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

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Roadmaps vs backlogs: What’s the real difference and why does everyone keeps using these terms interchangeably when they mean different things? TLDR Understanding the difference between a product roadmap and a backlog is crucial for product managers. Product managers, what is a product backlog?

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Roman Pichler

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Figure 2 contains a set of cascading goals: vision, user and business goals, product goals, and sprint goals. The vision guides the user and business goals, which are contained in the product strategy. A product goal, finally, helps determine the right sprint goals.

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280 Group

OCTOBER 3, 2020

This month, we presented the webinar, 5 Secrets to Prioritizing Your Product Roadmap (The Right Way!). Oftentimes, I see a PM communicating a mix between a roadmap and a backlog, and I’m trying to figure out how to get them comfortable with sharing both. Features, Roadmap Building, and Launch.

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ProductPlan

AUGUST 4, 2022

Product roadmapping frameworks work in a very similar way. There are a few routes you can take to achieve your product goals. Recap: What are Product Roadmaps? A product roadmap is a holistic visual document that outlines your product’s growth path. Let’s map this out.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

Aatir Abdul Rauf Read a copy of Aatir Abdul Rauf’s LinkedIn post below to find out more: Product strategy is one of the most misunderstood product manager (PM) topics. It’s not a set of goals. It’s not a roadmap. It’s not a vision. Seven questions that product strategy aims to answer: What problem are we solving?

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Roman Pichler

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

To successfully manage your product and maximise value delivery, you should use additional artefacts including the following five: An inspiring vision that describes the ultimate reason for offering the product; A validated product strategy that captures your approach to realise the vision and make the product successful.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 11, 2020

NAVIGATING THE NATURAL TENSION AMONG STAKEHOLDERS This is the first in a series on product roadmaps. The first post describes why roadmaps matter and who relies upon them. The roadmap is much more than a directive document that tells teams what to do by when. Battleground The product roadmap.

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airfocus

MARCH 9, 2023

A product strategy roadmap helps visualize your vision and keep the team aligned on the product goals. Here are some tips, questions and examples to help you make sure your strategy roadmap is clear to everyone.

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Roman Pichler

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Based on this insight, I have come up with the product strategy cycle shown in the picture below. It’s a model of an iterative process that systematically links the product strategy with the product roadmap , the product backlog , the development work, and the key performance indicators (KPIs).

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Roman Pichler

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Figure 2 contains a set of cascading goals: vision, user and business goals, product goals, and sprint goals. The vision guides the user and business goals, which are contained in the product strategy. A product goal, finally, helps determine the right sprint goals.

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Roman Pichler

APRIL 13, 2021

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. Then take into account the product goals on the product roadmap to discover additional KPIs.

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Pragmatic Marketing

JANUARY 17, 2017

We’ve all heard about “strategic” product roadmaps. A roadmap is a plan for your strategy that maps out the direction of your product. Ideally, it’s a high-level visual summary that helps product managers get everyone on the same page. A product roadmap isn’t simply a list of features or the backlog.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 13, 2021

The importance of measuring the small outcomes associated with their product goals or visions is the key to churn expected benefits throughout the product life cycle. Vision: It should be inspirational and the guiding post. What and Why and the inspirational differences that product brings.

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Roman Pichler

APRIL 13, 2021

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. Then take into account the product goals on the product roadmap to discover additional KPIs.

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Data product managers focus on leveraging data for product development. Technical product managers build products with strong technical or engineering elements. A strategic product manager is responsible for developing long-term product vision and strategy. Managing the product roadmap.

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Johanna Rothman

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

In How Product Goals Make it Easier to Create Sprint Goals and Reduce Feature Factories, Part 1 , I started responding to Tom's interview question. Here's the question again: “The product owner and dev team cannot decide on a sprint goal, even after hours of discussion. Many of us like some planning.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 15, 2022

Creating Storyboards will make product developers think step-by-step, and we won’t be able to skip some steps?—?at Storyboards create a more clear vision to show your Product Vision & Goal. Storyboards on Unsplash by Matt Popovich Start with the product goal to create a storyboard. UX Flows?—?write

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Hutwork

SEPTEMBER 30, 2017

A product roadmap lets you plan, collaborate, and communicate with others about how a product will evolve over its lifecycle. Your product roadmap may look different from someone else’s, but they have the same elements. Here are the 4 key elements for any product roadmap. #1.

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Usersnap

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

It’s about aligning feedback with your product goals and the company’s vision A simple framework you can use: Impact vs. Effort: How impactful is the feedback, and what’s the effort required to implement it? What are the overarching goals of your product? What long-term vision do you have for it?

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Userpilot

JANUARY 29, 2023

Agile release planning allows teams to deliver value in less time and collect user feedback while they are still working on the product. A product roadmap is a general long-term plan of how to deliver on the product vision whereas an agile release plan focuses on short iterations, often called sprints, and are more detailed.

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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. A powerful stakeholder or line manager determines the KPIs —not the person in charge of the product. Then ask yourself how you can tell that these goals have been met.

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Folding Burritos

DECEMBER 4, 2019

I believe the main culprits are Mr. Roadmap and Mr. Backlog. Culprit #1: Mr. Roadmap. How should we balance technical debt vs our feature roadmap? Do we want to work on multiple product goals at once? Is this thing you’re asking with our mission, vision, value proposition? Why is that? Which ones?

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Roman Pichler

APRIL 5, 2022

For product strategy and roadmap meetings, I recommend involving the key stakeholders , for example, someone from sales, marketing, support, and finance, as well as development team representatives—ideally members who know about the user experience (UX), architecture, and technologies. Assess product strategy and adjust if necessary.

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Roman Pichler

MAY 4, 2022

You need the stakeholders’ active contribution to progress the product and reach the product goals. As the Scrum product owner, you should therefore establish close and trustful connections with the key stakeholders, collaborate with them, and involve them in important product decisions on a regular basis.

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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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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. Feature request.

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Mind the Product

APRIL 6, 2020

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. It is the guiding principle for OKRs and roadmaps.

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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. For instance, you might show the individuals how they can make effective strategic product decisions, create an actionable product roadmap, and effectively use the right KPIs.

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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!

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 8, 2020

The following 58 Product Owner theses describe the PO role from a holistic product creation perspective. They cover the concept of the Product Owner role, product discovery, how to deal with external and internal stakeholders, product portfolio and product roadmap planning, and the Product Backlog refinement.

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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.

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Bain Public

MAY 24, 2019

At Bain Public, we have learned a lot in the many hours and conversations spent mentoring, advising and consulting in product management. Getting it wrong comes in two forms: building the wrong product and building the product wrong. A well-understood product roadmap aligns behavior within the business.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 31, 2021

Or is there a big gap between product visions that needs a coherent narrative? Defining Product Strategy Jackie Bavaro and Gayle Laakmann in Cracking the PM Career did a fantastic job defining strategy. The product vision is the high level, inspiring description for where the product can go.

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Userpilot

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Product managers conduct primary and secondary market and customer research to find the target market and identify opportunities that existing products don’t satisfy. What is product strategy? Product strategy defines how you are planning to realize the product vision. Be in charge of the product vision.

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

TL;DR Product managers define the overall product direction and oversee the entire product lifecycle. Their responsibilities include product discovery, developing product vision, prioritization , roadmapping , analyzing product performance and its iterative development, and leading the product team.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 11, 2022

Chapter 1: Why Product Management in the Enterprise is different First, Ben and Blair explain what a Product Manager (PM) is. “…the To execute well a Product Manager “ harnesses incentives built into all of the other teams and aligns them toward a single destination ”, Ben and Blair describe. Establish clear metrics of success.

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