Roman Pichler

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Listen to the audio version of this article: [link] 1 Complement Scrum with a Product Discovery and Strategy Process Scrum is a simple framework that helps teams develop successful products. Continue the discovery and strategy work while the product is being developed. But don’t stop there.

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Roman Pichler

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Applying the criteria will significantly increase your chances of creating a realistic, actionable product roadmap that clearly describes the value your product should create and that aligns stakeholders and development team members. Goal Outcome-based : Clearly state why it is worthwhile to progress the product.

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Roman Pichler

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Additionally, the person in charge of the product must have the necessary expertise. Finally, the individual must be empowered to decide if no agreement can be reached within the product team. The development team representatives are members of one or more cross-functional development teams. Let’s take a look at them.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 24, 2021

Due to the growing tendency of backing technology businesses, a software startup could raise millions of dollars of funding in their earliest stages of development. A typical product development process would follow the Waterfall principles, taking quarters, and even a year to release a product to the market.

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Roman Pichler

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Staffing : Help find people who have the right skills and are motivated to work on the product and who can fill the roles. For example, I’ve seen organisations where the Scrum Masters work with HR and the development teams to recruit new team members. The individual is not a product backlog manager or a user story writer.

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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

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

But without clear priorities, the development team lacks direction, and there is only a slim chance of creating a successful product. A common root cause of not being able to prioritise a product backlog is a lack of understanding of who the users of the product are and what specific value it should create for them.

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Roman Pichler

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

To ensure everybody is clear on how the tool suite will develop over the coming years and the outcomes it should achieve, you create the portfolio roadmap shown in Figure 1. [3] The product teams hence have to figure out what their specific contributions will have to be. Who is then responsible for developing and updating the roadmap?

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Roman Pichler

MAY 11, 2021

The framework uses its own product owner role, which is different from the one in Scrum. The SAFe product owner is tactical in nature and focuses on working on the product backlog and guiding the development teams. The strategic work is taken on by another role, the SAFe product manager.

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Setting smart product goals is a vital skill for any sensible SaaS owner or product manager to get right. In this article, we’re going to explore what makes an effective product goal, the difference between goals and product initiatives, how to set them and make them work with your product backlog, and more.

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Roman Pichler

APRIL 15, 2024

Below is an example of how such a product roadmap might be captured and the elements it might contain. Figure 1: The GO Product Roadmap Figure 1 shows a specific goal-oriented roadmap template I developed, the GO Product Roadmap. The fourth row lists the product’s features. and Android 14.0.

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Roman Pichler

JANUARY 12, 2021

John mentions the upcoming product release and says, “You really must add the enhanced reporting feature. You know, though, that it is impossible to add the feature to the development effort. The development team is struggling to implement the agreed features, and, as you know, we can’t push out the date.” Be kind and firm.

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Roman Pichler

JUNE 10, 2024

Instead of determining features, you first and foremost consider the specific value the product should create—the outcomes it should achieve. These might include acquiring new users, reducing churn, increasing engagement, improving conversion, and reducing development time and cost by removing technical debt. Think why , not what.

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Roman Pichler

JUNE 7, 2021

Be Clear on When to Involve the Stakeholders and Development Teams. Complex and high-impact decisions, however, are best made together with the stakeholders and development teams. Additionally, include the development team members in product backlog decisions , and always choose sprint goals together.

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Roman Pichler

AUGUST 17, 2021

Ideally, a product vision is collectively owned by the person in charge of a product, the key stakeholders, and the development team(s). A great way to foster joint ownership is to develop the product vision together, as I describe in the section “How do I Create an Inspiring Product Vision?”

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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

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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Roman Pichler

DECEMBER 4, 2018

As the person in charge of the product, you may not be terribly concerned about how clean and well-structured the code is. The messier the code and the less modular the architecture is, the longer it takes and the more expensive it is to change your product. Technical Debt and Your Product.

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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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UX Studio: Product Management

MARCH 19, 2021

How can one decide which feature prioritization method to use depending on the current stage of a product life cycle? At the end of the day the ultimate goal of product development is to decide what features to spend time on, in what order – and what to exile to the uncharted shores of the backlog. Development.

