Roman Pichler

MARCH 11, 2020

Unlike a line manager, you usually don’t manage the development team and stakeholders as the person in charge of the product, and the individuals don’t report to you. In order to overcome this challenge, build trust with the stakeholders and development team members. Leadership at Multiple Levels. No Transactional Power.

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Roman Pichler

MARCH 11, 2020

Unlike a line manager, you usually don’t manage the development team and stakeholders as the person in charge of the product, and the individuals don’t report to you. In order to overcome this challenge, build trust with the stakeholders and development team members. Leadership at Multiple Levels. No Transactional Power.

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Product Innovation Educators

AUGUST 1, 2022

How product managers can empower teams to create a winning product strategy. We hear a lot about strategy and that product managers need to create a product strategy. In practice, what does that mean and how does a product strategy help you be more successful? 2:31] What is strategy?

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The Product Guy

AUGUST 1, 2017

Indeed the role of a product leader is different to that of a product manager. A product leader not only has to manage products but also to guide and direct the overall product strategy and team, and ensure that products are delivered to market. Organize a product meeting. Resource management.

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Roman Pichler

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

A development team does a good job if the following three conditions are fulfilled: First, the group reliably meets the agreed sprint goals and delivers product increments that offer a great user experience and exhibit the desired software quality. This can make it challenging to help a development team improve.

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The Product Guy

APRIL 4, 2017

In a recent live stream from one of our mentors of The Product Mentor , Chris Butler, lead a conversation around “Business Development vs. Product Management”. We are always looking for more product mentors from all around the world. About The Product Mentor. Signup to be a Mentor Today! View the live stream….

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The Product Guy

MAY 15, 2017

In a recent live stream from one of our mentors of The Product Mentor , Dustin Levy, lead a conversation around “Product Strategies for Non-Strategists”. We are always looking for more product mentors from all around the world. About The Product Mentor. Vikas started his career as software developer with Siemens.

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Roman Pichler

JULY 8, 2024

Keep the other groups in Figure 1 informed about changes in the product strategy and product roadmap , for example, by inviting subjects to bigger review/demo sessions and having one-on-ones with context setters. A better way is to co-create the product strategy and roadmap with the key stakeholders.

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Roman Pichler

JANUARY 11, 2022

For the first two quarters, the area is strategy; for the last two, it is leadership. The first goal is about creating a new strategy, the second one talks about the product life cycle model, the third one covers decision-making, and the last one addresses active listening. Figure 2: A Product Mmgt Skills Model.

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Roman Pichler

JULY 6, 2021

Consequently, your focus shifts from managing a product to looking after the product people on your team and empowering them to do a great job. This will allow them to take full ownership of and responsibility for their products, and it will increase their motivation, productivity, and job satisfaction.

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Roman Pichler

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Empowering development teams starts with taking a sincere interest in the individuals, attentively listening to their ideas and concerns, and empathising with them. In the worst case, empowerment is seen as a trick to make development teams do more work and blame them if things don’t go to plan. Show People that You Care.

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Roman Pichler

MARCH 9, 2022

An inspiring vision creates a meaningful purpose for everyone involved in making the product a success including the stakeholders and development team members. It also allows you, as the person in charge of the product, to understand if dedicating your time and energy to the offering is worthwhile and sustainable.

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Roman Pichler

JULY 5, 2022

Depending on the size and org structure of your company, the role might also be referred to as Chief Product Officer, VP Product, or Director of Product Management. [1]. The responsibilities I share below are based on my work with product leaders and product practitioners. Develop the individuals on the team.

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Roman Pichler

APRIL 4, 2023

Depending on the company size and org structure, the role might also be referred to as Director of Product Management, VP Product, and Chief Product Officer. Working as a head of product includes the following three duties, as I discuss in more detail in the article What Should a Head of Product Do?

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Roman Pichler

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

To effectively staff the product team, I recommend including the people shown in Figure 1. [1] 1] Figure 1: The Product Team Members Let’s look at the product team members in Figure 1 in more detail starting with the person in charge of the product. Second, the team members should determine the goals together.

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Mind the Product

APRIL 6, 2020

Without it, product teams become feature teams focused on outputs and not outcomes. We started working with the product teams on how each tool – product strategy, OKRs, and roadmaps – should be used so that we could merge them together. What aligned roadmaps and OKRs together was the product strategy.

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The Product Guy

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

In product development, decisions might not have immediate consequences, but their impact will unfold over time. For example, a cost-saving measure in production today might cause quality issues down the road. However, product leadership often requires both a systemic view and strong individual agency to drive change.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

As a result, I’ve come to value 5 different aspects of product leadership. Aspects which are more on the human skills end of the spectrum and vastly different from being a Product Manager. Shift #1: A leader of leaders The two top things I’ve head people reply to the question “how do I move into Product Leadership?”

