Lenny Rachitsky

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

I worked closely with a seasoned board member to trace this back to a lack of product strategy—both articulated and aligned. With her help, I wrote the first strategy document for Headspace, which eventually led to the complete reimagination of Headspace , maximizing growth for our guided mindfulness product and adjacent spaces.

Strategy

Productside

MARCH 3, 2025

Recommended Templates Product Strategy & Roadmap Review : Uncover your biggest alignment gaps. Handling Tensions & Growth Q : We had a new product built in silos, zero product engagement. Then evaluate each request against that yardstick. Even if some folks dont get their requests in, theyll respect your clarity.

Product Research

People-First Product Leadership

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

For organizations focused on immediate targets, factor in specific business goals to achieve, aligned with the organizational and product strategy. This firsthand experience allows product managers to make informed decisions and take calculated risks, even without explicit leadership support. Don't miss out on future insights!

Product Research

Userpilot

JULY 19, 2025

Pain points: I include the problems and friction points the persona often encounters without our solution, e.g., data silos, slow product adoption , or over-reliance on engineers. Gains of using the product: A list of specific wins the persona will have with your application. Pro tip: At this stage, remain unbiased.

User Testing

The Basics of Product Management

JUNE 22, 2025

This blog dives deep into: How AI is revolutionizing core PM functions The top AI-powered tools every PM should know The future skillset of the AI-native product manager Let’s explore how to stay ahead in this AI-first world. Market Research: From Manual to Machine-Learned Market research has always been a cornerstone of product strategy.

Artificial Inteligence

Userpilot

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

With the right tools, your product team can move beyond blind experimentation and make impactful decisions that drive growth. How to get started with actionable analytics So, if you’ve been doing product analytics wrong, what’s the “correct” way? Kevin has a few tips covering everything important.

Data Visualization

Arkenea

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

2 Unique value proposition should be the major criterion for making decisions Roger Cauvin, founder at Dadnab Product strategy should drive all product decisions. Feedback from users and prospective customers is useful to: Understand whether the product or a feature is, in fact, delivering the unique value proposition.

User Testing

The Product Manager Coach Blog

MARCH 4, 2025

Building trust with stakeholders isnt just a nice-to-haveits essential to preventing failed product launches due to poor stakeholder management. Without trust, even the most well-thought-out product strategies can face pushback, leading to misalignment, delays, and increased risks. Speak their language.

Customer Feedback

BrainMates

JUNE 22, 2025

This is part 3 of our five part series exploring the product lifecycle, where we delve into the growth stage. If you haven’t yet, check out part 2 of the series for tips for managing a product introduction and launch. It may become important to prioritise efficiencies, outsource hiring or innovate hiring models (e.g.,

User Testing

Modus Create

JANUARY 15, 2025

Best practices for intelligent app PoCs An AI PoC is a chance to prove real-world impact while uncovering insights that shape your long-term strategy. Here are five tips that will help you create a winning PoC: 1. Related Posts Are you ready to transform life sciences with intelligent apps?

Analytic Tools

Userpilot

APRIL 16, 2025

When data collection is messy, product managers lose visibility, teams waste hours chasing answers, and user experience suffers. Heres how data fragmentation hurts your product strategy and development: Fragmented data can cause flawed strategic decisions Every product decision starts with a question: Whats driving retention ?

Data Visualization

Lenny Rachitsky

OCTOBER 31, 2024

10:08 ) Annual planning as an example ( 16:48 ) Tactical tips for staying less busy ( 25:20 ) Question two: Do I actually have good taste? ( 38:09 ) Question three: Why does my job feel so frustrating? (

B2B

PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MAY 15, 2025

The product management round includes 2 onsite days of case studies to assess complex problem-solving, product execution , and cross-functional collaboration.    Expect 3 case studies conducted by a peer or a senior PM, which assess your skills in product sense and product strategy.

Analytic Tools

Arkenea

APRIL 10, 2025

Benefits of Outsourced Software Product Development FiveStep Process for Successful Outsourcing Pros and Cons of Outsourcing Case Studies and Success Stories How to Choose the Right Outsourcing Partner Cost Breakdown and ROI Analysis Future Trends in Outsourced Development Final SEO Tips Conclusion 1.

Analytic Tools

Modus Create

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Tips for achieving AI-led digital transformation What eight industry leaders want you to know By Modus Create Posted in Digital Transformation , Operations , Platform , Product Published on: December 10, 2024 Last update: December 10, 2024 AIs evolution from a buzzy trend to a business investment has taken many executives by surprise.

Reporting Tools

Lenny Rachitsky

APRIL 20, 2025

VS Code: extensibility and enterprise adoption ( 41:20 ) Live demo: building an Airbnb for dogs with Windsurf ( 42:46 ) Tips for using Windsurf effectively ( 46:38 ) AI’s role in code modification and review ( 48:56 ) Empowering non-developers to build custom software ( 54:03 ) Training Windsurf ( 01:00:43 ) Windsurf’s unique team structure (..)

