Userpilot

DECEMBER 13, 2023

How do you develop a robust UX strategy? We also look at: What a UX design strategy is Why it’s important Its core principles and elements A practical example of a company with well-established UX strategies Let’s dive right in! The strategy should also have information about the UX team, processes, and guidelines.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

roadmaps?” Executing a product roadmap requires more. Just as a well-drafted blueprint, an experienced contractor, and a solid foundation provide the ingredients required to build a house, a consistent, well-thought-through product lifecycle enables product strategy through execution. Queue the time travel music….

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 15, 2023

A Tale of Two Roadmaps — And Why You Can’t Succeed With Only One “There is no one-size-fits-all product roadmap. A roadmap can and should look different depending on the situation. Todd Lombardo Once upon a time, in a city like yours, two versions of a roadmap emerged. It was strategy over tactics, outcomes over output.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 4, 2024

Kris Gale As a wise man once said, no roadmap survives contact with reality. Firefighting while staying on course on the strategy and commitments of the roadmap is difficult. Like a forest never cleaned, filled with leaves, debris, and branches catches fire quickly, managing a roadmap left to rot is challenging.

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Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 24, 2023

This evolution always starts with one thing: a clear product vision. Reinvention requires a product vision : a visual artifact that sets product direction over a longer term time horizon. Product vision is the critical bridge between strategy and execution. An inevitable slide into decline sounds ominous.

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Melissa Perri

JULY 14, 2016

“What is your Product Strategy? YOU NEED A STRATEGY.” BUT we still had to test our ideas. This didn’t sit well with the CTO because in reality he didn’t want a strategy, he wanted a plan. This is the way we were taught to think about Product Strategy. This isn’t a strategy, this is a plan. He was on edge.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

How to Develop Product Roadmap? How to conduct Usability Testing? They all start with a focused strategy. A good product strategy helps the team stay focused, guide the product development and manage the business during the development process. To lay out and document your strategy, you need to develop a Product Roadmap.

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Userpilot

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Roadmaps vs backlogs: What’s the real difference and why does everyone keeps using these terms interchangeably when they mean different things? TLDR Understanding the difference between a product roadmap and a backlog is crucial for product managers. Everyone knows the difference between a roadmap and a backlog… right?

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Product Management University

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Beyond a healthier balance sheet, why do your target customers care about cash flow relative to their big picture strategy? If we go back to post 3 of 10 , you’ll see the ripple effect of a customer-facing portfolio vision in full swing when it’s time to craft your portfolio (and product) positioning! Let’s give it the acid test.

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ProductPlan

JANUARY 27, 2023

This post will focus on the last example, product roadmaps. Why does roadmap inconsistency matter? What are the problems that arise from having inconsistent roadmaps, starting with the most consequential? What are the problems that arise from having inconsistent roadmaps, starting with the most consequential?

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Userpilot

APRIL 30, 2024

Top Marty Cagan books product managers should read With all that experience, Marty surely has tons of strategies and insights to share. Authored by Marty Cagan and Chris Jones of SVPG, this book delves into empowering product teams , recruiting and coaching talent, crafting compelling visions, and transforming organizational culture.

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The Product Guy

OCTOBER 1, 2018

You have to work with different stakeholders to define the product vision and strategy, define the set of features that the product will have and figure out a rollout plan. Define Product Vision and Strategy. I recommend you also add to this board the product vision as suggested by Roman Pitchler’s Product Vision Board.

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Roman Pichler

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Why a Product Strategy Process Matters. An effective product strategy process should ensure that a valid product strategy and an actionable product roadmap are always available—that a shared and valid approach to achieving product success is available at anytime, as the picture below illustrates. Timeboxed Strategizing.

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Userpilot

MARCH 24, 2021

Defining your product strategy is the most important aspect of deciding to build something new. It helps your entire team rally around a vision and a set of outcomes, making sure everyone is aligned in reaching those product growth goals. What is a product strategy? How do you set a product vision?

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ProductPlan

MARCH 5, 2021

This article tackles one of the areas that gets the most interest from product managers: how can they use an essentialist approach to create and communicate better product roadmaps ? To ensure you’re adding the right features and initiatives to your product roadmap, I’ve outlined several suggestions here. Start with the product vision.

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Mind the Product

OCTOBER 21, 2019

A strong product strategy is often neglected because of the absence of any strategic thinking in product teams. What can product managers do to make sure they give their product strategy the attention it warrants? Tanya shares her ideas for nurturing a strong product strategy from this year’s #mtpcon London Product Leadership Forum.

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Mind the Product

MAY 22, 2017

Can’t get your boss to part ways with a time-based feature roadmap? I wonder what it is about feature roadmaps that is comforting to the C-suite. As product managers, we instinctively know that planning things out in advance is impossible, because our work depends on a constant stream of testing, data and feedback.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Both product and product strategy should fall in place to make the startup sustainable and help them to grow. The importance of measuring the small outcomes associated with their product goals or visions is the key to churn expected benefits throughout the product life cycle. Vision: It should be inspirational and the guiding post.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 15, 2022

that products always require roadmaps. Do you think every company and product needs a roadmap?” I’m sure this was not a question as much as a test of my ability to think critically. “Of Then I thought further; maybe complete scenarios exist where roadmaps aren’t needed. he asked. Of course.”, I answered. Are you sure?

