The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

Product leader Aatir Abdul Rauf outlines questions product managers should ask when crafting a product strategy. By Tremis Skeete , for Product Coalition Product strategy continues to be a misunderstood concept and energizes many conversations and debates on LinkedIn. It’s not a set of goals.

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Roman Pichler

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Goals in Product Management. As I explain in my book How to Lead in Product Management , setting the right goals is crucial to align stakeholders and development teams and to achieve product success. Does this mean that there is a natural fit between goals in product management and OKRs?

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Setting smart product goals is a vital skill for any sensible SaaS owner or product manager to get right. In this article, we’re going to explore what makes an effective product goal, the difference between goals and product initiatives, how to set them and make them work with your product backlog, and more.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

What is a technical product manager? This is the question that opens our discussion of technical product management. TL;DR Technical product managers work with engineering and development teams on the technical performance of software products. What is a technical product manager?

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Roman Pichler

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

You can avoid these drawbacks by using a different roadmap type: a goal-oriented or outcome-based product roadmap. As its name suggests, this roadmap focuses on product goals and outcomes, such as acquiring customers, increasing engagement, and future-proofing the product by removing technical debt.

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Userpilot

OCTOBER 25, 2022

If you’re wondering what strategic product management is, you’ve come to the right place! In the article, we’re looking at the responsibilities of strategic product managers and how they can use data effectively to shape product strategy and deliver delightful experiences to users!

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Userpilot

JULY 18, 2023

It takes a fair bit of effort and time to keep up with the constant innovation in the product management software space. The tools are constantly evolving and changing their pricing plans, so it may be difficult to ensure that your product team is using the right tools and getting the best value for the money.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 19, 2021

The first product manager in a startup is a critical role with immense impact on the startup’s success?—?both Photo by Tolga Ulkan on Unsplash When I joined Twiggle as their first VP Product I was the thirteenth employee. Shortly after I started, the CEO surprised me by saying I should hire a product manager.

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

How do product management and marketing teams work together to build successful products? TL;DR Product managers define the overall product direction and oversee the entire product lifecycle. Product marketing, on the other hand, promotes the product to the outside world.

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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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Roman Pichler

MAY 4, 2022

But what Scrum lacks in my mind, is a way to involve the key stakeholders in strategic product decisions and the product discovery work. That’s understandable, as the framework is focused on the development of complex products. You need the stakeholders’ active contribution to progress the product and reach the product goals.

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Alchemer Mobile

OCTOBER 31, 2018

Our new guide, Five Hard Questions for Mobile Product Managers , covers tough questions product leaders should ask themselves, especially through a mobile lens. If you’re aiming to push yourself and your product to the next level, analyzing yourself is the best place to start! Question #1: Am I the CEO of the product?

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Userpilot

JULY 8, 2021

Product manager courses are everywhere. Product management is one of the most diverse disciplines and requires an extremely broad set of skills. Additionally, the product manager role drastically changes with your seniority. Beginner product manager. Mid-career product manager.

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Roman Pichler

MARCH 9, 2021

Product Goals Defined. The Scrum Guide released in November 2020 states that “the product goal describes a future state of the product … [It] is the long-term objective for the Scrum team.” It also suggests that “the product goal is in the product backlog. Figure 1: The Product Goal in Context.

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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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Roman Pichler

JULY 6, 2021

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. Ensure that Your Core Product Management Skills are Strong. This includes the following ten capabilities: Formulating an inspiring vision for a product.

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Roman Pichler

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Product success is not something you can achieve on your own as a product manager or Scrum product owner. Instead, you rely on the contributions and the support of the key stakeholders , the development team members, and possibly other product people who help you manage a large product.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 6, 2019

Working as a product manager can be a busy, unpredictable and octopus-like existence. Bringing team members together, organizing user research, product demos, road mapping and more. If you’re a mobile app product manager there’s a whole additional layer of complexity to add to that cake.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

JANUARY 18, 2022

Many tech professionals follow a product manager career path because it blends responsibilities and exciting job duties. Product managers are often called "mini-CEOs" because of the influence they have at a company. They manage complex products and work with team members in all departments.

