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Maximising Stakeholder Buy-in to Product Strategy and Product Roadmap

Roman Pichler

The individuals whose buy-in to strategy and roadmap decisions is crucial are the players: They are interested in your product, as they, for example, will have to market and sell it. Smaller strategy updates and product roadmapping decisions, however, are not as critical. I refer to this group as key stakeholders.

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10 Product Roadmapping Mistakes to Avoid

Roman Pichler

1 The Product Roadmap is a Feature-based Plan. Traditional product roadmaps are usually output-focussed plans that map a list of features, like registration, search, and reporting, onto a timeline. Such a roadmap essentially states when a piece of functionality will be delivered. 2 Roadmap Goals are Features in Disguise.

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ONE THING on Workshops the Sequel

Product Culture

As we talked last week, workshopping is a technique for a group to create something together. The purpose of a workshop can be generative, like listing problems or coming up with solutions. If needed, a workshop can target all three. It can be evaluative, like looking for patterns in customer interviews.

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ONE THING on Workshopping

Product Culture

Workshopping is a technique for a group to create something together. Successful workshops typically consist of a series of structured activities, each with an intended output. Talk: Mastering the Balancing Act Phil Hornby will lead a CPO online discussion on Portfolio Roadmapping. And it’s splendid for gaining alignment.

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How Product Managers Can Learn to Love Reporting

Speaker: Eric Feinstein, Professional Services Manager, Looker

Eric Feinstein, Professional Services Manager at Looker, has done workshops with product managers who are looking to add effective reporting. He will discuss working through personas, data types, reporting needs analysis and ultimately how this comes together to form a roadmap for reporting functionality and interface.

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How to Run Product Strategy Workshops: A Step-by-Step Guide

The Product Coalition

Product strategy workshops are facilitated sessions where key stakeholders come together to define the vision, goals, and roadmap for a product. The workshops help align the team on strategic…

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Book review: “Product Roadmaps Relaunched”

bpma ProductHub

How would you assess your own roadmapping process? A new book, Product Roadmaps Relaunched, could help you re-think and re-launch your approach to Product Roadmapping. The 11-chapters are a master class on product roadmapping, and is supported by 65+ interviews from real practitioners.

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