Roman Pichler

MAY 12, 2025

Some people also refer to core innovations as incremental and to adjacent ones as evolutionary. [2] 2] Core Innovations Core innovations optimise existing products for established markets. They draw on the skills and assets your company already has in place, and they make incremental changes to current products.

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Roman Pichler

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

In both instances, Id recommend using an overall portfolio or bundle strategy in addition to the individual product strategies. If I were in charge of the suite, Id use a portfolio strategy that guides and aligns the strategies of Word, PowerPoint, and Excel. [1] Take Microsoft 365 again as an example.

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Roman Pichler

MAY 5, 2020

The term product owner is commonly used to refer to six different product roles in my experience. These are: The original Scrum product owner who owns a product in its entirety and is responsible for maximising the value it creates. But the ability to save the document is a feature, a part of the overall product.

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Roman Pichler

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

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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Product Innovation Educators

DECEMBER 16, 2024

B2C) Align roadmap structure with development methodology Balance customer needs with development capabilities Maintain appropriate levels of flexibility based on market type Understanding these contextual factors helps product managers create more effective roadmaps that better serve both their organization and their customers.

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Roman Pichler

APRIL 4, 2023

Listen to the audio version of this article: [link] The Head of Product Role in a Nutshell A head of product manages a group of product people —individuals who look after one or more products and who may be called product managers or product owners.

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Roman Pichler

MARCH 9, 2022

If that’s not the case, then it will be difficult to encourage the individuals to agree to more specific goals and to follow a product strategy and a product roadmap that are based on the vision. Instead of referring to the product, state the positive change you want to bring about, such as “healthy eating.”.

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Roman Pichler

AUGUST 11, 2020

This article assumes that you are familiar with the product vision board or the key elements of a product strategy : market, value proposition, standout features, and business goals. 59; Boost Your Product Leadership Power and How to Lead in Product Management , pp. A Brief Guide to this Article.

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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. Do this at least once per quarter, as a rule of thumb, ideally as part of the product strategy reviews.

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Product Talk

MAY 14, 2025

Some will require you to put their own order reference, and those orders could be a combination of consumer name, date, and their internal reference. Or they could be their own internal reference. With the calendar year change, many of her largest clients were now focused on new company strategies.

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UX Planet

JUNE 24, 2024

In this article, we’ll analyze Snackpass’s product strategy on social integration, examining how this strategy has contributed to its success and differentiates it from competitors. This innovative approach has not only enhanced user engagement but also fostered a sense of community among its users.

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Roman Pichler

MARCH 12, 2024

But this taught me an important lesson: There is no point in worrying about the product details if a sound product strategy is missing. As helpful as a product strategy is, it’s not enough. 1] While I hope that this makes sense to you, I find that in practice, the different strategies are sometimes confused.

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Roman Pichler

JULY 20, 2016

Whenever you are faced with an agile, dynamic environment—be it that your product is young and is experiencing significant change or that the market is dynamic with new competitors or technologies introducing change, you should work with a goal-oriented product roadmap, sometimes also referred to as theme-based. Learn More.

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Roman Pichler

MAY 4, 2022

Note that the term product team is used in different ways by different people—much like other product management expressions. Some fellow authors include the stakeholders, for instance, Steve Haines in his book The Product Manager’s Desk Reference , whereas others don’t, for example, Marty Cagan in his book Inspired.

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Userpilot

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Key steps to build and improve your product analytics strategy. What is product analytics? Product analytics refers to the process of gathering and analyzing data on how users interact with a product. Let’s explore some key steps to enhance your strategy.

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Roman Pichler

APRIL 15, 2024

It can also create a Frankenstein product—an offering that is a collection of unrelated features, offers a terrible value proposition, and gives rise to a horrible user experience. A better way to determine the right roadmap goals is using an overarching product strategy , as Figure 4 shows. [8] Yes, most certainly. It depends.

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The Product Guy

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

For more details about writing a good User Story, refer to this article. Each of these items are also useful when communicating your product’s strategy to various stakeholders within your organization. Themes typically describes abstract ideas or concepts critical to your product vision. Quarterly Objectives.

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Roman Pichler

JUNE 1, 2020

A stakeholder is anyone who has a stake in your product, who is affected by it, or who shows an interest in the offering. While this definition includes users and customers, I use the term in this article to refer to the internal business stakeholders. Involve the Stakeholders in Important Product Decisions.

