Lenny Rachitsky

APRIL 28, 2024

Founders of acquihired companies led the teams behind Community Notes, Spaces, Super Follows, Fleets, Communities, Tipping, and more. Twitter acquihired entrepreneur types who were ambitious and then gave them responsibility and autonomy to develop new products. Copying can be done in good taste or poor taste.

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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.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 16, 2024

“Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth” — Mike Tyson I’ve wrestled with weak roadmaps — even some downright disasters. Product managers and their teams start with enthusiasm, hit the ground running, and create a solid roadmap. It was time to reset and reinvest in our strategy and roadmap. Where were we heading?

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Roman Pichler

JULY 20, 2016

To help you develop your agile product roadmap, I have created a goal-oriented roadmap template called the GO Product Roadmap. Describe and validate the product strategy —the path to realise your vision—before you create your roadmap and decide how the strategy is best implemented, as the following picture illustrates.

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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. Another key aspect to support the people on your team succeed is to create the right environment for people to succeed. Grow Your Leadership Skills.

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People-First Product Leadership

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Today we wrap up the three part series on creating your strategy stack. Part 1, we covered the “why” behind creating a strategy stack, with a focus on establishing the organization’s Mission, North Star, and Vision. Part 2, we continued the organizational journey by defining the Strategy and Goals.

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Roman Pichler

MAY 11, 2021

Instead, you should engage the stakeholders, leverage their expertise, and generate as much buy-in as possible , as I explain in more detail in my article “ Stakeholder Management Tips for Product People.” ” But do not allow people to dominate and tell you what to do, and don’t agree to a weak compromise.

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People-First Product Leadership

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Welcome back to creating your strategy stack. In Part 2, we dive into establishing your organization's strategy and goals. If you missed Part 1, we covered the “why” behind creating a strategy stack, with a focus on the Mission, North Star, and Vision. Subscribe now What’s in a Strategy?

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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. To fully realize this and empower product teams to change the world through their products and the people they serve, ProductPlan is more than roadmapping.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 29, 2021

Personally, I think being open in realising when a feature has taken a toll is an art and unfortunately few teams depict the benefits behind it. Are you also one of the product teams where 80% of your roadmap or sprint is a stakeholder wishlist? Team member idea This one is a tricky one and I will explain why.

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Mind the Product

APRIL 28, 2017

Here are a few of my favourite tips for negotiating with stakeholders for you to immediately go and try out. We know from his ‘ Commentary on the Gallic War ’ that Julius Cæsar, a highly successful general and politician, adopted as a primary strategy the maxim “secure your home base first”. The Vision as a Tool. Bullet dodged!

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UX Studio: Product Management

JANUARY 11, 2021

At UX Studio , while we develop our products, uxfol.io and copyfol.io , we are mainly focused on agency work, meaning that we cooperate with several clients as external teams. This post was written from the perspective of designers, mainly intended for external teams and entrepreneurs. Five challenges and solutions.

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UX Studio: Product Management

JUNE 22, 2021

They get most of the recognition, but they also have to be involved in everything, which is super tiring and often leads to stress, burnout, and bad health. They don’t have to make every decision and double-check everything done by their teams. Context: the most important tool to empower your team. All without their manager.

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Roman Pichler

MAY 11, 2021

Instead, you should engage the stakeholders, leverage their expertise, and generate as much buy-in as possible , as I explain in more detail in my article “ Stakeholder Management Tips for Product People.” ” But do not allow people to dominate and tell you what to do, and don’t agree to a weak compromise.

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The Secret PM Handbook

AUGUST 4, 2017

Create A Compelling Product Vision By Writing The (Amazon) Review First. Of course, a huge amount of our time and energy is taken up in the “solution” area – writing requirements, prioritizing, agile development, roadmaps, working with developers, and ensuring quality. What Should Product Teams Optimize?

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Userpilot

JANUARY 16, 2024

Perform a SWOT analysis, identify the strengths and weaknesses of your top competing products, etc. Task ChatGPT with identifying and formulating the best pricing strategy for your industry. You may want to learn who your top competitors are, their value proposition , and their weaknesses. Please put data in a tabular format.

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Nulab

APRIL 27, 2022

The company took a big risk and implemented a highly successful pivot strategy by disrupting the home entertainment industry. It feels like you’re giving up on your original vision and leaping into the great unknown. What is a pivot strategy? A pivot is a strategy to change the direction of your business.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 21, 2023

Product managers often work in cross-functional teams and bridge the gap between multiple departments. Product managers need to put themselves in the shoes of company executives, other team members, and of course end users so a strong affinity for empathy will go a long way. What qualities do you look for in a strong product team?

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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. Strategic Product Management Activities and Tips.

