The Product Coalition

JANUARY 26, 2021

a clear and compelling vision. from ‘ Drive’ All top product leaders know the importance that vision plays in the success of a product. Sometimes the Product Vision was something spoken by a visionary leader, but unseen. Or worse of all, sometimes there was just no Product Vision at all.

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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.

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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.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 28, 2022

Let’s talk about how to define a product vision, and why the lack of a product vision is so detrimental to your team. As I’ll explain below, the “why” and “where” form your product vision, and your product team (especially your engineers), not only want this from you, but need it in order to do their best work.

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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. This includes the following ten capabilities: Formulating an inspiring vision for a product. Creating and validating a product strategy including market and user research.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

Product leader Aatir Abdul Rauf outlines questions product managers should ask when crafting a product strategy. By Tremis Skeete , for Product Coalition Product strategy continues to be a misunderstood concept and energizes many conversations and debates on LinkedIn. It’s not a vision.

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Roman Pichler

MAY 3, 2023

This will not only benefit your product. It will also have a positive impact on team morale and productivity. Adapt the Product Strategy to Respond to New Technologies Finally, you should systematically assess the impact of a new technology on the product strategy and determine if it has to be changed.

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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. Use your vision and product strategy to make the right decisions.

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Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 14, 2021

And so, in 2014, he founded Productboard , a product management system that incorporates customer feedback and insights to help product teams build better products. Use it to make better product decisions. Information from the front lines is critical when helping product decision-makers prioritize what to build next.

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ProductPlan

OCTOBER 6, 2022

So if you are looking to launch a new product or feature, you are prepared with some tips to reduce that blank page anxiety. Start with your company and product mission and vision. With our vision in mind, we stepped back and asked, “What can we do for customers in addition to roadmapping to achieve our vision?”

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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.

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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. This includes the following ten capabilities: Formulating an inspiring vision for a product. Creating and validating a product strategy including market and user research.

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ProductPlan

JUNE 7, 2022

At ProductPlan, we are revolutionizing how a company delivers products to market by elevating product organizations to the heart of strategy and execution. This vision holds true with our own organization as well. We started with the rocks—these are the major items that we’re tackling to achieve our vision for the year.

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ProductPlan

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Even among experienced product professionals, a common misconception in business holds that product strategy and business strategy mean the same thing. Product professionals need to understand the distinction between business strategy vs. product strategy. A Closer Look at Each Strategy.

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Roman Pichler

JANUARY 9, 2018

To get your focus right, consider using a tool like my Product Vision Board to capture your idea, and identify assumptions and risks. Do Just-Enough Product Discovery Work. Minimise the amount of time you spend on product discovery in order to accelerate time-to-market. Don’t Limit Product Discovery to New Products.

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airfocus

MARCH 9, 2023

A product strategy roadmap helps visualize your vision and keep the team aligned on the product goals. Here are some tips, questions and examples to help you make sure your strategy roadmap is clear to everyone.

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Roman Pichler

MAY 4, 2022

Tips for Forming Effective Product Teams in Scrum. As the product team is meant to be a proper team, a group of people who work towards shared goals and who trust and support each other, you should carefully setup and guide such a team. The following five tips will help you with this.

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Userpilot

JUNE 29, 2022

But as a product manager , creating a story that will capture a customer’s attention might not be in your wheelhouse. In addition, we’ll look at six tips to help you create a compelling product story. Explain the product vision. The product vision constitutes the product’s why.

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Innovatemap

AUGUST 31, 2020

Some choices are long-standing and are reflected in the product vision, some play into the foundation of a product strategy, and many more reside in the plan to pull it off – the roadmap. Product vision depicts the future the product aims to create and is used to inspire teams and customers.

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Mind the Product

JANUARY 9, 2020

However, be assured that everything reported from our forums here comes from the most forward-thinking people in the world of product.). Your vision and its supporting culture should, therefore, be very specific about who you want to employ and how you want to work. Create Intentional Culture. Join the leadership program.

