The Product Guy

APRIL 4, 2017

He grows revenue and adoption, and ensures product by turning business problems into profitable, simple, easy-to-use solutions Jordan works closely with his market, executives, and internal subject matter experts to develop roadmaps, and communicate these roadmaps internally and with clients.

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Valerian Tech

DECEMBER 30, 2022

The role of a Fractional Chief Technology Officer (CTO) is to provide technical expertise and leadership to a company on a part-time or temporary basis. This can be a useful option for startups or small businesses that may not have the resources to hire a full-time CTO or may not need one on a permanent basis.

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The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

He grows revenue and adoption, and ensures product by turning business problems into profitable, simple, easy-to-use solutions Jordan works closely with his market, executives, and internal subject matter experts to develop roadmaps, and communicate these roadmaps internally and with clients.

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The Product Guy

MAY 15, 2017

He grows revenue and adoption, and ensures product by turning business problems into profitable, simple, easy-to-use solutions Jordan works closely with his market, executives, and internal subject matter experts to develop roadmaps, and communicate these roadmaps internally and with clients.

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Product Talk

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Describing how things worked at this stage, Claire says, “We were facing the classic roadmaps decided by the founders, ‘fights’ to push users’ voices in the decisions, and some frustrations of projects that we worked on for several weeks but never ended up going live because of ‘bad’ prioritizations or just opinion changes.”

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Amplitude

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

I remember when a CTO asked me for a more detailed, solution-oriented roadmap. He has a super clear vision. Why did I resist this ask from the CTO? The “solid roadmap”. Pitching a new product vision to aid in fundraising. Let me explain what I mean with an example. I resisted. He asked repeatedly.

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Arkenea

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

But, it’s usually challenging to assess what’s the right way to go about it – how much of iteration should be that from user feedback versus founder’s vision for the product? However, I don’t necessarily agree with the idea that its user feedback “versus” the founder’s vision.

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The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

He grows revenue and adoption, and ensures product by turning business problems into profitable, simple, easy-to-use solutions Jordan works closely with his market, executives, and internal subject matter experts to develop roadmaps, and communicate these roadmaps internally and with clients.

Analytic Tools 150

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 31, 2017

He grows revenue and adoption, and ensures product by turning business problems into profitable, simple, easy-to-use solutions Jordan works closely with his market, executives, and internal subject matter experts to develop roadmaps, and communicate these roadmaps internally and with clients.

Analytic Tools 150

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The Product Guy

JANUARY 27, 2017

He grows revenue and adoption, and ensures product by turning business problems into profitable, simple, easy-to-use solutions Jordan works closely with his market, executives, and internal subject matter experts to develop roadmaps, and communicate these roadmaps internally and with clients.

Analytic Tools 150

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The Product Guy

MARCH 2, 2017

He grows revenue and adoption, and ensures product by turning business problems into profitable, simple, easy-to-use solutions Jordan works closely with his market, executives, and internal subject matter experts to develop roadmaps, and communicate these roadmaps internally and with clients.

Analytic Tools 150

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ProductPlan

OCTOBER 10, 2019

As a product manager who now sits on the other side of the table as an executive, I’ve had lots of experience both presenting executive-facing roadmaps and receiving those presentations. I understand how much thought (and possibly anxiety) goes into these roadmap presentations. Mistakes I’ve Seen When Presenting Executive Roadmaps.

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Mind the Product

NOVEMBER 28, 2019

It means thinking about roadmapping , team structure, how you plan, all sorts of things in product that have a big impact on how the team interacts with measurement and analytics.” He puts pressure on himself to make sure he does a good job in demonstrating Amplitude’s vision for how product teams should operate. “I

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Arkenea

JULY 12, 2024

Michael Ciano, CTO with 20+ years of experience talks about building trust as a key for leveraging technology in healthcare, building a robust business architecture and building an organization culture that fosters innovation. How do you see the role of technology evolving in patient care over the next decade?

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svpg

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

In my prior article I discussed my favorite alternative to conventional product roadmaps. Q: What about outcome-based roadmaps? Outcome-based roadmaps refer to stating the outcome you are trying to achieve rather than the specific feature that may or may not deliver the necessary results. keeping the lights on" items)?

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Mind the Product

MAY 29, 2018

Prior to Benchmark, Sarah was a Partner at Greylock Partners, and a Product Lead for search, recommendations, machine vision, and pin quality at Pinterest. Todd Lombardo, Co-Author of Roadmaps Relaunched. He is the co-author of both Design Sprint (O’Reilly, 2015) and Product Roadmaps Relaunched (O’Reilly, 2017).

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Usersnap

JANUARY 12, 2022

In short, the CPO oversees all aspects of a product’s vision, design, and development. of a Chief Product Officer Obsession with the customer’s problem Business savvy Design focus Data-driven thinking Insatiable curiosity Technical fluency Vision How to Become a CPO? How Much Does a Chief Product Officer Earn?

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Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 13, 2019

No, I think the real reason is evident in this quote: OH (a former CTO of Autodesk): “I can walk through most buildings and tell you which version of AutoCad was used to design it. “. At a high level we have a cascading set of structures that we use to define what we want to achieve at a company level (mission, vision, strategy, programs).

