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How to Develop, Articulate, and Sell Product Strategy

The Product Guy

First, I did not know how to frame, develop and present product strategy in a systematic way, and second, as a startup, my company has not historically had a good track record of strategy being developed outside of senior management (read: founder). Two major obstacles stood in my way.

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Common Product Vision Board Mistakes

Roman Pichler

Solution : Describe the ultimate purpose of your product, the positive change the product should bring about like “healthy eating”. Therefore, choose a specific market segment and develop a product for the few, not the many, as Steve Blank suggested , particularly when you manage a new or young product. Needs are Features.

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Six Common KPI Mistakes to Avoid

Roman Pichler

While common sense suggests that managing a product without the right measurements is not a sensible approach, I’ve seen product teams who did not use any KPIs. Consequently, these teams relied on: Anecdotal feedback : “Customers love our product, they told me so.” If this data is actioned, bad product decisions will be made.

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3 Empowerment Levels in Product Management

Roman Pichler

1] Figure 1: An Empowerment Model for Product People and Teams Level one represents the authority to decide how features are detailed and guide their implementation. Level three, finally, allows product people and teams to develop the product strategy including the value proposition and business goals.

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Stakeholder Management Tips for Product People

Roman Pichler

The first one carries the risk of being a feature broker and offering a product that has a weak value proposition, gives rise to a poor user experience, and consists of a loose collection of features. But do not accept inappropriate behaviour and do not allow people to treat you like a project manager, team lead, or personal assistant.

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Product Portfolio Management & the Strategic Ripple Effect 9 of 10 – The Best Product Launches Launch the Story, Not the Product

Product Management University

You’ve got customer references with success metrics to make your value story real. Lackluster sales and/or poor adoption shouldn’t come as a surprise. The intent of that design and development changes a lot. The new product is going to boost your differentiation in the competitive space. All good, right?

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Words matter: Removing exclusionary terminology from our codebase

Intercom, Inc.

In computing, the terms “master” and “slave” refer to the primary and secondary nodes in a database replication scheme. Master” and “slave” also refer to the gruesome practice of slavery. They equate “white” with “good” and “black” with “bad.”. Master/slave” refers to a relationship between a primary source and its replicas.