Roman Pichler

APRIL 15, 2024

What are Product Roadmaps? A product roadmap is an actionable plan that describes how a product is likely to evolve. [3] Fortunately, in the last ten years, outcome-based, goal-oriented roadmaps have become more popular. Let’s take a quick look at the roadmap’s five elements. 5] So What?

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Product Innovation Educators

JANUARY 6, 2025

Transitioning to Individual Contributor (IC) Product Manager Kim’s entry into product management came with a unique twist – she stepped down from an executive role to become a senior product manager. As a new product manager, Kim faced the common challenge of understanding her company’s technical landscape.

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Roman Pichler

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Why a Product Strategy Process Matters. An effective product strategy process should ensure that a valid product strategy and an actionable product roadmap are always available—that a shared and valid approach to achieving product success is available at anytime, as the picture below illustrates.

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Roman Pichler

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Before you order the roadmap items, double-check that you have a validated product strategy in place. You should be able to confidently say why users would want to use your product and why it is worthwhile for your company to invest in it. If you haven’t nailed the answers, then do not continue the roadmapping effort.

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Roman Pichler

JUNE 10, 2024

Listen to the audio version of this article: [link] Traditional vs Outcome-based Roadmaps Before I share the four steps, let me briefly describe the main differences between a traditional, feature- and an outcome-based product roadmap. A traditional roadmap is essentially a list of features, which are mapped onto a timeline.

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The Product Guy

MAY 15, 2017

In a recent live stream from one of our mentors of The Product Mentor , Dustin Levy, lead a conversation around “Product Strategies for Non-Strategists”. We are always looking for more product mentors from all around the world. About The Product Mentor. Krishna Madhuvarsu Director of Product Strategy, Oracle Inc.

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Roman Pichler

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Figure 2 contains a set of cascading goals: vision, user and business goals, product goals, and sprint goals. The vision guides the user and business goals, which are contained in the product strategy. The user and business goals help select the right product goals, which I capture on the product roadmap.

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Roman Pichler

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Hold Regular Product Strategy Reviews. A product strategy , like any other plan, is subject to change. How changeable your strategy is, depends on your product’s life cycle stage. As long as your product hasn’t reached product-market fit, the strategy is usually volatile.

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The Product Guy

MAY 7, 2020

Hence it is critical that one is aware of the best practises of the role and develops his own philosophy which results into maximum positive leverage for the organization. As I strive towards becoming a product leader, I wanted to understand the best practises in product management and in the process develop my own product philosophy. .

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Roman Pichler

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Listen to the audio version of this article: [link] Introduction To discuss empowerment in product management, I find it helpful to distinguish three main levels of decision-making authority, product delivery, product discovery, and product strategy, as the model in Figure 1 shows. [1]

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Roman Pichler

JULY 6, 2021

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. Carrying out the relevant product discovery work and taking into account product ethics.

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Product Management University

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Here’s a simple example of portfolio positioning and how it makes your product positioning more strategic. Your accounts payable product improves the customer’s cash flow. Your accounts receivable product further enhances cash flow. It sounds strategic. What CFO doesn’t want a stronger balance sheet?

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Roman Pichler

AUGUST 17, 2021

What is the Product Vision? The product vision describes the ultimate purpose of a product, the positive change it will bring about. Say I wanted to create a product that helps people become more aware of what and how much they eat. Who Owns the Product Vision? This is where the product strategy comes in.

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Mind the Product

OCTOBER 21, 2019

A strong product strategy is often neglected because of the absence of any strategic thinking in product teams. What can product managers do to make sure they give their product strategy the attention it warrants? But today many, if not most, product teams fail this very first test. Sound familiar?

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Roman Pichler

MARCH 9, 2022

An inspiring vision creates a meaningful purpose for everyone involved in making the product a success including the stakeholders and development team members. It helps people understand how their work relates to a bigger whole and how their efforts create a positive change.

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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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Roman Pichler

JUNE 1, 2020

As the person in charge of the product, you lack transactional power : You cannot tell the stakeholders what to do, you cannot assign tasks to the individuals, and you are typically not in a position to offer a bonus, pay raise, or other incentives. Involve the Stakeholders in Important Product Decisions.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 3, 2023

How to Achieve Success in Your Product Strategy In today’s rapidly evolving market, having a clear product vision and a well-defined strategy is essential for the success of any tech product. A compelling product vision is a guiding light, providing direction and purpose to the development process.

