Userpilot

JANUARY 29, 2023

What is agile release planning? How can product managers leverage them to build successful products? TL;DR Agile release planning breaks the project scope into smaller chunks and prioritizes their delivery over a number of iterations. The next step involves reviewing the backlog to align it with the goals.

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Johanna Rothman

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Consider These Product “Owner” Teams Effective product owners need to collaborate with several kinds of teams: They work with “their” feature/product team, to write stories and create good backlogs for the near-term work. See the roadmap series. So the product owner works alone.

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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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Roman Pichler

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

What’s more, it’s not uncommon in my experience that product owners have to do their job without the support of a Scrum Master or agile coach. Staffing : Help find people who have the right skills and are motivated to work on the product and who can fill the roles. The same is true for setting product goals.

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Roman Pichler

MAY 11, 2021

The individual should carry out product discovery and strategy work in addition to taking care of the product backlog work. But the situation is different for product owners in the agile scaling framework SAFe. The framework uses its own product owner role, which is different from the one in Scrum.

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Roman Pichler

MAY 4, 2022

Scrum is a popular agile framework. This team consists of a product owner , a Scrum Master , and several developers, which are also known as development team. Forming such a team connects the person in charge of the product—the product owner—with the people who design, architect, program, test, and document the solution—the developers.

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Roman Pichler

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Based on this insight, I have come up with the product strategy cycle shown in the picture below. It’s a model of an iterative process that systematically links the product strategy with the product roadmap , the product backlog , the development work, and the key performance indicators (KPIs).

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Roman Pichler

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Consequently, a product manager and a Scrum product owner are leaders, too. They guide the stakeholders , development teams, and in the case of large products, other product people, to meet the agreed product goals , create the desired outcomes, and achieve product success, as Figure 1 shows.

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Roman Pichler

APRIL 5, 2022

For product strategy and roadmap meetings, I recommend involving the key stakeholders , for example, someone from sales, marketing, support, and finance, as well as development team representatives—ideally members who know about the user experience (UX), architecture, and technologies. Assess product strategy and adjust if necessary.

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Johanna Rothman

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

In How Product Goals Make it Easier to Create Sprint Goals and Reduce Feature Factories, Part 1 , I started responding to Tom's interview question. Here's the question again: “The product owner and dev team cannot decide on a sprint goal, even after hours of discussion. I'll return to that later.)

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 8, 2020

The following 58 Product Owner theses describe the PO role from a holistic product creation perspective. They cover the concept of the Product Owner role, product discovery, how to deal with external and internal stakeholders, product portfolio and product roadmap planning, and the Product Backlog refinement.

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Userpilot

JUNE 26, 2024

Here is how you can grow your career as a software product owner: Product owner intern : This level gives you foundational knowledge in Agile methodologies and product management principles. Product owner manager : This person leads a team of product owners, providing guidance, coaching, and performance management.

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Roman Pichler

MAY 11, 2021

The individual should carry out product discovery and strategy work in addition to taking care of the product backlog work. But the situation is different for product owners in the agile scaling framework SAFe. The framework uses its own product owner role, which is different from the one in Scrum.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 6, 2024

Trello is a handy tool for project managers and can be used to manage product development and cross-functional collaboration. Productboard is a great platform for customer-driven product development. Airfocus enables feature prioritization and roadmapping with ease. Book a demo now to get started. Trello dashboard.

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Userpilot

JUNE 19, 2024

Books : Learn about value-driven product ownership (The Professional Product Owner), navigate startup challenges (The Lean Startup), and master Scrum (Product Mastery). Webinars : Gain user insights (Userpilot Events), master user stories (Product School), and explore Agile methodologies (SAFe).

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ProductPlan

DECEMBER 20, 2018

To understand the problem with technical debt roadmaps, we’ll start with a quote from renowned philosopher, Homer Simpson. When you create a dedicated roadmap for technical debt, you are removing the the problem from your immediate sight. In this article, we’ll discuss why technical debt roadmaps don’t work.

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UX Planet

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Even if UX work seems fine at your organization, know that there are still some things to set a budget for, like improving the product’s creation process, or your customers’ and users’ experiences. Have you defined your short-term and long-term product goals? It also helps in saving on directionless development costs.

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Userpilot

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Impact mapping is a collaborative strategic planning technique used by product managers, product owners , and senior technical leadership, who work mostly in Agile software delivery. An impact map is a visual representation of the connections between the goals you want to achieve, the customers, and solutions.

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Userpilot

JUNE 17, 2024

Here is how you can grow your career as a software product owner: Product owner intern : This level gives you foundational knowledge in Agile methodologies and product management principles. Product owner manager : This person leads a team of product owners, providing guidance, coaching, and performance management.

