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3 Empowerment Levels in Product Management

Roman Pichler

Listen to the audio version of this article: [link] Introduction To discuss empowerment in product management, I find it helpful to distinguish three main levels of decision-making authority, product delivery, product discovery, and product strategy, as the model in Figure 1 shows. [1]

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Successful Roadmaps Avoid One Thing: Drift

The Product Coalition

Golden rules for roadmap management. Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth” — Mike Tyson I’ve wrestled with weak roadmaps — even some downright disasters. It was something that happened over time, a term I’ve coined ‘roadmap drift’. Our product was evolving rapidly and haphazardly.

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Beyond the Book: Navigating the Real-World Challenges of Managing a Product Roadmap

The Product Coalition

Kris Gale As a wise man once said, no roadmap survives contact with reality. Yet this is what the life of a product manager often feels like. Firefighting while staying on course on the strategy and commitments of the roadmap is difficult. And why does it turn your roadmap into a burning forest?

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How Product Roadmaps Kill Outcomes [Dave Martin]

Userpilot

How is the outcome-based roadmap different from regular roadmaps? Why do product managers need them? That’s what Dave Martin , a product leadership coach, has talked about in his talk at this year’s Product Drive Summit hosted by Userpilot. Dave Martin on how product roadmaps kill outcomes.

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How AI will impact product management

Lenny Rachitsky

As I often do when thinking about a question, I ran a poll on Twitter and LinkedIn asking which core skills of product management folks think are most likely to be impacted/replaced by AI. ‘Yesterday, I was surprised,’ he said through an interpreter, referring to his loss in Game One.

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Journey to Success: The Seven Pivotal Purposes of Product Roadmaps

The Product Coalition

If you do things that are purposeful, you’ll eventually be successful.” — Howard Schultz Several years ago, I found myself in a heated discussion about product roadmaps with a client. So as he leaned across the table and looked me in the eyes, he demanded, “Explain why I need a product roadmap.” Why not, indeed?

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How to Improve Product Adoption: Proven Strategies for Product Managers

Alchemer Mobile

Understanding how, when, and why (or why not) customers become power users or high-value customers can drive ROI, inform future product roadmap decisions, and lower customer acquisition costs (CAC). So, what is product adoption? Product adoption refers to the way in which customers embrace and use a product.