JANUARY 11, 2022

The second line names the skills areas the learning goals belong to, which I’ll cover in more detail in the next section. For the first two quarters, the area is strategy; for the last two, it is leadership. The third row contains the most important information. It lists the learning goals you want to achieve.

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Userpilot

JULY 24, 2024

Launching a product without a well-defined product strategy framework is similar—you risk wasting resources without a clear path to success. So, how do you outline a product strategy framework that is the foundation of product-led growth ? Product strategies help you design and grow your products.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The Critical Role of Product Strategy When Resources Are Limited (Part 2 — Rounds A, B, and Later) When you start selling your product, you feel great, but that doesn’t last for too long. A product strategy is often the missing link that would convert your efforts into actual revenue. Here is how it works.

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Product Innovation Educators

JANUARY 4, 2021

Insights on roadmaps, metrics, OKRs, and more for product managers. It is a new year and this podcast is getting a new name. In a few weeks, the name will change to Product Masters Now. His name is Anup Yanamandra. My primary responsibility is defining the product strategy for the company.

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Roman Pichler

AUGUST 11, 2020

This article assumes that you are familiar with the product vision board or the key elements of a product strategy : market, value proposition, standout features, and business goals. Trying to offer a product that pleases everybody carries the risk of not doing a good job for anyone. A Brief Guide to this Article.

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Roman Pichler

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

I therefore recommend applying a different product roadmapping approach and using goal-oriented roadmaps , which are also called outcome-based. As their name suggests, these roadmaps focus on product goals or outcomes such as acquiring customers , increasing engagement , and future-proofing the product by removing technical debt.

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Roman Pichler

APRIL 13, 2021

To select the right KPIs, I recommend taking the following three steps: First, use the user and business goals in the product strategy to select an initial set of indicators. Then take into account the product goals on the product roadmap to discover additional KPIs. Then consider how you can tell if they have been met.

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Roman Pichler

JULY 20, 2016

It is built on the idea that goals are more important than features, and it consists of five elements: date, name, goal, features, and metrics, as the picture below shows. You can download the template for free from romanpichler.com/tools, and you can find more information on how to use it in my post The GO Product Roadmap. Learn More.

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Roman Pichler

APRIL 5, 2022

For example, a product strategy workshop might have the objective to identify the key changes required to achieve product-market fit. Contrast this with a sprint review meeting , which might help you determine if users can easily sign up for the product. Assess product strategy and adjust if necessary.

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Roman Pichler

JUNE 1, 2020

As its name suggests, the grid analyses the stakeholders by taking into account their power and interest; it assumes that people take a low or high interest in your product and have low or high power. Collaboratively set goals , for example, user and business goals on the product strategy and product goals on the product roadmap.

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Product Management University

JANUARY 19, 2023

When product management teams adopt a portfolio strategy approach to managing products, they’re focused on making their organization better in market segments where they can best succeed. That means each product becomes a lever to forming solutions that are the highest value in those chosen market segments.

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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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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

I have some takeaways and learnings to share that I covered as a coach for their onboarding strategy. Create B2B onboarding strategy for a premium organic products for <Startup V> catering to niche user segment focused on wellness, health & lifestyle” Why was it needed to define the problem for onboarding strategy?

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Product Management University

OCTOBER 19, 2023

company name] expands its AI coach language to 96, the most in the industry. company name] introduces fully integrated video that expands the power of the [company name] technology platform. Your products and technologies are always the enabler or the vehicle that actually delivers the value to the customer.

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Roman Pichler

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Listen to the audio version of this article: [link] 1 Complement Scrum with a Product Discovery and Strategy Process Scrum is a simple framework that helps teams develop successful products. How can you capture the right user stories , for instance, if you are unsure who the users are and why they want to use the product?

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ProductPlan

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

The roadmap guides and informs everyone involved with the product from ideation to market. Using Your Product Strategy and Product Vision to Plan Your Roadmap. Product strategies must be rooted in the overall vision of the company and product. The product roadmap then reflects that strategy.

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Product Innovation Educators

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

The discussion focuses on the challenges and strategies involved in expanding from a single product to multiple products. This episode features an in-depth conversation with Greg Coticchia, CEO of SE Healthcare and product management expert.

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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. Therefore, focus on your actual job—making or keeping the product successful. Consequently, make enough time for strategic work.

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Product Talk

MAY 13, 2020

Product teams struggle to drive business outcomes because many companies haven’t taken the time to define their strategy. Marty Cagan highlighted this in his recent post “ Product Strategy – Focus.” This should be captured in your company strategy—again, where you will play, how you will compete, and why you will win.

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ProductBoard

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

With 220 million members worldwide, Netflix has become a household name, (virtual) watercooler conversation fodder, and a familiar part of our daily routines. But it didn’t start that way. In its early days.

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Roman Pichler

MAY 10, 2017

To do a great job as a product manager or product owner, you require two skills sets: product-specific and generic ones. As the name suggests, product-specific capabilities are limited to a single product or product portfolio. These skills are not specific to an individual product, but transferable.

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Product Talk

MAY 14, 2025

Some will require you to put their own order reference, and those orders could be a combination of consumer name, date, and their internal reference. With the calendar year change, many of her largest clients were now focused on new company strategies. This process also uncovered variation in the way different vendors work.

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Product Innovation Educators

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Joining us is a co-founder who got his product to #1 Product of the Day, #1 Product of the Week, and a finalist for Product of the Year on Product Hunt. His name is Ken Babcock, and he is the Co-founder and CEO of Tango. Summary of some concepts discussed for product managers. [3:12]

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The Product Coalition

JULY 16, 2023

Product Leadership Is a Business Role I make a distinction between product management and product leadership. Product management is the name of the profession and also a description of what some levels do.

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Roman Pichler

AUGUST 16, 2016

Unlike the release plan, it is a product plan that looks beyond an individual project or release: It describes the journey you want to take your product on over the next 12 months or so—much like a roadmap helps you plan a road trip. Product roadmaps vary in their format. or Windows 10 mentioned before. Learn More.

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