Folding Burritos

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Bugs can be valued in terms of quality outcomes like reducing support needs or improving user satisfaction. Finally, new features should be valued in terms of major business or customer outcomes that they’re aiming to serve (increasing CLTV, supporting a new vertical, compliance on new legislation, etc.). Which ones? You get the idea.

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Roman Pichler

APRIL 13, 2021

Key performance indicators (KPIs) are metrics that measure how your product is doing. Effective KPIs help you understand if your product is creating the desired value for the users, the customers, and the business. Without KPIs, you end up guessing how well your product is performing.

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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 5, 2022

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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Usersnap

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

The key isnt just understanding users but unlocking insights that lead to solutions they cant live without. Product discovery is critical in identifying workflows, pain points, and user goals that shape successful products. Using structured product discovery questions , teams uncover insights critical for success.

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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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Roman Pichler

JUNE 7, 2022

This can be caused by an intense focus on execution and delivery—being so concerned with adding features and running sprints that tracking the product’s overall performance is neglected. Consequently, these teams relied on: Anecdotal feedback : “Customers love our product, they told me so.” 4 Vanity Metrics.

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Roman Pichler

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Traditionally, product roadmaps are output-focussed plans that map features like registration, search, and reporting onto a timeline. This can be reassuring for customers and stakeholders, as the individuals believe that they know when their features will be delivered.

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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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Roman Pichler

AUGUST 17, 2021

Inspiring : The product vision creates a purpose for the people working on the product. Ethical : A good vision gives rise to an ethical product , a product that truly benefits its users and that does not cause any harm to people and planet. Shared : It unites people, and acts as the product’s true north.

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Roman Pichler

MAY 4, 2022

This team consists of a product owner , a Scrum Master , and several developers, which are also known as development team. Forming such a team connects the person in charge of the product—the product owner—with the people who design, architect, program, test, and document the solution—the developers.

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Roman Pichler

JUNE 6, 2023

Here are four examples: Joe, the sales rep, has promised a feature to an important customer without first talking to you—the person in charge of the product. Cindy who helps you manage the product started to come late to meetings. Before You Start Before you share your feedback, reflect on your intention.

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Roman Pichler

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

In the product planning model above, the vision describes the ultimate purpose for creating the product; the product strategy states how the vision will be realised; and the product roadmap states how the strategy will be implemented.

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Sequent Learning

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Achieving and Scaling Product-Market Fit: A Guide for Product Managers in Mid-to-Large Tech Companies Introduction As product managers in mid-to-large technology companies, you’re no stranger to the challenges of maintaining and scaling product-market fit (PMF).

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Roman Pichler

JUNE 10, 2024

Using a feature-based roadmap that fixes the product functionality for the next, say, twelve months therefore risks creating a product that offers the wrong functionality and creates little value for the users and customers. Then determine how the product has to change to meet the goal. Think why , not what.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Many startups with an ordinary product make the way to growth and scalability whereas others with great products fail to survive. Both product and product strategy should fall in place to make the startup sustainable and help them to grow. What and Why and the inspirational differences that product brings.

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Userpilot

APRIL 24, 2025

You’ll help define the most relevant local payment methods to build (breadth) and aspects of payment methods to invest in (depth) to deliver the best outcomes for Stripe users. Who would be the best fit for this job? Someone who thrives in ambiguity and can translate complex problems into clear, actionable strategies.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 24, 2021

Many of those companies would spend that money on building their software without sufficiently interacting with their customers. A typical product development process would follow the Waterfall principles, taking quarters, and even a year to release a product to the market.

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 18, 2021

The SaaS industry is full of advice on the perfect product metrics to gauge your users’ activation, engagement, and interactions. But how do these concepts translate into real product improvements? What are product metrics? Not all products are the same. or “How simple is our product to use?”

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Usersnap

MARCH 4, 2021

Struggling to figure out how to get more feature requests, evaluate and build them, and let your customers know that they’ve been released? This is the story of how Christina, a product manager, set up a feature request workflow with a simple button in her product, so she could learn directly from the customers what to build next.

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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. I find it useful to have UX design, architecture, programming, and testing skills present to make the right decision.

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Roman Pichler

APRIL 13, 2021

Key performance indicators (KPIs) are metrics that measure how your product is doing. Effective KPIs help you understand if your product is creating the desired value for the users, the customers, and the business. Without KPIs, you end up guessing how well your product is performing.

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Roman Pichler

DECEMBER 6, 2022

For example, the marketer has to create the marketing strategy, and the development teams have to design and build the product. What’s more, all deliverables must fit together to achieve the desired outcome. Involve people in product decisions. Admit if you are wrong. Deepen your expertise.

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Roman Pichler

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Organisational change and empowerment : Work with senior management, HR, and other business groups to implement the necessary organisational changes required to fully empower product people and leverage agile practises. Having an effective Scrum Master allows you to focus on your job—to maximise the value the product create.

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Mironov Consulting

JANUARY 24, 2024

Expanding on a recent post ( Revenue Goals are Not Company Strategies ), I’ve been seeing lots of maker teams (product, engineering, design) struggling to form product strategies without a company strategy to hang them on.    Product management malpractice.    Stymied. 

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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. But others find it hard to no longer be actively involved in making product decisions, regularly talking to users, engaging the stakeholders, and working with development teams.

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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

OCTOBER 25, 2022

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! Product strategy defines who we are building for, what to build, and how to build it.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 14, 2024

At its very core, product-led design is all about creating a seamless customer experience that enables users to unlock value with your product quickly. The idea is that once users truly see your product’s benefits, they naturally want to upgrade to the paid plan. What’s in it for you?

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ProductPlan

MARCH 5, 2021

Associate Product Manager. 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.

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Product marketing sits between product development and the market. Its main goal is to bring the product to the market and ensure it’s well-received by the target customers. Marketers can help product teams with competitive analysis and market research so that the product achieves the product-market fit.

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Userpilot

JULY 18, 2023

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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Roman Pichler

DECEMBER 1, 2020

The key results might then be “daily active users are up by 20%,” “session length is increased by 10% on average,” and “the objective is achieved by 30 June 2021.”. OKRs can be used to create cascading goals—goals that are systematically linked. Figure 2 below shows the goals I recommend.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

TL;DR Technical product managers work with engineering and development teams on the technical performance of software products. While product managers are more customer and business-centric, technical PMs focus on the technical development and implementation of solutions. What is a technical product manager?

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Userpilot

AUGUST 18, 2024

According to Ant Murphy, the reason is simple, you don’t have a prioritization problem, you have a strategy problem. We explain how to create a successful product strategy, the role of product strategy in prioritization, and how to align your prioritization efforts with your strategy.

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Are you frustrated with how your users are underutilizing your product, complaining about it, and not realizing the value that it has to offer? It’s probably because you’re lacking in some of the product management fundamentals. Let’s explore the key fundamentals of product management that every product leader should master.

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Userpilot

JULY 17, 2024

TL;DR Product management principles serve as the guiding core of your product. They ensure that your product abides by its basic values. But, they are different from the product vision. You must know your customers extremely well. Leverage user research , conduct interviews, and track reviews for this.

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