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ProductPlan

JULY 16, 2021

The art of product leader communication relies on the concept of responsibility without authority. Product managers who follow this concept understand the responsibility to influence others to achieve the organization’s product goals. As product managers, we have the power to task others with responsibilities.

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Userpilot

JUNE 12, 2024

Here are five best practices for being a great software product owner: Define clear objectives : The responsibility of spearheading product goals is not easy. Therefore, one must clearly define goals for their teams to succeed. Therefore, one must clearly define goals for their teams to succeed.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 28, 2020

Structure of Product and Engineering Teams The Product team helps drive all the product related decisions, working in tandem with the Business and Engineering teams as well as understanding the needs of users in order to prioritize various product modules. Analysis of Share of Voice (how consumers perceive the product) 4.

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Mind the Product

APRIL 6, 2020

Product (and company) strategy is the backbone that guides product goal-setting and roadmap definition, although it’s sometimes overlooked or confused with having a vision. Without it, product teams become feature teams focused on outputs and not outcomes. It is the guiding principle for OKRs and roadmaps.

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Roman Pichler

JUNE 19, 2017

Additionally, you may want to ask the team to help refine product backlog items or update the product roadmap , for instance. [2]. Therefore, don’t turn it into a product backlog or roadmapping workshop. Similarly, if you require the help of the team to work on the product roadmap, then hold a separate workshop.

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Userpilot

JANUARY 6, 2023

A product roadmap consists of themes; themes consist of initiatives and initiatives of epics. Agile teams use story points to express velocity and burndown charts to track it. What does velocity mean in product management? It is a well-known instrument used in Agile delivery frameworks like Scrum. Source: Jira.

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Product analytics : Collect data from surveys, A/B testing , and custom events to gather insights on your product performance. Product operations : Optimize processes, tools, and data management to streamline product development. Want to take product management to the next level? Segmenting users with Userpilot.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 13, 2023

To choose the right matrix for your team, consider your development framework, the product’s development stage, the organization’s values, available time, and the number of stakeholders involved. Next, put them on the roadmap , considering feature interdependencies and timelines. Product vision.

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Userpilot

JULY 29, 2024

Story mapping helps visualize the user journey to create a product strategy roadmap. Userpilot enables product-led growth by helping you understand users’ needs and implement features that satisfy them. This product management framework usually involves the following stages: Understand. CIRCLES framework.

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Userpilot

JUNE 19, 2024

Agile, Scrum), and the type of software being developed. Here are five best practices for being a great software product owner: Define clear objectives : The responsibility of spearheading product goals is not easy. Therefore, one must clearly define goals for their teams to succeed.

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The Product HQ

JUNE 1, 2024

Credits: Roadmunk Spreadsheets are an integral aspect of a finance product manager’s day-to-day activities. For that reason, finance PMs must know about spreadsheet management to execute metrics and keep a record of their business objectives and financial goals. As we’ve seen in the last few years, product demand changes.

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ProductPlan

JANUARY 5, 2023

Moreover, they must maintain a consistent overall business strategy and set goals. While some of this rapid recalibration is healthy—and might be heavily influenced by the Agile onion impact on planning —executive teams, board members, and investors take little comfort in a zig-zagging product plan.

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Userpilot

JUNE 26, 2023

In the MoAR method, teams consider how well a feature helps achieve a product goal and the resources it requires. To decide which prioritization framework is right for you, consider important factors, like the product management stage and the time available to create the feature. Pros and Cons Quick, easy, and intuitive.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 14, 2024

Collaboration : PLD involves close collaboration between product managers , designers , marketers, and engineers, aligning design with product goals and technical feasibility. Using this information, you can create a customer-centric product that truly resonates with your target audience.

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CardBoard

AUGUST 31, 2023

It’s a tool for prioritizing work, tracking progress, and facilitating meaningful discussions about the product. In the world of Agile, it’s a key player in managing the product backlog effectively. The concept of user story mapping was popularized by Jeff Patton, a leading figure in Agile product management.

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BrainMates

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The Product Management profession itself is still relatively new. With no university degree course or global certification standards, most practitioners step into being a PM from areas like Engineering & Agile Operations. Even the little wins can give everyone a morale boost as they make progress towards your bigger product goals.

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The Product HQ

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Technical program manager (TPM) roles range from mid to senior-level positions that support organizations with their product goals. TPMs must communicate strategies, roadmaps, and program issues with all key stakeholders. This includes agile project management or the process of releasing features in shorter iterations.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Product managers, have you ever wondered what user story mapping is? User story mapping is a simple method for converting your vision of a product into a roadmap that allows broad team collaboration and enables your entire team to see the bigger picture, how everything connects, and how to plan the minimum viable product.

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