The Product Guy

MAY 21, 2025

This new Patreon-exclusive article in the Roadmap to Mastery series explores how to lead feature removals with evidence, clarity, and confidence.

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The Product Guy

MAY 16, 2025

This new Patreon-exclusive article in the Roadmap to Mastery series explores how to lead prioritization with structure, confidence, and buy-in.

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The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

So, how can product managers proactively build and protect trust in their products? In our latest Patreon-exclusive article , part of the Roadmap to Mastery Collection , we explore: Why trust is now a product featurenot just a brand value. Actionable strategies to integrate trust into your product strategy.

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The Product Guy

JUNE 17, 2025

Before we dive into the highlights… Want the full, enhanced recap with strategy tools you can use right now? You can get access to all of it on The Product Way Patreon plus weekly content including: product frameworks, case studies, deep dives, and more! Strategic PMs impact the organization, not just the roadmap.

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The Product Guy

APRIL 16, 2025

It means creating space for experiments, reflection, and learning – even when things dont go as planned.

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The Product Guy

MAY 7, 2025

They require balancing diplomacy, data, and leadership under pressure.

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The Product Guy

MAY 15, 2017

In a recent live stream from one of our mentors of The Product Mentor , Dustin Levy, lead a conversation around “Product Strategies for Non-Strategists”. We are always looking for more product mentors from all around the world. About The Product Mentor. Krishna Madhuvarsu Director of Product Strategy, Oracle Inc.

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Productside

MAY 20, 2025

Productside | Product Management Courses & Training Why AI Product Management Certification Matters More Than Ever Lets be realAI is no longer a buzzword on the product roadmap. Theyre the ones getting promoted, pulled into strategy conversations, and trusted to lead. What Does Our Certification Do for You?

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The Product Guy

MAY 7, 2020

It contains subsections with steps that one should go through while building products. Product Strategy. As a first step, PM needs to define the strategy for the product. A well defined product strategy provides insights into the deep customer problems that your product is trying to address.

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Mind the Product

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Something like, “to increase the number of people who complete their studies with the university” And you could go a step further and add, “…and enter their chosen field of employment”, given that this is typically a student’s end goal and hence a factor in their likelihood to recommend the university.

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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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The Product Guy

JANUARY 29, 2025

Practical ways to embed celebration into your product practice , even during hectic sprints. Read it now: [link] This is part of the Roadmap to Mastery Collection , where new content is posted weekly to help PMs like you thrive. If youre looking for actionable strategies to level up, you wont want to miss this.

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The Product Guy

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

He grows revenue and adoption, and ensures product by turning business problems into profitable, simple, easy-to-use solutions Jordan works closely with his market, executives, and internal subject matter experts to develop roadmaps, and communicate these roadmaps internally and with clients.

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The Product Guy

OCTOBER 25, 2016

He grows revenue and adoption, and ensures product by turning business problems into profitable, simple, easy-to-use solutions Jordan works closely with his market, executives, and internal subject matter experts to develop roadmaps, and communicate these roadmaps internally and with clients.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 8, 2024

Crafting a winning product strategy is crucial for SaaS success, and finding the right product strategy example can provide all the inspiration you need. This article provides concrete examples of different product strategies employed by SaaS companies. Book a demo to learn more.

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Alchemer Mobile

MARCH 26, 2021

Typically, when brands claim this, it’s more of a marketing technique and less of an actual pillar in their product strategy. Most brands today may think they build products around their customers’ needs and feedback, but in reality, they only hear from less than one percent of their customer base.

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Roman Pichler

JUNE 4, 2018

Companies with an existing product management group usually require up-skilling and retraining their product people, as well as adjusting roles and responsibilities and career plans. At another client, the newly created product management group looked after the tactical aspects of the company’s offerings.

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 5, 2017

He grows revenue and adoption, and ensures product by turning business problems into profitable, simple, easy-to-use solutions Jordan works closely with his market, executives, and internal subject matter experts to develop roadmaps, and communicate these roadmaps internally and with clients.

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The Product Guy

APRIL 4, 2017

He grows revenue and adoption, and ensures product by turning business problems into profitable, simple, easy-to-use solutions Jordan works closely with his market, executives, and internal subject matter experts to develop roadmaps, and communicate these roadmaps internally and with clients.