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Roman Pichler

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Product success is not something you can achieve on your own as a product manager or Scrum product owner. Instead, you rely on the contributions and the support of the key stakeholders , the development team members, and possibly other product people who help you manage a large product.

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Melissa Perri

JULY 23, 2024

At all of them, I start understanding the current state of Product Management. I then do various interviews with executives all the way to Product Management team members and surrounding functions. I review strategies and roadmaps. This is one of the biggest issues I see when helping Product Management organizations.

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The Product Guy

SEPTEMBER 24, 2016

Short Term Gig: Product Requirements Analysis @ Reliant Solutions (New York City) Keywords: Freelance, Product Management, Short Term Gig [link]. Senior Vice President, Product Development @ Research Now (United States) Keywords: Leadership, Product Development, Product Management, Product Strategy [link].

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Roman Pichler

MAY 4, 2022

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

APRIL 3, 2018

Business Strategy vs. Product Strategy. A business strategy describes how a company wants to achieve its overall aspiration and create value for its users, employees, and shareholders. Note that there is no perfect business strategy—just like there is no perfect product strategy. How will you win?

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Product Innovation Educators

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

The discussion focuses on the challenges and strategies involved in expanding from a single product to multiple products. Introduction Your organization’s survival depends on its ability to successfully expand from a single product to multiple products.

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Roman Pichler

AUGUST 11, 2020

This article assumes that you are familiar with the product vision board or the key elements of a product strategy : market, value proposition, standout features, and business goals. Solution : Successful products are not built by agreeing on the smallest common denominator or trying to please powerful stakeholders.

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Product Innovation Educators

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Summary of some concepts discussed for product managers [4:07] What are the characteristics of a good product team that is able to create great products for customers? Great product teams all understand the customer. Great products teams are not just focused on the how; they also understand the what and the why.

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The Product Guy

DECEMBER 15, 2019

Jenna Gaudio is the Vice President of Product Management at Vydia, the award-winning tech company empowering content creators and their teams. In this role, Gaudio drives the strategy behind roadmap management, agile product development, and cross-functional communication. The Best Product Visionary. Drew Falkman.

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Mind the Product

DECEMBER 18, 2019

So, it was natural that we should want to develop a talent growth plan for our people. Each month we send out an NPS survey to assess whether the company is being a great place to work, but a few months ago I also sent Google’s manager feedback survey to my team of 10 product managers. Team execution and development.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

Leadership without authority is product management 101. You must master it to succeed, in most cases with developers. But as a product executive, you must take it to the next level — and this time use it with the entire management team. One of the things I say about it is that strategy starts with the goals.

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Product Innovation Educators

MAY 1, 2023

Using product ops to standardize product management processes Today we are talking about product ops—what it is, if you need it, and how to get started. He is an author, speaker, and product coach. His market and technical savvy allowed his career to develop from Product Manager to Chief Marketing Officer. 

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

There’s no separate ‘product strategy’ from company strategy?—?strategy strategy needs to be cross-departmental. Using the ‘Kernel’ from Richard Rumelt’s ‘Good Strategy/Bad Strategy’, specifically insights and developing a guiding policy allows you to enable your team and avoid micro-managing.

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Melissa Perri

OCTOBER 31, 2019

At the end of this, the candidate put together something that looked like the following: When I saw this, I immediately told the CEO, “this is not your VP of Product.” You need this person to not just prioritize, but make a product strategy. these are techniques I would expect a new Product Manager to use.

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Roman Pichler

JULY 20, 2016

To help you develop your agile product roadmap, I have created a goal-oriented roadmap template called the GO Product Roadmap. You can download the template for free from romanpichler.com/tools, and you can find more information on how to use it in my post The GO Product Roadmap. 2 Do the Necessary Prep Work.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

The Eight Core Elements of a Winning Product Strategy “The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do.”?—?Michael After what seemed like months of work, our product was emerging from stealth mode. The leadership team finally agreed on the vision. No choices = no product strategy. Choice made.

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Roman Pichler

JUNE 1, 2020

A handy stakeholder analysis tool is the power-interest grid developed by Ackermann and Eden. As its name suggests, the grid analyses the stakeholders by taking into account their power and interest; it assumes that people take a low or high interest in your product and have low or high power.

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Roman Pichler

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Goals in Product Management. As I explain in my book How to Lead in Product Management , setting the right goals is crucial to align stakeholders and development teams and to achieve product success. Does this mean that there is a natural fit between goals in product management and OKRs? Should you now use OKRs?

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Userpilot

AUGUST 8, 2024

Crafting a winning product strategy is crucial for SaaS success, and finding the right product strategy example can provide all the inspiration you need. This article provides concrete examples of different product strategies employed by SaaS companies.

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