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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 Innovation Educators

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Tips for creating customer use cases – for product managers Today we are talking about how to create and use customer use cases to guide product design. Our guest is Dr. Lilac Muller, VP of Product Management at Kymeta Corporation. 18:41] How does the use case impact product vision and decision-making?

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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. It can easily be backed up with the lean concept of building strategies, measuring impacts, and learning to improve. It is noted that some of the dimensions take time to define so invest the right amount of time to define the strategy.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Many startups with an ordinary product make the way to growth and scalability whereas others with great products fail to survive. Both product and product strategy should fall in place to make the startup sustainable and help them to grow. Vision: It should be inspirational and the guiding post.

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ProductPlan

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

But while each roadmap for a specific audience serves a particular purpose, there are times when we need everyone to gather together and agree on a singular vision for the product. Remember, a stakeholder is anyone with a vested interest in the product. Roadmap Tips to Align Stakeholders Part 1: Start from the Top.

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ProductPlan

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

This might lead some product professionals to bypass their own spidey senses in favor of simply facilitating prioritization exercises. Moreover, they may want to execute a product strategy created by the committee. Effective product leaders learn how to integrate them properly into your otherwise fact-based approach.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 16, 2024

So without further adieu, here are some proactive tips to maintain excellent roadmap health — no flossing required: Continuously sync to the vision and strategy. As a matter of practice, review your vision and product strategy at the same time as you review your roadmap. Don’t make promises you can’t keep.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 3, 2021

Themes Themes come from your product strategy and are described as a heading in one or two words above each time horizon. Business outcomes Business outcomes communicate the progress we’ll make toward achieving the theme, which in turn is a larger step towards making our vision a reality. The focus is outcomes.

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Roman Pichler

JULY 11, 2016

You should therefore help the team acquire the relevant market and domain knowledge—for instance, by involving the team in research and validation work, inviting them to join you when you visit customers— and ensure that they are aware of the product strategy and product roadmap as well as the business goals and KPIs.

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Userpilot

OCTOBER 25, 2022

In the article, we’re looking at the responsibilities of strategic product managers and how they can use data effectively to shape product strategy and deliver delightful experiences to users! Product strategy defines who we are building for, what to build, and how to build it. What is product strategy?

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nulab

MARCH 5, 2021

A product roadmap is a summary of your project from start to finish. It includes your vision and goals, as well as your strategy for achieving them. A product roadmap takes time, so why do it? Here’s why: It’ll define your project’s vision and strategy. Start with your product vision.

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Roman Pichler

APRIL 11, 2016

1 Establish a Clear Vision. Establish a clear vision for introducing a product management group and explore why your company would benefit from it. Show the salespeople how they can take advantage from the changes and how they can continue to influence the product and ensure that their needs are taken into account.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 15, 2023

It was the lighthouse guiding the product through the sea of strategic objectives without getting lost in the turbulent waves of change. It offered a clear, unwavering vision of the future, aligning all stakeholders without overwhelming them. It was strategy over tactics, outcomes over output. One: Keep them in sync.

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Roman Pichler

MARCH 11, 2020

The following tips will help you with this: Empathise with the individuals and make an effort to understand their perspectives, needs, and interest, for example, by practicing active listening. Consequently, do not neglect the product discovery and strategy work. Leadership at Multiple Levels.

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Roman Pichler

MARCH 11, 2020

The following tips will help you with this: Empathise with the individuals and make an effort to understand their perspectives, needs, and interest, for example, by practicing active listening. Consequently, do not neglect the product discovery and strategy work. Leadership at Multiple Levels.

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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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People-First Product Leadership

JUNE 11, 2023

Does your team (or organization) have a shared Mission, Vision, Strategy, and Goals? Be Curious Not Judgmental: In my course People-First Product Leadership , I do just that - I share how to put people on your team first. A good vision should be clear, punchy, and inspiring. Complement your organization’s vision.

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