Roman Pichler

APRIL 5, 2022

Be clear on the reason why the meeting is needed. For example, a product strategy workshop might have the objective to identify the key changes required to achieve product-market fit. Contrast this with a sprint review meeting , which might help you determine if users can easily sign up for the product.

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Roman Pichler

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Listen to the audio version of this article: [link] Leading as the Person in Charge of the Product When you hear the term leadership , you might first and foremost think of a senior manager like the head of product, Director of Product Management, VP of Product, or Chief Product Officer.[

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Product Management University

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Product marketing roadmaps aren’t a staple in most B2B organizations, but there are a host of reasons they should be. What is a Product Marketing Roadmap? The execution part of the product marketing roadmap consists of the action items and artifacts required to generate demand and support the sales process.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

.” — Jeff Bezos Ever question the value of a product development lifecycle? Why should I care about this lifecycle sh*t? roadmaps?” If you haven’t gathered from my past posts on product topics, I’ve worked with ‘interesting yet easily annoyed’ colleagues many times. Do you even know what a product lifecycle is?”

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 30, 2023

This was the third conversation we were having about the product, an app that served our own company along with external customers. We shifted from functional and feature budgeting to portfolio and product budgeting. We went away from detailed, long-term, feature-committed roadmaps. But it’s not like we shut the product down.

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Roman Pichler

OCTOBER 6, 2020

What is Product Discovery? Product discovery describes the activities required to determine if and why a product should be developed and offered. This increases the chances of creating a product that users actually want and need and achieving product success. What makes the product stand out?

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Roman Pichler

AUGUST 17, 2021

What is the Product Vision? The product vision describes the ultimate purpose of a product, the positive change it will bring about. Say I wanted to create a product that helps people become more aware of what and how much they eat. What Makes a Good Product Vision? Who Owns the Product Vision?

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Alchemer Mobile

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Product management is a challenging role, no matter what industry you work in. But with great challenges come great opportunities, and most product managers thrive on taking on new tasks and solving difficult problems. Product managers must live and breathe their product. The top challenges of product management.

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Johanna Rothman

APRIL 18, 2024

Do you have an overstuffed backlog the way Jenny did in Create More Success: How to Say No to “Everything” to Say Yes to What’s Necessary Now ? How can you prevent an overstuffed backlog, roadmap, or all those great ideas from interrupting your team from finishing its work? I offered “now” advice in that newsletter.

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Roman Pichler

AUGUST 16, 2022

Imagine that John is a sales rep and a key stakeholder who hardly ever attends the product strategy workshops you’ve invited him to. Instead, he requests product roadmap changes by talking directly to you. But act in an empathic way: Find out first what’s going on with John and try to understand why he missed the meetings.

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Roman Pichler

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The Product Backlog is Too Big. A few years ago, I was asked to help a healthcare company with their agile transition and its impact on product management. One of the challenges the agile transition team was concerned about was the choice of the right product backlog tool, which at first seemed odd to me.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 9, 2023

If you do things that are purposeful, you’ll eventually be successful.” — Howard Schultz Several years ago, I found myself in a heated discussion about product roadmaps with a client. .” — Howard Schultz Several years ago, I found myself in a heated discussion about product roadmaps with a client. Why not, indeed?

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Roman Pichler

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Before the advent of agile frameworks like Scrum , a product person—the product manager—would typically carry out the market research, compile a market requirements specification, create a business case, put together product roadmap, write a requirements specification, and then hand it off to a project manager.

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Intercom, Inc.

MARCH 10, 2021

“We wonder why teams expect the work to happen faster and faster and with tighter deadlines? And we wonder why teams expect the work to happen faster and faster and with tighter deadlines? Make your roadmap visible to everyone. Your roadmap is a hugely important material that should be accessible to everyone.

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Roman Pichler

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Before you order the roadmap items, double-check that you have a validated product strategy in place. You should be able to confidently say why users would want to use your product and why it is worthwhile for your company to invest in it. Instead, carry out the necessary product discovery and strategizing work.

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Userpilot

DECEMBER 13, 2023

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! Goals are the specific UX objectives the product aspires to achieve, for example, improving usability. Book the demo!

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Mironov Consulting

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

An essential role of CPOs and other product leaders that’s never listed in the job description is giving organizational 'air cover' to product managers to postpone almost all new requests — so that their teams can finish work already underway.    The PdM equivalent of mansplaining.

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Alchemer Mobile

MARCH 26, 2021

Typically, when brands claim this, it’s more of a marketing technique and less of an actual pillar in their product strategy. Most brands today may think they build products around their customers’ needs and feedback, but in reality, they only hear from less than one percent of their customer base. So, we won’t waste your time.