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The Secret PM Handbook

AUGUST 4, 2017

Create A Compelling Product Vision By Writing The (Amazon) Review First. Of course, a huge amount of our time and energy is taken up in the “solution” area – writing requirements, prioritizing, agile development, roadmaps, working with developers, and ensuring quality. What Should Product Teams Optimize?

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The Secret PM Handbook

AUGUST 4, 2017

Create A Compelling Product Vision By Writing The (Amazon) Review First. Of course, a huge amount of our time and energy is taken up in the “solution” area – writing requirements, prioritizing, agile development, roadmaps, working with developers, and ensuring quality. What Should Product Teams Optimize?

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 8, 2020

I work in the tech industry & manage a team of around 12 people with a range of product, delivery & engineering skills. As a leader in tech, I have a variety of responsibilities, but I see my main role as building, enabling & motivating teams to deliver great digital products. To my mind, these are the most important parts.

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The Product Manager Coach Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

Managing stakeholders is such an important skill to develop. It is about guiding your team and resources toward what truly matters for the product’s success and your company’s vision. Because when those requests and ideas sit on a list somewhere without taking any action whatsoever, bad things happen.

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Roman Pichler

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Listen to the audio version of this article: [link] 1 Complement Scrum with a Product Discovery and Strategy Process Scrum is a simple framework that helps teams develop successful products. Continue the discovery and strategy work while the product is being developed. But don’t stop there. But this is not enough.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

TL;DR Product managers often don’t get the due recognition for their work and their role is often marginalized by frustrated leadership or other teams. Without vision and looking ‘ahead’ it’s easy to get bogged down in ‘urgent’ low-impact tasks. Average ships per person in the team. How to upskill as a product manager.

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ProductPlan

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Effective product team communication is not about talking to your team more often or providing them with more granular tasks. You want to make sure your team understands why what they’re doing matters. Not just from you to your team, but from them to you, and to each other. What is this data telling us?

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Gainsight

JUNE 13, 2019

Probably the first word that comes to mind when you talk strategy in growing revenue through the channel is upsell. But not all of your partners are ready to tackle an upsell strategy. If your marketing team provides product collateral or sales techniques in your partner portal you can easily see which partners are most engaged.

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Ask Benny

JANUARY 25, 2020

If you are writing too many details and closing all loopholes, you get less motivated developers who do not exercise their creativity and you lose their perspectives. When working with a good team you actually want to Make yourself “Redundant”. It is very flattering to feel that the development team needs us for every small decision.

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Ask Benny

DECEMBER 31, 2019

If you are writing too many details and closing all loopholes, you get less motivated developers who do not exercise their creativity and you lose their perspectives. When working with a good team you actually want to Make yourself “Redundant”. It is very flattering to feel that the development team needs us for every small decision.

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UX Studio

APRIL 19, 2024

I’m far from saying bulk prompts are bad. Still, currently, prompting is the only way to express your creative vision. When photographers translate their abstract vision into a real-life studio environment, they talk about specifics: exposure, focal length, and light density. Highly functioning prompting can get difficult.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Community managers, sales teams, marketing managers, and more could provide much insight into a product's users. Without this first-hand knowledge and understanding of your product, you won't be able to develop or improve your product as much as possible. Spend time getting to know people from all sorts of teams.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 2, 2020

After 10 years, this internal tool supported thousands of daily internal users across countless teams, but nobody could explain exactly what the tool was providing. The system provided different functionality for different customers and the total scope was far greater than the internal team’s staffing capacity. What is the problem?

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Department of Product

OCTOBER 23, 2022

Product Principles – Examples for Product Managers Make decision making easier with inspiration from top product companies Product principles are used by product teams to help guide decision making. Principles can help guide both strategic decisions and tactical decisions.

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Ask Benny

JANUARY 25, 2020

In many organizations, the developers and testers ask us to write more and more details to make sure they understand everything and nothing gets wrong. We should also not forget that too many developers don’t read at all what we write, so it is better to make it short. Are we trusting our developers? It is a marathon.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 18, 2018

If you work in a product team or in a digital business, you’ve probably heard a lot about this topic, or might even have lost some sleeping nights due to the lack of it in your daily basis. I think that there is no doubt whether designers and product team should work together and if both of them are essential to achieving great results.

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Ask Benny

JANUARY 25, 2020

If you are writing too many details and closing all loopholes, you get less motivated developers who do not exercise their creativity and you lose their perspectives. When working with a good team you actually want to Make yourself “Redundant”. It is very flattering to feel that the development team needs us for every small decision.

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Ask Benny

DECEMBER 31, 2019

If you are writing too many details and closing all loopholes, you get less motivated developers who do not exercise their creativity and you lose their perspectives. When working with a good team you actually want to Make yourself “Redundant”. It is very flattering to feel that the development team needs us for every small decision.

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