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ProductPlan

JANUARY 21, 2020

So along with the CTO, I made a decision – we’d declare backlog bankruptcy. My approach isn’t for everyone, especially for organizations that need to have more certainty about their product roadmap more than a few months out. We plan the stories a few sprints ahead, guided by the epics and themes on the product roadmap.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 14, 2018

Having product vision paired with development expertise is a rare combo, and product managers should make it their job to work as closely as possible with these individuals. At an early stage startup this may be the co-founder/CTO. At mid to later stage, this is more likely a Senior Engineer.

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UX Planet

MARCH 2, 2024

My hope is that this will provide you with moral support on your uncertain journey and serve as another data point to empower your vision. This was praise and a comment that I heard from our Digital Business CTO. Lastly, believe in the vision and invest yourself.

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ProductPlan

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

At the time, he says the company’s co-founder and CTO personally reviewed almost every product decision. As Lynch recalls, the CTO was busy, but the review process seemed to work well while the team was still small. However, as the team grew, it became difficult for anyone to get time with the CTO. Your team is changing.

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ProductPlan

JUNE 22, 2023

With this approach, the roadmap is not dictated from a central authority. The takeaway Keeping the rest of the organization abreast of these evolutionary changes in the roadmap is no trivial task. The takeaway Keeping the rest of the organization abreast of these evolutionary changes in the roadmap is no trivial task.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Please note: The list may become less applicable with an increase in the size of the organization in question.): (Product) vision and strategy are neither transparent nor regularly communicated. Roadmaps with fixed release dates are provided for quarters in advance by the management.

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Modus Create

DECEMBER 16, 2021

There is something special about a team rallying around a vision and creating a product that users love. . Communicating the impact of technical debt in business terms makes it visible, which helps stakeholders prioritize issues on the product roadmap. . Align Technology & Product Roadmaps. And that’s on a good day.

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svpg

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

This is very common in large companies, and in this model, the product manager is really a project manager and roadmap administrator. The results of Alex’s experiments and early successes gave Alex the confidence to propose to the BBC leadership a new product vision and strategy which she called “BBC Out Of Home.”

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Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 15, 2018

Leaders are people who provide a compelling vision for people to follow and believe in, and take responsibility for what happens next. I got my first real leadership opportunity about five years into my career when one of the teams I was on was struggling with the product roadmap. That project led to my first cross-functional team.

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Mind the Product

JANUARY 12, 2017

If you feel the product does not fit your personal vision, make it fit. Pursuing a personal vision will increase your conviction and decision-making effectiveness, and inspire others through your example. You will be in a much better position to explain to your CTO why you absolutely need those four weeks of backend refactoring.

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Mironov Consulting

JANUARY 17, 2019

A not-yet-generating-repeatable-revenue company of 6 people might have one architect/CTO, one designer, three other developers, and a CEO. So we know that the CEO is time-slicing to cover investor pitches and office space and recruiting and benefits and legal and setting product direction and stocking the kitchen with snacks.

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Lenny Rachitsky

JUNE 23, 2024

Imagine your product roadmap like climbing a mountain range, with your current solution being a local peak. Put your ego aside, embrace curiosity, and collaborate to broaden your perspective and information set.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 9, 2018

When the biggest problem Product Managers face is setting roadmap priorities based on market feedback, it’s symptomatic of the underlying practices and tools. By sharing decision rights with your CTO you may find yourself making plans based on more realistic effort estimates and a collaborative vision set with both the Why and How.

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ProductPlan

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

For product managers to succeed, they need a clear, well-defined vision for the product and goals to aim for. Executives that are not strategic enough utilize the ‘we’re agile’ buzzword to make up an excuse for the absence of a Vision, Mission, and Strategy.”. We’re obviously big fans of product roadmapping tools.

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BrainMates

JULY 3, 2018

They are responsible for all product activities within an organisation, creating the overall product strategy to achieve the corporate vision and goals set by the CEO and board members. Sometimes, the CPO or VP of Product also plays the role of CTO, overseeing Engineering , in addition to product and design. Product Manager.

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ProductPlan

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Seeing the big-picture vision and possessing versatility enables product managers to impact, even when the spotlight falls on others instead. Some view Product as an equal peer to Marketing, Sales, and Engineering, while others tuck it away under a VP of Product Marketing or a CTO.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

JANUARY 18, 2022

Using this data, APMs can help influence the product development roadmap, if need be. From there, PMs must develop product vision and strategy to help achieve the company's goals. Together, they collaborate to drive development goals and actualize the product vision. The average product manager salary is around $112,000/year.

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Business of Software Conference

MARCH 8, 2021

Join us for an interactive online Q&A on 11th March 2021 with Bruce McCarthy (Founder of Product Culture and Author of Product Roadmaps Relaunched ). “In Bruce’s latest best seller, Product Roadmapping Relaunched is one of our top recommended books for every product leader. Can I submit a question in advance?

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Bain Public

MAY 29, 2020

The right mentoring and coaching support facilitates a startup’s transformation and enables roadmap planning and execution, without straying from the ultimate vision and goal. They determine the vision and build a roadmap that will lead their team on a path to achieving goals. In fact, 83.9% Are you a product manager?

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