Roman Pichler

APRIL 1, 2020

While I really appreciate this entrepreneurial aspect of our work, it can bring up tension, stress, and frustration when we are trying to progress our products towards agreed goals but are in danger of missing them, be it a sprint goal , product goal on the roadmap , or a strategic user or business goal.

Customer Experience

Roman Pichler

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Listen to the audio version of this article: [link] Leading as the Person in Charge of the Product When you hear the term leadership , you might first and foremost think of a senior manager like the head of product, Director of Product Management, VP of Product, or Chief Product Officer.[ Know when to delegate.

Leadership

Product Talk

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

When they read Continuous Discovery Habits , Tali says she found the methods both inspiring and practical and she started by mapping opportunity solution trees: “It raised so many questions about the business goals and the product goals. There isn’t always one way of mapping a tree,” says Tali.

Analytic Tools

Mind the Product

JUNE 19, 2018

It also stretches product managers to consider their impact on the wider business, by asking them to review their products margins and revenue generating impact. It’s the hardest presentation I’ve ever worked on. State of Product. All product managers in the company should produce a state of product deck and present it.

Data Visualization

ProductPlan

DECEMBER 20, 2018

To understand the problem with technical debt roadmaps, we’ll start with a quote from renowned philosopher, Homer Simpson. When you create a dedicated roadmap for technical debt, you are removing the the problem from your immediate sight. In this article, we’ll discuss why technical debt roadmaps don’t work.

Technical Advisors

The Product Coalition

MAY 31, 2021

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. But that’s the work of a Product Leader?—?lots

Customer Experience

Roman Pichler

JUNE 7, 2021

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. Additionally, include the development team members in product backlog decisions , and always choose sprint goals together.

Weak Development Team

The Product Coalition

MAY 11, 2022

Ultimately, Ben and Blair suggest involving designers early on, ideally already when creating your strategy and roadmap, because, and I agree with that, “good design takes time”. To provide answers to roadmap questions, Ben and Blair advise having a quarterly high-level roadmap with the most important milestones on it.

Enterprise

ProductPlan

MARCH 5, 2021

In terms of day-to-day work, associate product managers do everything a product manager does, but on a smaller scale. In other words, you may not set the product strategy or own the product roadmap , but you will set priorities for your projects. Do you always start as an Associate Product Manager?

User Testing

Userpilot

JULY 18, 2023

TL;DR Product strategy tools assist product teams in defining, creating, and executing product strategies aligned with business objectives and user needs. Roadmapping software visualizes and plans product development over time, facilitating coordination and alignment across teams. Product management software: Aha!

Analytic Tools

Userpilot

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Impact mapping allows businesses to make sure their product strategy is aligned with business goals and that all stakeholders are on the same page. Impact maps make roadmap management and prioritization easier. Product managers will find impact mapping useful in high complexity/high uncertainty situations. Bear with us!

Onboarding KPIs

Mironov Consulting

MAY 20, 2019

“What is it that you would actually do, now that you won’t be responsible for one product, but a portfolio of them?”. This parallels the outcomes-versus-busyness challenge for individual product managers. Stakeholders see product managers attending meetings, writing stories, presenting roadmaps or presenting shipment data.

Leadership

ProductPlan

MARCH 5, 2021

In terms of day-to-day work, associate product managers do everything a product manager does, but on a smaller scale. In other words, you may not set the product strategy or own the product roadmap , but you will set priorities for your projects. Do you always start as an Associate Product Manager?

User Testing

Userpilot

AUGUST 13, 2023

To choose the right matrix for your team, consider your development framework, the product’s development stage, the organization’s values, available time, and the number of stakeholders involved. Next, put them on the roadmap , considering feature interdependencies and timelines. Product vision.

Data Visualization

Userpilot

JUNE 26, 2023

Product tree is a visualization tool for presenting the hierarchy of features. In the MoAR method, teams consider how well a feature helps achieve a product goal and the resources it requires. Pros and Cons Helps ensure alignment between business/ product goals and features. Product roadmap.

Framework

ProductPlan

APRIL 7, 2022

Maximizing the internal impact of a product launch requires some advanced planning before your product appears on shelves. Read on to learn how to make the most of product launch momentum. Product goals must be defined before launch—and likely much earlier in the product ideation and development process.

Product launches

Product Management University

AUGUST 5, 2019

The better each product supports its business goal, the closer you are as an organization to making your portfolio vision a reality. Customers and prospects love you even more when your product goals mirror their business goals! On to product strategy. Here’s the best part. Here’s the great part.

B2B

Userpilot

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Product managers, have you ever wondered what user story mapping is? User story mapping is a simple method for converting your vision of a product into a roadmap that allows broad team collaboration and enables your entire team to see the bigger picture, how everything connects, and how to plan the minimum viable product.

User Testing

Product Management University

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

The better each product supports its business goal, the closer you are as an organization to making your portfolio vision a reality. Customers and prospects love you even more when your product goals mirror their business goals! On to product strategy. Sales Training on Customers vs. Products.

