Roman Pichler
JANUARY 12, 2021
You know, though, that it is impossible to add the feature to the development effort. The dev team is struggling with the current workload, and moving the date is not an option. Don’t Feel Bad about Saying No. Refer to my article “ Boost Your Product Leadership Power ” for more guidance.
The Product Guy
OCTOBER 9, 2018
First, I did not know how to frame, develop and present product strategy in a systematic way, and second, as a startup, my company has not historically had a good track record of strategy being developed outside of senior management (read: founder). Two major obstacles stood in my way.
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Lenny Rachitsky
MAY 20, 2025
” This person is also referred to as the “skip lead.” Through conversation, talent reviews, and direct experience leading large organizations, I’ve developed a few key principles to help new skip leads better understand and perform their role. But there is a reason for it, born of hard-won experience.
Roman Pichler
AUGUST 11, 2020
It can also result in a large product backlog and high development cost: The greater the number of people who should benefit from your product is, the more diverse their needs are likely to be, and the more features are usually required to address them. Instead, they require tough strategic decision and clear focus. Needs are Features.
Roman Pichler
MAY 5, 2020
The term product owner is commonly used to refer to six different product roles in my experience. If someone is referred to as product owner, then the individual should own the product in its entirety—like Word in the example—and not just a product part—such as the ability to save a document.
Roman Pichler
JUNE 7, 2022
While common sense suggests that managing a product without the right measurements is not a sensible approach, I’ve seen product teams who did not use any KPIs. Consequently, these teams relied on: Anecdotal feedback : “Customers love our product, they told me so.” If this data is actioned, bad product decisions will be made.
Roman Pichler
AUGUST 12, 2024
Listen to the audio version of this article: [link] The Core Product Team Product teams come in different shapes and sizes. But all product teams I have seen consisted of the person in charge of the product—the product manager or Scrum product owner —and development team members.
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