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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.

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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. If this data is actioned, bad product decisions will be made. Then ask yourself how you can tell that these goals have been met. 3 Stakeholder or Big Boss Dictates KPIs.

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Roman Pichler

JUNE 1, 2020

Involve people in product decisions but don’t make the mistake of trying to please them. Increase your product management expertise. Collaboratively set goals , for example, user and business goals on the product strategy and product goals on the product roadmap.

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Roman Pichler

MARCH 9, 2021

Product Goals Defined. The Scrum Guide released in November 2020 states that “the product goal describes a future state of the product … [It] is the long-term objective for the Scrum team.” It also suggests that “the product goal is in the product backlog. Figure 1: The Product Goal in Context.

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Bain Public

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Thanks to Livescale, live shopping allows brands to monetize their social influence, promote their products on video, and sell online with live streaming solutions where orders and payment systems go right to their e-commerce platform. Who is the face behind the innovative product management?

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Roman Pichler

JULY 6, 2021

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. Ensure that Your Core Product Management Skills are Strong. This includes the following ten capabilities: Formulating an inspiring vision for a product.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 14, 2018

by Ashley Sefferman , Head of Content at Apptentive When Ben Horowitz published his thoughts on the idea that product managers are the CEO of their products in “ Good Product Manager/Bad Product Manager ” nearly two decades ago, the concept was profound, but divisive. Here are four of our favorites.

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Userpilot

OCTOBER 26, 2022

When do you need it and how does it help product managers build better products? Impact mapping is a collaborative strategic planning technique used by product managers, product owners , and senior technical leadership, who work mostly in Agile software delivery. What’s impact mapping? Book the demo !

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280 Group

OCTOBER 3, 2020

If a corporation is made of different strategic business units, then corporate strategy and business strategy would be considered as different strategies. From a product management perspective, you’ll want to focus on supporting the business unit strategy. You can learn more with this helpful article.

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Product Innovation Educators

APRIL 17, 2023

How organizations can empower product managers Today we are talking about what a product-led organization is, barriers that can prevent an organization from being product-led, and actions to create the product-led organization. I eventually got fired as a product manager.

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Product Innovation Educators

JUNE 19, 2023

How product managers can build trust and alignment on virtual teams Today we are talking about making virtual product teams more effective. Our guest is Anna Marie Clifton, Head of Product at Vowel. Before Vowel, she held senior product management roles at Asana, Coinbase, and Yammer. Trust builds product.

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Roman Pichler

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

But in product management, there are several horizons that need to be considered—how many depends on the product planning model you use. The product backlog contains the details necessary to develop the product as outlined in the roadmap including epics and user stories. Now how far is Tortuga?

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The Product Coalition

JULY 28, 2020

The role of a Product Owner/Manager/Strategist is to help startups capture and transform customer insights into full product experiences that in turn increase customer satisfaction, loyalty, retention, and the business values. Upsell Strategy (upgrade, expand, replace) b. To do so, the activities of the PM include: a.

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ProductPlan

JULY 16, 2021

Acquiring a consensus on product direction remains the number one challenge for product professionals, according to ProductPlan’s 2021 State of Product Management Annual Report. The art of product leader communication relies on the concept of responsibility without authority. You could use a command approach: (1.)

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280 Group

APRIL 29, 2021

In Part 1 here, I’ll introduce the power of the Product One-Pager, which succinctly establishes a product’s goals and the boundaries the product team can operate within to achieve these goals. But other Product Managers seemed to get promoted and get the best assignments. What it can do for you.

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Roman Pichler

APRIL 15, 2024

To make this more concrete, let’s look at an example: Objective : Grow the product management team. Key result 1 : Three product managers are hired. Key result 3 : The product management processes are adapted to preserve the productivity level of the team. The fourth row lists the product’s features.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 13, 2023

A feature prioritization matrix is a product management tool that helps teams decide what features to develop next. The criteria usually revolve around feature importance, like its business or customer value , the resources required to build them, like cost or time, and how much they reflect the organization’s values and goals.

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