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Method to the Product Madness

The Product Guy

When I joined Wetu in 2014, I was the 7th employee, we had just over 100 companies using our software, we were exclusively available in Africa, and the product was already 5 years old. As the first and most senior PM, I recognized the need to clarify vision, formalize processes, and set a proactive agenda moving forward.

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The “Why” Behind Your Product Roadmap

bpma ProductHub

has a strategy tool that allows users to clearly define the vision; the “why” to your product roadmap. The Fundamentals – Objectives & Key Results, NikeT , Nov 27, 2014. The Basics of OKR, Henrik-Jan Van der Pol, June 12, 2014. You can learn more here: www.aha.io/product/features/strategy. product/features/strategy.

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Tips for Rewriting a Digital Product

Roman Pichler

Finally, capture your insights and describe the product’s current strategy: the people it serves, the value it creates for the users and business, and its key features, for instance, by using my Product Vision Board. Before you proceed, carefully investigate your board for any major risks and assumptions.

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Sustainable Pace in Product Management

Roman Pichler

Alternatively, you may want to consider breaking up your product, for example, by unbundling one or more features and launching them as a separate product like Facebook did with the Messenger app in 2014. Both options will reduce your workload and make it easier to achieve sustainable pace.

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Systems Thinking and its Relevance to Strategic Planning in UX Research

UX Planet

Systems Thinking can greatly strengthen UX strategy, especially in the following aspects: Holistic Vision of the User Ecosystem Mapping and analyzing the broader user ecosystem, including digital and physical channels, devices, interactions with other systems and services. This vision guides the strategic objectives.

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What we learned moving sales and product upmarket together

Intercom, Inc.

We created our first sales function in 2014 and in the busyness of building out the team, we had little time to reflect on how our experiences on the frontline of sales could add value to our product roadmap. How can salespeople give a voice to what’s happening in the market while respecting the long-term product vision ?

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Position Products Perfectly, Prototyping Properly: Product Management Alphabet Aerobics

The Product Coalition

The track gained renewed attention in 2014, when Daniel Radcliffe, performed the entire song flawlessly on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. link] In the original song the lyrics, every two lines move to the next letter of the alphabet. What, in my world, is a worthwhile Wow, Witness wonderful, worthwhile wonders now.