Marketing

BrainMates

MAY 7, 2019

At one end of the Product Leadership continuum, Leaders need the ability to execute (but not execute) the work of a Product Manager. Having hard Product skills is important as a Product Leader. They should be able to: Communicate and defend a worthy Roadmap that demonstrates the Product path for the next 12-18 months.

Analytic Tools

Bain Public

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Who is the face behind Timechain’s innovative product management? Meet Mario Munoz, the Product Manager at Timechain. His job is to not only create and maintain a product roadmap according to the business ROI, but also lead the quarterly roadmap prioritization and help with development and go to market efforts.

Feedback Software

Userpilot

JUNE 26, 2024

Product owner manager : This person leads a team of product owners, providing guidance, coaching, and performance management. Being an effective product owner is paramount to the success of any product. They manage software development teams by correctly interpreting the product manager’s vision into actionable tasks.

Analytic Tools

Userpilot

JUNE 12, 2024

Here are five best practices for being a great software product owner: Define clear objectives : The responsibility of spearheading product goals is not easy. Therefore, one must clearly define goals for their teams to succeed. Therefore, one must clearly define goals for their teams to succeed.

Analytic Tools

The Product HQ

JUNE 10, 2024

Business Skills It’s the product manager’s job to listen to clients and customers and then focus on providing them with the product they want and need. While developing a roadmap for the perfect product for the customer, they also need to stay on target when it comes to business decisions that impact the company.

Product Management

Userpilot

JUNE 19, 2024

Other tasks include managing potential product threats, determining the product’s growth paths, managing daily goals/schedules, and developing roadmaps to achieve excellent performance within project timelines. This also includes developing and maintaining a strategic product roadmap with feature releases and milestones.

Analytic Tools

Bain Public

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Her job is to not only create and maintain a product roadmap according to business ROI but also to lead the product release plans. As part of her role at Livescale, she defines product vision, roadmaps and growth opportunities as well as researches and analyzes the market.

Research Software

Userpilot

JULY 14, 2023

The process of creating a product analytics framework starts by identifying internal stakeholders it will benefit from. Next, each stakeholder group sets relevant product goals , chooses corresponding metrics , and selects data sources. Solid product analytics tools include Amplitude , Google Analytics 4 (GA4) , and Hotjar.

Analytic Tools

The Product HQ

JUNE 20, 2024

Group Product Managers are responsible for developing a group of products from its inception to market launch while also leading cross-functional teams toward achieving the company’s objectives by their product roadmap. What do you prioritize when creating a product roadmap?

Data Visualization

ProductPlan

APRIL 25, 2023

Product managers own the vision, strategy, and roadmap for the product(s) they manage. This entails customer and market research, internal prioritization exercises, and tying back product goals and metrics to organizational targets and KPIs.

Customer Experience

Bain Public

MAY 24, 2019

For more on the topic of empathy and how it is a key to building great products, check out one of our previous posts: Empathy is the Mother of all Product Roadmaps. Communicate your Roadmap, Vision and Product Strategy. This is another approach to achieving real product outcomes.

Leadership

The Product HQ

JUNE 20, 2024

Q3: What do you do if a client makes a request that disrupts the product roadmap? During the product design process, you must demonstrate your capacity to cope with the unexpected. Explain that you assess the impact of the modification on the existing roadmap before scheduling a meeting with the customer.

User Testing

The Product HQ

JUNE 1, 2024

You must be a skilled presenter and a good listener who takes into account the feedback of your team members to strategize product and business development further. Credits: Roadmunk Spreadsheets are an integral aspect of a finance product manager’s day-to-day activities.

Finance

BrainMates

MAY 7, 2019

At one end of the Product Leadership continuum, Leaders need the ability to execute the work of a Product Manager. Having hard Product skills is important as a Product Leader. They should be able to: Communicate and defend a worthy Roadmap that demonstrates the Product path for the next 12-18 months.

Customer Experience

The Product HQ

APRIL 20, 2024

Director of Product Technical Skills The following are some additional Director of Product skills: Finance Knowledge – As the Director of Product, you need to understand and analyze the financial data of all products. They allow you to guide your team better, motivate them, and steer them toward product goals.

User Testing

Gainsight

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

In this blog, we break down the basic tenets of customer training, outline four traditional training methods that companies use today, and present ways to supplement them with online courses to create more effective customer training programs. Luckily, there is a better way to onboard customers and keep current users updated.

Education

The Product HQ

JUNE 10, 2024

Client-side coding skills that you need to be familiar with are: HTML: Provides the structure to a web page CSS: Adds styles and presentation to a web page JavaScript: Adds dynamic functionality to a web page. On the other hand, product managers lack the knowledge and creativity skills that a designer possesses when designing products.

B2B

Intercom, Inc.

MARCH 29, 2022

We were joined by more than 2,500 customers, partners, and others who wanted to learn more about our product, goals, and the path ahead. Des Traynor laid out the six unique beliefs that guide our vision, mission, and roadmap here at Intercom. And Coda is a very horizontal product. Thank you so much.

Feedback Software