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Roman Pichler

JULY 5, 2022

A head of product is someone who manages a group of product people—individuals who look after one or more products and who may be called product manager or product owner.

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Roman Pichler

MARCH 9, 2021

What’s more, I like to ensure that product goals are connected to the product strategy and its user and business goals. This helps me choose the right product goals and it ensures that meeting a product goal is a step towards creating the desired value for the users and the business, as figure 1 shows.

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UX Planet

JUNE 14, 2024

Over 8,000 people were interested, so I figured this would be a perfect opportunity to explore my product strategy skills. A product strategy is a clear roadmap that ensures a “product or feature” is built for the right reasons, solves the right problems, and stands out from the crowd. Why or why not?

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Roman Pichler

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

This includes a sound understanding of the market, the user and customer needs, and the competition as well as solid product management skills such as the ability to develop an effective product strategy and an actionable product roadmap (as I explain in more detail in the article The T-Shaped Product Professional ).

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Roman Pichler

MAY 3, 2023

Hackathons , also referred to as hack days : People come together for one or more days to collaboratively explore new ideas and create prototypes. This will not only benefit your product. It will also have a positive impact on team morale and productivity. Facebook’s Like button was conceived in this way, for example.

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ProductPlan

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

The roadmap guides and informs everyone involved with the product from ideation to market. Using Your Product Strategy and Product Vision to Plan Your Roadmap. Product strategies must be rooted in the overall vision of the company and product. Source for reference of the “triad” ].

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

While it would have been easy to blame the product strategy, marketing, or any number of other potential targets, they weren’t at the heart of the problem. The product strategy was sound, but we hadn’t translated it well. Remember — first principles aren’t just ideas to reference. Does it make sense?

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Product Management University

OCTOBER 19, 2023

The new product is going to boost your differentiation in the competitive space. You’ve got customer references with success metrics to make your value story real. Product Launches and the Most Common Mistake Here’s the most common mistake technology companies make, and it’ll take every bit of wind out of your launch sails.

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Roman Pichler

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

I find that many product people are so busy with urgent tactical work, such as refining user stories, working with the development team, or answering a support request, that they neglect important strategic tasks like regularly assessing if the product strategy is still working. Consequently, make enough time for strategic work.

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svpg

JULY 15, 2016

I’ve explained that the context typically needs to be the product vision, and a specific set of outcome-based objectives for each team (OKR’s are an effective way to do that). Product Vision. The product vision describes the future we are trying to create, typically somewhere between 2 and 5 years out.

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Roman Pichler

AUGUST 12, 2024

Similarly, you would either co-create the product roadmap or discuss an initial version together with all product team members, as I explain in more detail in the article Maximising Stakeholder Buy-in to Product Strategy and Product Roadmap. [4] Other authors refer to product teams with different terms.

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Roman Pichler

JUNE 28, 2016

(I discuss the difference between products, features, and components in more detail in my post What is a Digital Product? ). The third option to scale product ownership is to introduce a strategic and a tactical product role. The product manager. Learn More.

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Mind the Product

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

As product people, we find features, processes, and products that aren't functioning well. This article is an overview of a trigger list, that a team can refer to identify and kill such non-functioning product zombies. [.]

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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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Roman Pichler

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Products like the Sonos system are sometimes called vitamins , as they provide a nice-to-have benefit, similar to vitamin supplements. Compare this to a product like Apple’s AirTags, which address the issue of finding keys and other misplaced items.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 24, 2021

Innovators have to build first reference customers in the mainstream market to prove having a promising business model and a compelling offering. The mistake most Product Managers make is to focus on a too broad and large market segment because they fear a niche market will not be profitable enough.

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Product Talk

JANUARY 9, 2019

First, if you ask me for something that I can’t do, I very likely will refer you to this article. I will always do my best to refer you to someone who can help. I won’t help you with your product strategy, be an interim product leader, or otherwise help with your business challenges, other than developing your product teams.

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Roman Pichler

MAY 10, 2016

At the same time, I wanted to test that the product would create enough value for its readers before writing the actual book. My first MVP had little resemblance with the finished product: I used my product strategy and roadmap workshop as the initial minimum viable product. Minimum Viable Product #2.

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Roman Pichler

APRIL 19, 2017

Increase Your Referent Power. To boost your referent power, I recommend focussing on one virtue at a time and practicing it repeatedly—without expecting too much too quickly. It’s great to know your product and market. Your first power source is your ability to influence others based on your personality and interpersonal skills.

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