Software Review

Product Culture

DECEMBER 18, 2024

More tips on the Stakeholder Grinch in Chapter 7, Challenges, in Aligned: Stakeholder Management for Product Leaders. More photos from Product Culture are on LinkedIn , Facebook and Instagram. These mission-driven Grinches want to know that you get it. Ill be taking a rest next week, as should you. See you in 2025!

Naming

Roadmunk

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Eleni: A lot of product managers have the opposite background to you. They start super technical and then they move into product. What’s your number one tip for someone in that situation for how they can develop their writing skills? Evan: Well, I would try and make it a project. Set an OKR for yourself, for instance.

Feedback Software

Amplitude

MAY 19, 2025

Check out the Amplitude Blog to learn about digital analytics, product strategy, and product-led growth from our experts. Read the latest tips and examples to bring power to your products.

Branding

PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

APRIL 23, 2025

A/B testing) Product sense and business metrics Communication and stakeholder management Less emphasis on advanced ML algorithms ⚙️ Common job titles: Data Scientist, Product Analyst, Business Data Scientist Full Stack Data Scientist These roles require strong ML chops and a solid business and product strategy.

Data Visualization

PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

MARCH 17, 2025

Product management  The product management round at IBM features standard PM interview questions. Study up on common product strategy , analytical , design , execution , and estimation questions. 📖 Interested in preparing more in-depth for a role as a Product Manager at IBM?

Analytic Tools

Userpilot

APRIL 8, 2025

Focusing on these targeted, high-impact moments gives you immediate insight into what users like and dislike about the product. Tip: Trigger short surveys at key moments, like post-onboarding or after a certain feature is used, to capture real-time, contextual feedback without disrupting the user experience.

Customer Feedback

Lenny Rachitsky

AUGUST 5, 2025

Peter interviewed founders and product leaders at six fast-growing AI-forward companies and collected all of their best tactics for driving employee AI adoption. This post includes their best 25 battle-tested AI tips that you can implement right away at your company. I never feel alone anymore when I’m stuck on a problem.

User Testing

Roman Pichler

JULY 20, 2016

You can download the template for free from romanpichler.com/tools, and you can find more information on how to use it in my post The GO Product Roadmap. I like to use my Product Vision Board to develop a valid product strategy. This would turn your product roadmap into a feature soup, a random collection of features.

Roadmap

Roman Pichler

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

An effective product strategy is key to successfully create, enhance, and manage a product. There is no point in worrying about the product details and writing user stories if a sound product strategy is missing. But what exactly is a product strategy? Figure 1: My Product Strategy Model.

Product Strategy

Roman Pichler

MARCH 14, 2023

Listen to the audio version of this article: [link] What Information Should a Product Strategy Provide? I like to think of the product strategy as a high-level plan that helps you realise your vision and that answers the following four questions: Who is the product for? Do You Need a Strategy for Your Product?

Product Strategy

Roman Pichler

JUNE 1, 2020

The following tips will help you with this. A stakeholder is anyone who has a stake in your product, who is affected by it, or who shows an interest in the offering. Collaboratively set goals , for example, user and business goals on the product strategy and product goals on the product roadmap.

Weak Development Team

Roman Pichler

APRIL 5, 2022

For example, a product strategy workshop might have the objective to identify the key changes required to achieve product-market fit. Contrast this with a sprint review meeting , which might help you determine if users can easily sign up for the product. Assess product strategy and adjust if necessary.

Product Management

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.

Product Research

Roman Pichler

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Hold Regular Product Strategy Reviews. A product strategy , like any other plan, is subject to change. How changeable your strategy is, depends on your product’s life cycle stage. As long as your product hasn’t reached product-market fit, the strategy is usually volatile.

Technical Review

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. Carrying out the relevant product discovery work and taking into account product ethics. Creating and validating a product strategy including market and user research.

User Testing

Roman Pichler

AUGUST 15, 2023

Listen to the audio version of this article: [link] 1 No Strategy The first and most crucial mistake is to have no product strategy at all. When that’s the case, a product is usually progressed based on the features requested by the users and stakeholders. The strategy is therefore either too big or too narrow.

Product Strategy

Roman Pichler

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Tip #1: Complement your Product Backlog with a Product Roadmap. Use a roadmap to sketch the overall journey you want to take your product on. Then derive your product backlog from the roadmap and use the goals to discover the right backlog items. Tip #2: Focus your Backlog on the Next Major Release.

Customer Feedback

Roman Pichler

OCTOBER 21, 2016

I find that mindfulness is particularly helpful for product managers and product owners. Tip #1: Don’t Rush. As product managers and owners, we are prone to overcommitting and taking on too much work. Tip #2: Do One Thing at a Time. Tip #3: Take Proper Breaks. Tip #4: Keep an Open Mind.

Product Management