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The Product Strategy Cycle

Roman Pichler

Traditionally, strategy and execution are often viewed as separate, sequential pieces of work that are carried out by different people. For example, a product manager might determine the product strategy and one or more development teams might be tasked with executing it. I call these outcomes product goals.

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Building High-Performing Product Teams

Roman Pichler

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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A Practical Guide for Product Strategy From Almundo: A Case Study:

Mind the Product

Product (and company) strategy is the backbone that guides product goal-setting and roadmap definition, although it’s sometimes overlooked or confused with having a vision. Without it, product teams become feature teams focused on outputs and not outcomes. Product Strategy in an Agile World Marty Cagan.

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10 Tips for Effective Product Management Meetings

Roman Pichler

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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15 Best Product Management Software Tools for PMs in 2023

Userpilot

Fear not though, as our product management software guide will give you insights into some of the best-in-class applications that will boost your team performance and help you build successful products! Roadmapping software visualizes and plans product development over time, facilitating coordination and alignment across teams.

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Making Effective Product Decisions: Tips for Deciding with Stakeholders and Dev Teams

Roman Pichler

In practical terms, involve stakeholders and dev teams in decisions that affect the product strategy and the product roadmap —be it that you create the plans or that you make bigger changes to them. I find it useful to have UX design, architecture, programming, and testing skills present to make the right decision.

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Driving Business Outcomes and Impact?—?Part 2 of Becoming a Product Leader

The Product Coalition

I learned a lot about our products and the customer and business needs driving this initiative. And I continuously presented our evolving approach and our plans to the leadership team, eventually getting buy in on a strategy. It may not go anywhere outside of a document or presentation.