The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 5, 2020

It’s Product Roadmap Building Time Again! The end of 2020 is nearing and it’s product roadmap building time again?—?at To make that process as worthwhile as possible, adhering to the following seven product roadmap first principles has proven beneficial in my experience. The classic quote from Lewis Carroll works here, too.)

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Product Management University

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Version 1 Products Need a Vision and Strategic Roadmap The easiest way to avoid the version 1 product dilemma is to describe what the product will ultimately help customers accomplish, why that outcome is valuable, and in pecking order, the biggest obstacles standing in the way of that outcome. It’s part of the job.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 14, 2020

It’ll describe some points divided as follows: Setting the product vision Getting people onboard (stakeholder management) to make it happen How to talk with other areas to get to this vision Why is setting a Product Vision important? Alice Product Manager”- Without Product Vision, any direction will be taken.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

AUGUST 20, 2020

Product Vision or Product Vision Statement is the long-term goal for a product includes the long-term mission and the motivation behind its creation, along with why it’s important. Product visions, ultimately, serve as the guideposts for the development of the products. What is a Product Vision?

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Roman Pichler

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

This individual leads the product team, not by being the boss but by exercising emergent leadership. The vision describes the ultimate purpose for creating the product and the positive change it should bring about. To effectively staff the product team, I recommend including the people shown in Figure 1. [1] Let’s take a look at them.

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Product Culture

JULY 6, 2022

When working on vision with stakeholders, I like the Cover Story exercise, which I outlined last week. A great exercise to follow the Cover Story is the Back-Plan. the future that will result from the roadmap) and then works gradually backward to the present. Subscribe to my weekly Nano-letter: Sign Up. First Name.

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The Product Guy

OCTOBER 1, 2018

You have to work with different stakeholders to define the product vision and strategy, define the set of features that the product will have and figure out a rollout plan. Define Product Vision and Strategy. I recommend you also add to this board the product vision as suggested by Roman Pitchler’s Product Vision Board.

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 1, 2020

On this episode of Intercom on Product myself and Paul Adams, our SVP of Product, take a look at roadmapping. Knowing how and when to define a roadmap, who to include and how long to plan for are key elements to finding the balanced approach that you need. As you grow functions, the audience for your roadmap widens.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 15, 2019

3 Different Types of Roadmaps Every PM Needs to Master Roadmapping is not easy. Every company demands different types of Roadmaps, and every PM has their own flavour. Here is a step by step process to create roadmaps so you can influence anyone in your company like a true Jedi. So what is Product Roadmap?

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 1, 2020

On this episode of Intercom on Product myself and Paul Adams, our SVP of Product, take a look at roadmapping. Knowing how and when to define a roadmap, who to include and how long to plan for are key elements to finding the balanced approach that you need. As you grow functions, the audience for your roadmap widens.

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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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Folding Burritos

DECEMBER 4, 2019

I believe the main culprits are Mr. Roadmap and Mr. Backlog. Culprit #1: Mr. Roadmap. How should we balance technical debt vs our feature roadmap? Is this thing you’re asking with our mission, vision, value proposition? Why is that? Chock-full of Themes, Epics, Releases and Features. Progress bars and Milestones. .

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ProductPlan

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

We’ve all got exercise equipment, cooking gadgets, or crafting supplies lying in corners and closets collecting dust and good intentions. Understanding the benefits of roadmap metrics can help align your product team. Understanding the benefits of roadmap metrics can help align your product team.

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UX Planet

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

And that’s the ability to create extraordinary product visions that are forward thinking, innovative, and can solve your users’ biggest problems. And because of this it will be almost impossible to move up into leadership roles that require demonstrated experience developing powerful visions. Embrace it.

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The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 23, 2018

I want to address such topics here and show how product roadmaps can help the team collaboratively gather the pieces of work and have a view of long term desired outcomes that afterwards are going to be broken down into sprints, not the other way round. It shows a long term planning for the specific product.

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Product Talk

DECEMBER 6, 2023

How does an opportunity solution tree connect to a product roadmap? How does an opportunity solution tree connect with a product vision? I could try to shoehorn these desires into needs—I need something to fill my time, I need nutrients, and I need to exercise. What other questions do you have about opportunity solution trees?

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airfocus

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Creating a roadmap is really an exercise in information design; it requires the deliberate use of visual elements in conjunction with copy to help your vision become an actionable plan. Let’s take a look at some design tips to get you on your way.

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ProductPlan

MARCH 5, 2021

There’s still no real replacement for real-time, dynamic discussions and exercises to foster stakeholder alignment. Drive Alignment with Stakeholders Remote Collaboration Exercises. One of Berner’s favorite exercises to ensure everyone agrees on what they’re trying to do (and not do) is defining Goals and Anti-Goals.

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Bain Public

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

As a product manager, you must have the ability to create a business-viable product vision. Not only that, but this vision needs to drive and influence others to execute and deliver the components needed to build out that vision and make it a reality. But how do you get there?