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ProductPlan

JUNE 18, 2021

The IMPACT approach to product management’s primary goal is creating the maximum value for the broadest target audience while remaining aligned with the company’s mission, vision, and goals. But if there’s one part of product management that needs IMPACT more than anywhere else, it’s roadmapping. IMPACT doesn’t begin with the roadmap.

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Userpilot

MAY 1, 2024

Develop and implement your digital experience strategy. Their role includes defining the product vision, developing the product strategy, and prioritizing features based on customer research and product management best practices. This strategy should outline how the product will deliver value to users at every touchpoint.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 29, 2023

A project manager is focused on the completion of a specific project, whereas product managers focus primarily on the long-term vision and evolving a product to deliver value over time. Product management is concentrated on creating value for users and managing the overall product strategy across the entire lifecycle.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Tech PMs work actively with product teams on the product vision and strategy. A big part of their job is managing the roadmap and prioritizing technical initiatives in the product backlog. Their technical expertise allows them to identify risks and develop effective mitigation strategies. Product vision.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 6, 2023

Clear roadmaps will ensure you reach your goals. But there’s a reality about life, yeah following your roadmap chronologically will help you reach your goals safely, but there’ll be distractions and roadmaps are not linear. You should update your roadmap with new technologies, or with a piece of new information you’ve learned.

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bpma ProductHub

APRIL 10, 2017

By Garima Painuly- One of the constant challenges a product manager faces is creating a focused product roadmap that is aligned with expectations of all stakeholders, and defending that roadmap against distractions. The discussion topics were inspired by a blog post from Fresh Tilled Soil on Building a Product Roadmap.

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Userpilot

APRIL 30, 2024

How can companies use customer feedback to influence the product roadmap? The trends can help ensure that the roadmap aligns with customer needs and business goals. It’s easy to tell if the feedback aligns with trends or the overall product vision. Noise can be radically different feedback, or against the product vision.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

If I could pick one thing to kill because of the problems it causes, roadmaps might very well be at the top of the list. And it’s not that I don’t like roadmaps, or at least the principle of a product roadmaps. Sometimes the misinterpretation of a roadmap actually causes far more problems than the roadmap sets out to solve.

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Roman Pichler

MAY 4, 2022

Forming such a team connects the person in charge of the product—the product owner—with the people who design, architect, program, test, and document the solution—the developers. You might not know, for example, which marketing strategy is most appropriate or which sales channels are most effective.

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Lenny Rachitsky

APRIL 28, 2024

Kayvon treated sacred cows like a “built-in roadmap” of innovations worth testing. While frameworks can offer valuable perspectives and guide decision-making, rigid adherence to them can lead to tunnel vision and unhelpful outcomes. Twitter accelerated cultural change and innovation through many small acquihires.

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Sachin Rekhi

AUGUST 4, 2021

Take product roadmaps for example. And yet there is incredible divergence in the quality of product outcomes that result from those roadmaps. This is due to the very process by which the roadmap is developed. Some teams do a team brainstorm and voting exercise to develop their roadmap. Founders : Growth for Founders.

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Roman Pichler

JULY 6, 2021

Instead of creating, for example, product strategies and roadmaps and tracking KPIs , you should help the people on your team acquire the right knowledge and develop the right skills so that they can carry out the relevant work on their own. This includes the following ten capabilities: Formulating an inspiring vision for a product.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Extensive market research is essential to assess the competitive landscape, identify opportunities, and shape the product vision. As roadmapping is a key part of the job, good PMs are competent users of product management applications that streamline the process. They enable PMs to apply their hard skills effectively.

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

designing screens, writing code, running tests), product management is a broader concept that encompasses strategy , vision, and product-market fit. designing screens, writing code, running tests). writing code and unit tests), and use their expertise to guide the rest of the team on technical feasibility).

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Amplitude

MARCH 11, 2020

Roadmapping is at the core of product strategy and product management. Output-focused product roadmaps provide a false sense of certainty, all while limiting product work to a few big bets, which may or may not pan out. We broke into pairs and then each pair developed a feature roadmap along a particular area of focus.

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Gainsight

MARCH 24, 2022

Before your product starts booming, you need a product roadmap that charts a clear course to growth. That can muddy your vision and make it feel like it’s impossible to craft a clear plan for your team. What is a product roadmap? A product roadmap is a visual guide that lays out high-level plans for your product teams.

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Bain Public

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

As a product manager, you must have the ability to create a business-viable product vision. Not only that, but this vision needs to drive and influence others to execute and deliver the components needed to build out that vision and make it a reality. market validation, customer listening, A/B testing, prototype, alpha release).

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 12, 2023

Not enough people spend enough time on defining vision and purpose Most value propositions are weak Companies don’t adapt their team typology to make a product Very few products are indeed prioritized by value User Reasearch and UX are ofter used in the wrong way 1. Try and fill a product vision board. targeted and user centric.

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