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The Product Guy

NOVEMBER 26, 2016

Thousands of employers across all areas of product, from management to design, from digital to physical, are looking to fill positions from our community. Product Manager, Ad Tech @ Media iQ Digital (New York) Keywords: Product , programmatic, Roadmapping [link]. Check out this week’s newest, below….

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Roman Pichler

JUNE 7, 2022

The value the product should create is not clearly understood : A validated product strategy and an actionable product roadmap are missing. A powerful stakeholder or line manager determines the KPIs —not the person in charge of the product. If this data is actioned, bad product decisions will be made.

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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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ProductPlan

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Vital to delivering successful products at Clickatell , an effective product roadmap can quell the confusion and missteps that often derail well-meaning product delivery organizations. Roadmaps provide the required context to understand how individual initiatives combine to meet strategic objectives.

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Roman Pichler

MAY 13, 2024

Listen to the audio version of this article: [link] Product Strategy and Change Strategy means different things to different people, so let me briefly share my definition. A product strategy describes the approach chosen to make a product successful. Eisenhower, we could say, “Strategy is worthless.

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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. Step 3: Add Health Indicators.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 8, 2024

Crafting a winning product strategy is crucial for SaaS success, and finding the right product strategy example can provide all the inspiration you need. This article provides concrete examples of different product strategies employed by SaaS companies. Book a demo to learn more.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Like that soccer team, products can fall apart when the team doesn’t work together toward a common goal following a roadmap. Soccer is a perfect parallel for product management and roadmap development. Unfortunately, I’ve experienced more team friction working in product than in soccer. Why share my love of soccer?

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The Product Guy

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

He grows revenue and adoption, and ensures product by turning business problems into profitable, simple, easy-to-use solutions Jordan works closely with his market, executives, and internal subject matter experts to develop roadmaps, and communicate these roadmaps internally and with clients.

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Roman Pichler

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Will the product make a positive impact on people’s lives, the wider society, and the planet, or will it at least not cause any harm ? How might people use the product? What kind of user experience (UX) should the product give rise to? Analyse the data collected to understand how your product is doing.

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The Product Guy

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

Guest Post by: Lee Atkins (Mentee, Session 7, The Product Mentor) [Paired with Mentor, Jordan Bergtraum]. Truly understanding your customers and finding ways to improve your product is an overwhelmingly daunting task. One method that Product Managers are turning too is the Customer Advisory Board. New Idea Generation.

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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 Guy

OCTOBER 25, 2016

He grows revenue and adoption, and ensures product by turning business problems into profitable, simple, easy-to-use solutions Jordan works closely with his market, executives, and internal subject matter experts to develop roadmaps, and communicate these roadmaps internally and with clients.

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Roman Pichler

JANUARY 22, 2024

These guide and align the strategies of the portfolio members , as Figure 1 illustrates. Figure 1: The Product Portfolio and Product Strategy Using Microsoft Office as an Example In Figure 1, the strategies of the individual products—Word, PowerPoint, and Excel—implement the Office strategy.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 9, 2023

If you do things that are purposeful, you’ll eventually be successful.” — Howard Schultz Several years ago, I found myself in a heated discussion about product roadmaps with a client. So as he leaned across the table and looked me in the eyes, he demanded, “Explain why I need a product roadmap.” Why not, indeed?

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The Product Guy

DECEMBER 15, 2019

Jenna Gaudio is the Vice President of Product Management at Vydia, the award-winning tech company empowering content creators and their teams. In this role, Gaudio drives the strategy behind roadmap management, agile product development, and cross-functional communication. The Best Product Consultant. Drew Falkman.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 30, 2023

So either we work together to understand your objectives, call them goals if you’d like, and the outcome you are looking for from the product, or we will end the discussion, and you won’t get a committed set of work on the roadmap.” We went away from detailed, long-term, feature-committed roadmaps. I explained this many times.

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Product Management University

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Since this entire series of articles is about the ripple effect of product management, there’s a good chance the content for your product positioning (post 7 of 10), sales enablement tools (post 8 of 10) and marketing launch activities was created in a silo in product management long before the product or feature set was ever built (posts 4-6).

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

The Critical Role of Product Strategy When Money Is Scarce (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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