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ProductPlan

JULY 23, 2019

Product managers wear many hats, but one of the most uncomfortable ones they’re forced to occasionally don is that of the product vision “Gatekeeper.” The harder part is shooting things down that aren’t bad at face value, but don’t match up with the strategy, vision, and timeline of the overall product.

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ProductPlan

JULY 3, 2019

Creating a product roadmap containing both sets of plans might result in a document that’s super specific on the left while being fuzzy and amorphous on the right, which might be confusing to some viewers. Why you need a roadmap for short-term plans and a roadmap for long-term plans. Short-term roadmaps may not be guaranteed.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

These 8 dimensions will be pillars of driving the vision and business outcomes right after the launch. The important point is before jumping to create the strategy, I suggested spending a good time on a small exercise of understanding the Buyer persona to understand the buyer thinking, business goals, channels, influencers, approach etc.

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Roman Pichler

MAY 5, 2020

Referring to people as product owners who do not manage a product and do not exercise the right ownership is wrong in my mind: It creates confusion and it sets wrong expectations: Someone who owns a product part cannot take on the responsibility of maximising the product’s value and achieving product success.

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ProductPlan

MAY 11, 2021

Not every product manager is lucky enough to work with a purpose-built roadmapping tool. But those that do seldom return to their old methods of managing the product roadmap. The great benefits outweigh other roadmapping options such as spreadsheets and presentations. Finding a new roadmapping tool that is easy to maintain. “It

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Alchemer Mobile

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Prioritization is mostly a rational exercise. I love the quote, ‘Be stubborn on vision, but flexible on details.’ Start with a clear vision of what you want your mobile customer experience to be, and make sure you gather feedback and measure how you’re doing. Be flexible about adjusting your roadmap as you learn.

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Sachin Rekhi

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

I instead define a product manager as driving the vision, strategy, design, and execution of their product. Vision: Vision Narrative. Most product managers realize that defining a compelling vision for their product is a core responsibility of their role. Vision: Product Walkthrough.

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Bain Public

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Pillars intend to provide context and a framework for product roadmap planning and decision-making , which also helps product managers thoroughly consider and evaluate the initiative, pushing them to be more research and data driven. Last year, our team at Bain Public had the opportunity to work as an exclusive Product Advisor for TrackTik.

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ProductPlan

APRIL 29, 2020

Our job entails creating product roadmaps based on what’s doable and gives the product the most bang for its buck. But how can we be sure we’re making the right calls and roadmapping what matters most? In order to roadmap what matters, it means limiting what gets attention and energy. That’s what they pay us for. Just say no.

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Sequent Learning

JULY 25, 2019

Start With A Vision. Successful products begin life with a spark of inspiration and a vision. Vision is, considered a non-negotiable for a CEO, and is often non-negotiable for a product manager. One reason is that not all product managers have the innate sense of a vision for the product.

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ProductPlan

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Are your roadmapping habits holding you back? Clear’s advice proves useful for product managers to implement his philosophy into their own atomic roadmapping habits. And for product managers, it’s important to develop your own atomic roadmapping habits. . External factors affecting our atomic roadmapping habits.

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Product Bookshelf

APRIL 15, 2024

Martin Good Strategy, Bad Strategy by Richard Rumels Product strategy is a set of choices informed by product vision and company objectives. ” is rivaled only by “What is a roadmap?” Common themes in product strategy Product strategy writing illustrates that strategy is the link between vision and roadmaps / plans.

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Product Talk

APRIL 17, 2024

You have this grand vision. Teresa: One of the things I think I’ve written in the past is if your backlog or your roadmap or your idea log—whatever you’re going to call it—isn’t changing based on what you’re learning in discovery , there’s a disconnect there. What’s the vision? Do some tech debt.’

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ProductPlan

MARCH 17, 2020

A strategic product manager (PM) is responsible for shaping and sharing a strategic vision for a product, and yet—oddly enough—finding time for strategic activities can be a very real challenge. How can you take responsibility for the vision and shape the future of your product when you don’t control strategy at the corporate level?”.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 3, 2018

A solid Product Roadmap will help you efficiently and systematically achieve the necessary steps to a successful Product Launch. If you had to use 1 word to sum up what PMs do, most PMs I know would likely pick “Product Roadmap”. This is the big ‘vision’ question, aka boiled down to “Why are we doing this?”

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Product Culture

DECEMBER 15, 2021

There are numerous ways to come up with a product vision. Hopes and Fears is a simple exercise where each individual writes their hopes for the product’s future on one color of Post-it note or index card and then writes their fears on another color. See Chapter 8: Achieving Alignment and Buy-in, in my book, Product Roadmaps Relaunched.

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Roman Pichler

MAY 8, 2018

While I’d like to encourage you to involve development team members and key stakeholders in the visioning, strategising, and roadmapping work, you should lead these activities with the aim to maximise the value your product creates.

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Roadmunk

AUGUST 3, 2017

A roadmap should—and this is going to sound banal—be pretty. Roadmaps are communication tools. We’ve said before that a roadmap isn’t just for you. Projecting an ugly, hard-to-read roadmap onto a boardroom wall will obscure your strategy, muddle your objective to achieve buy-in and bottleneck your execution.

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