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519: Product verification, most important of the 19 activities of product management – with Nishant Parikh

Product Innovation Educators

The core focus of these activities is on thorough market research, continuous customer engagement, and strategic product development. Building the Foundation for Product Vision This activity serves as a bridge between problem validation and product vision development.

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Here’s What You Missed at TPG Live: Beyond IC & Introducing Product

The Product Guy

Lead with Influence : Align teams, shape strategy, and drive organizational vision. Foster a Product-First Culture : Build collaboration, transparency, and a shared vision from day one. Aarti : Showcase measurable results like improved customer satisfaction and achieved business goals.

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521: Leadership Crossroads–What Every Product Manager Must Know Before Their Next Move – with Kimberly Bloomston, CPO

Product Innovation Educators

Beyond handling escalations, Kim found herself hosting customer development partner groups, speaking at industry events, and participating in strategic sales calls. The director role required a delicate balance between tactical execution and strategic planning. The VP role also brought new financial responsibilities and accountability.

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Storyboarding for Influence: How Product Managers Can Drive Alignment Without Authority

Productside

Everyones Pulling in a Different Direction When theres no shared vision, product, engineering, and business teams fill in the blanks differently. When people see the vision, they align faster. Her team is buried in tickets, and customer satisfaction is slipping. Heres why it works: It makes the abstract concrete.

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Priority Starts at the Top

Folding Burritos

Bugs can be valued in terms of quality outcomes like reducing support needs or improving user satisfaction. Is this thing you’re asking with our mission, vision, value proposition? Everything flows down from our Mission, Vision, Value proposition, and Strategy (which defines the Goals to pursue and how important they are). .

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My Product Strategy Model

Roman Pichler

There is no point in worrying about the product details and writing user stories if a sound product strategy is missing. And what’s their relationship to the product vision and the product backlog? The product vision describes the product’s purpose, the ultimate reason for creating it, and the positive change it should bring about.

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Product Strategy and Product Discovery

Roman Pichler

I like to think of a product strategy as a high-level plan that helps you realise your vision and achieve product success. Who are the users and, if appropriate, who are the customers? A handy tool to capture the product strategy is my Product Vision Board shown in Figure 2. 5] What is a Validated Product Strategy?