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Alchemer Mobile

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Improve customer adoption and onboarding with continuous feedback By Jasper Lipton, Alchemer Senior Product Marketing Manager, and Vanessa Bagnato, Alchemer Director of Product Marketing Successfully onboarding a new customer has long term impacts on your business, and can improve adoption, reduce churn, and increase revenue.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 8, 2024

Explore digital transformation strategies for enterprises Have you wondered why digital transformation strategies are a necessity? Think of digital transformation strategies as your roadmap to success in the digital age. The digital revolution is no longer a distant wave on the horizon, but a powerful tide reshaping every industry.

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Product Management University

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Product Marketing may be one of the most misunderstood and undervalued functions as evidenced by the fact that so many B2B organizations still don’t have it. If clearer differentiation and greater sales success are on your A-list, dispel these three product marketing myths and you’ll be on your way. Hardly product marketing!

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 26, 2023

It presents a unique opportunity for companies to create and capture new market demand by offering innovative products or services that address unmet customer needs. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne in their influential book “Blue Ocean Strategy,” this concept had always been an aspiration for me as a product person. Sounds like MVP?

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Setting smart product goals is a vital skill for any sensible SaaS owner or product manager to get right. In this article, we’re going to explore what makes an effective product goal, the difference between goals and product initiatives, how to set them and make them work with your product backlog, and more.

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Roman Pichler

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

As the person in charge of the product, you are likely to have many duties that compete for your time and attention. For example, the issues some users experience with the latest version of your product. They refer to our intentions and goals and describe why we say what we are saying. Give the other Person Your Full Attention.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 16, 2022

When creating your roadmap, you need to consider what’s important to the company (not just to the product) and what is the best way to make progress across these multiple needs. These are the exact questions you need to ask when creating your roadmap. In startups, it is actually the company roadmap.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Many startups with an ordinary product make the way to growth and scalability whereas others with great products fail to survive. Both product and product strategy should fall in place to make the startup sustainable and help them to grow. What and Why and the inspirational differences that product brings.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

Talk to any of the product managers, and one of the main problems they will share how difficult it is to create an achievable product roadmap. I have mentioned “achievable” in the title because, most of the time, the product team comes up with a roadmap only to realize that it’s not achievable.

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Alchemer Mobile

JULY 16, 2021

Retention rates are an indicator of whether or not your product or service is high-quality and valuable. ? Product teams: Customer retention matters to product managers because it’s generally directly related to their mobile app experience. Customer retention definition. Read: 2021 App Retention Benchmarks.

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Intercom, Inc.

MAY 19, 2020

As a product-led company, we have put great thought, time, and energy into how we organize our product teams. . After all, excellent design and engineering can only come from product teams that are empowered to solve hard problems and build great software. Lessons learned from scaling a product team.

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Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 4, 2019

Product managers have the onus to be deeply attentive listeners. We’ve got to keep a pulse on a diverse set of inputs, filtering signals amidst the noise, to build strategic direction and seemingly mid-flight, make calculated tradeoffs for the product roadmap. ” The value of sales and marketing input into your roadmap.

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Johanna Rothman

JUNE 7, 2022

As I said in Part 1 , teams use backlogs and roadmaps to know what's now and what's next. What do teams need to know about the product now to focus their work? ” That's why many people like time-based roadmaps. I'm not a fan of time-based roadmaps, but here's how they work to focus the team.

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The eternal debate: product manager vs. project manager. In this article, we’re going to unpack the day-to-day activities of a product and project manager, describe the key areas of overlap and differences between these distinct roles, and, most importantly, cover how they can work together effectively. using a Gantt chart, etc.),

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 16, 2022

While articulating trade-off decisions, always use a visual approach As Product Managers, we have to make trade-off decisions almost daily. While articulating trade-off decisions, always use a visual approach As Product Managers, we have to make trade-off decisions almost daily. This way it sets boundaries for discussion topics!

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Userpilot

OCTOBER 25, 2022

If you’re wondering what strategic product management is, you’ve come to the right place! 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! Are you ready to dig in?

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 25, 2021

Build models and test them with data Photo by CDC on Unsplash You can become a better product manager by adapting a scientific mindset. I’ve been a scientist for 13 years and a product manager for three and I think there is something to the connection. Let me start by explaining what I mean by science and products.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 24, 2020

Product Management in the Time of COVID Part II: Roadmapping Best Practices The second article in the series highlights how lean roadmapping helps product managers navigate change. That was the moment I realized everything about our company, our products, and the way we do business had already changed.

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ProductPlan

MAY 16, 2023

ProductPlan has consistently seen changes over the past 12 months, and our very own product roadmap has been a part of that journey. We’ve seen a little bit of everything, and the customer-facing roadmap has been critical during these changes. It’s almost ( almost ) as if the 2022 roadmap doesn’t exist.

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