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10 Product Roadmapping Mistakes to Avoid

Roman Pichler

1 The Product Roadmap is a Feature-based Plan. Traditional product roadmaps are usually output-focussed plans that map a list of features, like registration, search, and reporting, onto a timeline. Such a roadmap essentially states when a piece of functionality will be delivered. I don’t think so.

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How to Use Product Goals and Initiatives to Drive and Measure Success

Userpilot

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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Seven Product Backlog Mistakes to Avoid

Roman Pichler

Third and most importantly, focus the backlog on a specific product goal. Then decline and remove items that do not serve this goal, as I discuss below. The Product Backlog is Too Detailed. This leads to a weak value proposition and a poor user experience, which are hardly hallmarks of a great product.

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Trailblazing Women in Product Management: Heather Weeks, Vice President of Product Management at Marathon Health

280 Group

Then I spent three years at a brand marketing agency, which taught me to think deeply about the user experience which is so critical in product management. Then I moved into sales enablement at Marathon Health which morphed into a role leading strategy and innovation, which led into my role as VP of Product Management.

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Product in Practice: Introducing Opportunity Solution Trees at Texthelp

Product Talk

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. Two were quite similar and users weren’t sure which one to click on. “By

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Technical Product Manager: Exploring Their Role and Responsibilities

Userpilot

Tech PMs work actively with product teams on the product vision and strategy. A big part of their job is managing the roadmap and prioritizing technical initiatives in the product backlog. Product vision. Product roadmap.

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Setting a UX Budget? Answer These 6 Questions First.

UX Planet

Even if UX work seems fine at your organization, know that there are still some things to set a budget for, like improving the product’s creation process, or your customers’ and users’ experiences. Have you defined your short-term and long-term product goals? The aim is to expand our user base.”

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