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Product Strategy as a System

Roman Pichler

Listen to the audio version of this article: [link] A Product Strategy System The product strategy system in Figure 1 consists of four main parts: people, processes, principles, and tools. Like any system, it is a collection of interconnecting parts that function as a whole. If so, what are they?

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There is No Perfect Roadmap

The Product Guy

Every product manager has made the mistake of thinking a perfect product roadmap would solve the problem in front of them. Every product manager has been there and thought “there’s got to be a better way – I just need a great product roadmap!”. Ah, of course, the product roadmap. And yet, you still need a product roadmap.

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MVP Roadmapping

The Product Guy

In my own experience, this opportunity canvas and the product vision definition forced me to think about aspects I had not considered such as the cost of building and of not building this new system, and made me analyse how the proposed solution could support future hardware devices. High level map (the backbone and walking skeleton).

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Building Better Product Roadmaps: First Principles You Can’t Ignore

The Product Coalition

How first principles can help you design product roadmaps from the ground up. Product roadmaps are no exception. Creating or even updating a product roadmap can feel like being handed a blank sheet of paper and told you have 60 minutes to write a ten-page college essay on a topic you didn’t study for….

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Three Reasons to Insist on Outcome-Based Planning

The Product Coalition

Photo by AP Vibes Outcome-based roadmaps are considered the best practice; however, they are not as common as you would expect. When I was Head of Product at eBay, one of my primary responsibilities was to lead and build eBay’s new catalog system. We spent months defining how the new catalog system should work.

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Understanding Product Management

The Product Guy

Often, this is due to resource constraints rather than a lack of understanding of a PM role. The path and the steps to reach the destination is defined through a product roadmap. Hence roadmapping is a crucial exercise which can make or break your product. Product Roadmap. Traditional vs Theme Based Roadmap.

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These “Best Practices” Are Slowly Killing Your Product

The Product Guy

You’re Stuckand It’s Because You’re Playing by the Rules In product management, youve been told to follow the rules: stick to the roadmap, build consensus, and hit your OKRs. As can be easily found in many organizations: Roadmaps trap you in outdated plans. Rule 1: Trust the Roadmap Roadmaps are your comfort zone.