Roman Pichler

JULY 8, 2024

2] Figure 1: The Power-Interest Grid The grid divides stakeholders into four groups: crowd, subjects, context setters, and players depending on how interested they are in your product and how much power they have. I refer to this group as key stakeholders. I refer to this group as key stakeholders.

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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. To ensure that the right technologies are applied, you’ll benefit from using a technology strategy.

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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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Userpilot

OCTOBER 31, 2024

In this article, we’ll talk about: What product analytics is and why you need a solid strategy. 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.

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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

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] This is where product portfolio roadmaps come in. [2]

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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

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. This can lead not only to low motivation and high turnover.

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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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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. Trying to offer a product that pleases everybody carries the risk of not doing a good job for anyone. A Brief Guide to this Article.

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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. An example for a product that helps people improve their eating habits might be “help people eat healthily.”.

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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

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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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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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

I have some takeaways and learnings to share that I covered as a coach for their onboarding strategy. Create B2B onboarding strategy for a premium organic products for <Startup V> catering to niche user segment focused on wellness, health & lifestyle” Why was it needed to define the problem for onboarding strategy?

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

One of the most typical requests of people looking to learn about or deploy a product strategy is, “ where is the template I can use to fill it with all my …ideas… ”. Or “ where can I find a good strategy document from another company I can inspire on? ” Why such a good idea that works in other cases wouldn’t work for 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 Coalition

MARCH 8, 2023

This book can help you understand key concepts dealing with strategy, its foundation, and key environmental factors at play that influence its shaping. I read “Good Strategy, Bad Strategy” book three times. In doing so I hoped to understand how to approach the product strategy for the product I am working on.

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Roman Pichler

MAY 4, 2022

You might not know, for example, which marketing strategy is most appropriate or which sales channels are most effective. You need the stakeholders’ active contribution to progress the product and reach the product goals. Tips for Forming Effective Product Teams in Scrum.

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The Product Guy

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

A research conducted by Alpha UX found that 25% of Product Manager surveyed wished for a clearer product roadmap and strategy. While salary increase is a complex subject with variables outside of our control, I believe that having a clear product roadmap and strategy is every Product Manager’s responsibility.

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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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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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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. The responsibilities I share below are based on my work with product leaders and product practitioners.

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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. About me I’m a product designer with over 5 years of experience. This can inform future content acquisition and production/product strategies. Would you use a Netflix comment section?

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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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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. The product roadmap then reflects that strategy.

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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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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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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

You use them to take a fresh look at something that might feel overwhelming or vague — whether it’s a roadmap or a strategy — and start with what’s truly essential. 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.

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Roman Pichler

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Listen to the audio version of this article: [link] 1 Complement Scrum with a Product Discovery and Strategy Process Scrum is a simple framework that helps teams develop successful products. How can you capture the right user stories , for instance, if you are unsure who the users are and why they want to use the product?

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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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The Product Guy

OCTOBER 18, 2019

As product managers, we need to be skilled in a variety of areas from defining features and requirements to understanding customers, analyzing usage metrics, prioritizing features, managing releases, and the list goes on. In my experience as a product manager, strategy has been one of the toughest skills to develop.

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Roman Pichler

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Therefore, focus on your actual job—making or keeping the product successful. Do not take on additional responsibilities like improving the development process, leading the dev team, making UX design decisions, or creating a marketing strategy. Consequently, make enough time for strategic work. Share the Work. Prioritise.

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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. But it’s even better to use them when you make strategic product decisions.

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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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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

According to a Foundry 2023 report, 93% of all companies have already adopted or plan to adopt a digital-first business strategy. But this doesn’t mean their staff can handle a highly technical software product. This way, you can develop targeted retention strategies to re-engage these users before they leave your product.

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