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Tips for Becoming a Head of Product

Roman Pichler

Be Prepared to Look after People, Not Products. When you become a head of product, you move into a line management position. Consequently, your focus shifts from managing a product to looking after the product people on your team and empowering them to do a great job. Gain Experience in Managing Different Products.

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Stakeholder Management Tips for Product People

Roman Pichler

The following tips will help you with this. A stakeholder is anyone who has a stake in your product, who is affected by it, or who shows an interest in the offering. At the same time, you rely on their work and support to progress the product, for instance, to market and sell it. Focus on the Right Individuals.

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How to fix Your Product Goals for Better Human Outcomes

Mind the Product

Hello product designers, this is for you. I want to talk to you about product goals, metrics, and how they get muddled in the product design process, leading to some less than humane outcomes. So, product goals and metrics – the tools that allow you to build design foundations and shape a strategy.

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Leading without Being the Boss: Tips for Product People

Roman Pichler

For instance, the marketing strategy, the user experience (UX) design and technology choices have to align to successfully acquire new users, increase conversion, or meet another product goal. The influence you exercise should therefore be a positive one, see my article Should Product People be Servant-Leaders?

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My Product Strategy Model

Roman Pichler

At the heart of the model in figure 1 are four artefacts: the product vision, the product strategy, the product roadmap, and the product backlog. The product vision describes the product’s purpose, the ultimate reason for creating it, and the positive change it should bring about. A Cyclic Process.

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Tips for Becoming a Head of Product

Roman Pichler

Be Prepared to Look after People, Not Products. When you become a head of product, you move into a line management position. Consequently, your focus shifts from managing a product to looking after the product people on your team and empowering them to do a great job. Gain Experience in Managing Different Products.

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3 Tips for Developing Courses Your Customers Will Love

Gainsight

In other words, to create courses that meet the unique needs of your customers, you need to start by building detailed personas that give you insight into their goals, motivations, learning styles , and more. Ask yourself: What are their business and product goals? How do they measure success with your product?