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Product Talk

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Her exposure to the product team —and the departure of a previous product manager—sparked Lisa’s interest and led to her stepping into the product manager role right around the time that Teresa began working with the product team as a discovery coach. Making Changes: Adopting Continuous Discovery Best Practices.

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The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

He grows revenue and adoption, and ensures product by turning business problems into profitable, simple, easy-to-use solutions Jordan works closely with his market, executives, and internal subject matter experts to develop roadmaps, and communicate these roadmaps internally and with clients.

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airfocus

JUNE 25, 2025

Lucid Software’s Chief Product Officer Dan Lawyer offers a metaphor that reframes how we think about product strategy and product roadmap disruption, direction, and progress. The sail: Stands for strategy and roadmaps – the elements that must be constantly adjusted to maximize momentum.Â

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ProductPlan

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Is it Time to Declare Roadmap Bankruptcy? Whether your product finds a market or falls flat, your team needs to understand why this outcome occurred. That way, you’ll know if your strategic plan is working and your roadmap is on the right track, or if it’s time to declare roadmap bankruptcy.

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Mind the Product

AUGUST 1, 2019

This idea is backed by a well-cited data report , which found that software buyers almost always choose feature-rich products, and when given the choice to add additional features, they always do so. On the flip side, the study found that customer satisfaction drops drastically when those same buyers have to learn too many features.

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Sachin Rekhi

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

All of this is why I find the best way to articulate a strategy is as a set of product/market fit hypotheses that you are constantly iterating on and refining. Design: Product Roadmap. Probably the most visible aspect of the product manager role is driving the product roadmap.

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ProductPlan

OCTOBER 3, 2019

But for every success story, there’s a graveyard of failed products laid low by bad product strategies. A bad strategy is hard to overcome. And if no one realizes it’s wrong or adjusts course quickly, a promising product can become a lost cause. What Does a Bad Product Strategy Look Like?

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The Product Guy

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Their directives may override data-backed insights or customer needs, leaving PMs to balance the demand for quick wins with long-term product strategy. Expectation Management : Different stakeholders will have different expectations of the product and the roadmap.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 10, 2020

but we had no previous training on strategy. Furthermore, there is no clear path to learn product strategy and no agreed-upon “go-to” resource to start developing this muscle. Understanding how to differentiate based on particular attributes to better serve particular segments is nowadays a common practice in product strategy.

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The Product Guy

JUNE 11, 2024

Start with a pilot project that can showcase the benefits of a product-led approach without requiring significant changes to existing processes. Share success stories and case studies from other organizations that have successfully adopted product management practices. Start small and iterate.

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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

AUGUST 18, 2024

According to Ant Murphy, the reason is simple, you don’t have a prioritization problem, you have a strategy problem. We explain how to create a successful product strategy, the role of product strategy in prioritization, and how to align your prioritization efforts with your strategy.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 18, 2021

Software providers have studied the evolution of this delivery model, and they have implemented many best practices. A step-by-step approach to developing a SaaS product Take the following steps to build a SaaS platform: 1. Your architect will need to study the industry benchmark, i.e They have prioritized the ease of use.

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Product Management University

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Product Management 101 Basic Skills – this is the complete curriculum with 18 self-study lessons that fully prepare product managers for B2B certification. they’ll have a direct answer with an abundance of value context needed to satisfy stakeholders. What Courses Are Offered for Free?

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Userpilot

AUGUST 22, 2024

Here are 3 newsletters we recommend you read: 25k Q&A: Advice on Strategy, Influence, and Prioritization : This issue discusses ways to implement product strategy in a sales-led company. It touches on topics like building alignment on product vision and balancing commercial, customer, and tech goals.

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Mind the Product

JULY 1, 2019

The day-to-day life of a product manager on those products will be vastly different. Questions About the Product, Roadmap, and Industry. What are the improvements the product needs in the next five years? The goal here is to learn about the product vision. What are the arguments for and against it?

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UserVoice

JUNE 5, 2017

That’s why customer feedback is only one ingredient in your product strategy and planning process. This makes sense when you realize that a few customer interviews or usability studies could skew the analysis toward individual preferences instead of the majority of the user base. Data collection and analysis.

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Mind the Product

APRIL 12, 2017

Product management teams often ask themselves if third-party integration is right for their software product roadmap. The thinking is that you should integrate with products such as Salesforce and Slack, because you never would want to try to build those sorts of products by yourselves. Andre Piazza.

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