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Roman Pichler

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

As their name suggests, these roadmaps focus on product goals or outcomes such as acquiring customers , increasing engagement , and future-proofing the product by removing technical debt. The goals state the specific value a product is likely to create and therefore communicate why it is worthwhile to progress it.

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Product Talk

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

When they read Continuous Discovery Habits , Tali says she found the methods both inspiring and practical and she started by mapping opportunity solution trees: “It raised so many questions about the business goals and the product goals. It was a great experience,” says Tali.

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Userpilot

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Its goal is to eliminate ideas that aren’t feasible or aligned with your business goals. By screening your ideas before investing in their development, you reduce the risk of failure and can allocate resources to initiatives that satisfy customer needs and market demand. The idea screening process starts with idea generation.

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Userpilot

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Prototypes , including fake door tests , are effective product discovery tools for idea validation. Instead of trying to develop a complete product before the launch, get your MVP out as quickly as possible and improve it based on user input. Likewise, don’t try to develop a full-blown version of your features.

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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

JUNE 7, 2022

If this data is actioned, bad product decisions will be made. To achieve this, refer to the needs and business goals stated in the product strategy and the product goals on the product roadmap. Then ask yourself how you can tell that these goals have been met. 6 Data Worship. “In In God we trust.

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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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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?

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Deciding on those questions requires a collaborative partnership between analyst and product development team, instead of the more traditional stakeholder-resource relationship. Developing your key product metrics. As long as you’re asking the right questions, you’re going to get valuable insights that you can act upon.

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Mind the Product

JANUARY 20, 2017

Jason Fleitz is Director of Web Operations at LivePerson, where they develop products such as LiveEngage- a platform that gives companies the ability to engage with their customers anytime on web sites, mobile and social networks. This approach ultimately supports the team in achieving goals and milestones. Uncover Motivation.

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Roman Pichler

APRIL 1, 2020

For us product people, however, difficult emotions are particularily relevant. Here is why: We routinely interact with individuals who have different perspectives, interest, and needs, such as users, customers, stakeholders , development team members. This can lead to friction and conflict, which gives rise to difficult emotions.

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Roman Pichler

APRIL 1, 2020

For us product people, however, difficult emotions are particularily relevant. Here is why: We routinely interact with individuals who have different perspectives, interest, and needs, such as users, customers, stakeholders , development team members. This can lead to friction and conflict, which gives rise to difficult emotions.

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Mind the Product

MARCH 10, 2020

Using The Kano Model To Prioritize Product Development (blog). How to fix Your Product Goals for Better Human Outcomes (blog). Mastering the art of Prioritizing by Business Value (blog). Janice Fraser: Knitting at the Edge of new (blog). Plinkromatic (the stats game Tristan refers to). Question 2. Question 3 .

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 7, 2021

Step #1 Line up Your Product Goals To find Product-Market Fit ( PMF )— you need to define what the PMF condition looks like. Credit: Slidebean Financial Model 101 The financial milestones are broken down into Product Team Goals. Ask for your team's goals for the current and next quarter.

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Roman Pichler

JUNE 19, 2017

The Daily Scrum meeting, sometimes also referred to as stand-up meeting, wants to help the development team manage its work. In Scrum, the team collectively agrees to a sprint goal and is responsible for meeting it. Recognise that the meeting is not for you, but for the development team. Tip #1: Know what it’s all about.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

The Product Owner is also accountable for effective Product Backlog management, which includes: a) Developing and explicitly communicating the Product Goal; b) Creating and clearly communicating Product Backlog items; c) Ordering Product Backlog items; and, d) Ensuring that the Product Backlog is transparent, visible and understood.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

Melissa Perri’s Product Strategy Episode: [link] Melissa shares tips to recognize what a winning strategy looks like and gives practical tips on how to course-correct. She talks about how a lack of a comprehensive, well-communicated, and prioritized product strategy is a common problem for product teams.

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