Roman Pichler

AUGUST 12, 2024

These require the relevant marketing, sales, support, legal, finance, and operations know-how—depending on the type of product and the company structure. You might talk to the sales rep, for example, and ask them about the viability of using existing sales channels or get their feedback on a draft product roadmap.

Weak Development Team 199

Weak Development Team Feedback Software Software Review Product Research 199

Roman Pichler

JUNE 4, 2018

That’s often the case in my experience for businesses in finance, media, travel, insurance, and other verticals that traditionally don’t have product management groups, and where product management is not represented at the executive level. Strategy and leadership skills are nice-to-have but not mandatory.

Product Manager 246

Product Manager Product Management Weak Development Team Management 246

Product Innovation Educators

MAY 22, 2023

How product mangers can improve collaboration in cross-functional teams Today we are talking with Maziar Adl, the co-founder and CTO of Gocious, an organization that creates product roadmap management software. 6:52] Did you find a gap in the roadmapping tools that were available before you started Gocious?

Feedback Software 254

Feedback Software User Testing User Friction Customer Experience 254

Mind the Product

OCTOBER 22, 2019

In Part 2 of our Product Leadership Forum recap, we take a look at yet more insights shared by a group of senior product leaders during #mtpcon 2019 (if you missed Part 1, take a look here). Legal, finance, marketing should all be included in the solution. Finance are the Gatekeepers to Product Culture.

Leadership 119

Leadership Customer Feedback Finance Reporting Tools 119

Product Innovation Educators

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Previously, Bruce joined us for a three-part series on creating and using product roadmaps. He is the co-author of the book Product Roadmaps Relaunched: How to Set Direction While Embracing Uncertainty. 7:13] How did you move from focusing on roadmaps to focusing on stakeholder management? The goal is alignment of the team.

Product Research 223

Product Research Workshop User Testing Management 223

Mind the Product

DECEMBER 13, 2018

She also spent three years as VP Product at HotelTonight and has held product leadership roles at Prezi, Snagajob, and Eclipsys. He is a published O’Reilly Media author with two titles: Design Sprint (2015) and Product Roadmaps Relaunched (2017). Product Leadership. Kenneth Chin, CPO Seek Asia.

Analytic Tools 190

Analytic Tools Workshop Data Visualization Government 190

Roman Pichler

JUNE 7, 2021

In practical terms, involve stakeholders and dev teams in decisions that affect the product strategy and the product roadmap —be it that you create the plans or that you make bigger changes to them. For a revenue-generating product, this might be someone from marketing, sales, support, and finance.

Weak Development Team 74

Weak Development Team Product Research Workshop Customer Experience 74

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.

Weak Development Team 290

Weak Development Team Product Manager Product Management User Testing 290

Product Management Unpacked

JULY 9, 2020

Pendo’s chief product officer shares his take on product management leadership. “If Pendo offers a platform of tools that allows product managers to make their products better —whether they are at the beginning of their product roadmap deciding what to build or want to validate the direction for how their product evolves.

Analytic Tools 185

Analytic Tools Reporting Tools Data Visualization Product Research 185

Mind the Product

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

We have to learn how to market and sell, and create a roadmap that can eventually be transitioned into an execution mode. A team may be tasked with increasing profit by 10%, and may be 95% certain of the roadmap to get there. In reality, no product falls cleanly into either category. The end result is a win for everyone.

Customer Experience 195

Customer Experience User Testing Customer Feedback Product Research 195

Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 29, 2019

For example, our Sales team is now able to give segmented customer feedback to our product leaders to influence our roadmap. For example, our leadership team might decide to focus our company strategy on targeting the segments with the best revenue retention. Understanding our most and least engaged customers at a granular level.

User Testing 184

User Testing Data Visualization Customer Experience Customer Feedback 184

Productside

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Thats why we conducted a survey of 200 product managers across industries like finance, healthcare, and tech to better understand the value of certification. Certification reflects dedication to growth, the ability to tackle complex challenges, and even readiness for leadership opportunities.

Certifications 156

Certifications Data Visualization Product Research Product Manager 156

The Product HQ

JUNE 1, 2024

Are you curious to learn the top finance product manager skills recruiters are looking for? Finance PMs occupy a unique position within the world of product management. Since finance PMs are responsible for a specific niche of products, recruiters who scout for them look for a particular set of skills in candidates.

Finance 52

Finance User Testing Data Visualization Analytic Tools 52

Product Innovation Educators

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Need to radically change a product experience – learn from Yahoo Finance rebellion. The product management team for Yahoo Finance spent the last 18 months conducting user research and learning how to improve Yahoo Finance. create a path to executive leadership. Watch the video above or at https://youtu.be/fnsrDIUWhTg.

Customer Feedback 121

Customer Feedback Customer Experience Wireless Finance 121

The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

This is where product roadmaps are nothing more than requests from top customers. This is where roadmaps are driven by technology innovation, led by engineering (of course). In this culture, roadmaps and key decisions are led by a few executives. 4) Align with executives and core product leadership. Engineering driven.

User Testing 158

User Testing Feedback Software Finance Roadmap 158

Product Management University

APRIL 12, 2021

Then align individual product roadmaps (features sets) to that portfolio strategy accordingly. Identify and execute action items required to establish stronger working relationships with engineering, marketing, sales, finance and customer success teams. Structure Your Product Organization for Value. Create Your To-Do List.

Product Manager 189

Product Manager Product Management Management Management 189

The Product Coalition

MARCH 11, 2020

NAVIGATING THE NATURAL TENSION AMONG STAKEHOLDERS This is the first in a series on product roadmaps. The first post describes why roadmaps matter and who relies upon them. The roadmap is much more than a directive document that tells teams what to do by when. Battleground The product roadmap. Can I make more money?

Roadmap 78

Roadmap Weak Development Team User Friction Document 78

The Product Coalition

AUGUST 17, 2021

Relationships with users, designers, engineers, executives, finance, legal, marketing, partners, and so on are all key to a product manager succeeding, and a product being successful. Stories can get written, sprints can be executed, and roadmaps can get created for unsuccessful products, just as they do for successful ones.

Product Manager 150

Product Manager Product Management Management Management 150

The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The business economics and finance piece is unfamiliar to many product managers therefore causing discomfort and then getting deprioritized or ignored altogether. Product leadership’s primary role should be to connect product management to the business and vice versa.

Finance 135

Finance Customer Experience Demo Customer Feedback 135

ProductPlan

MARCH 5, 2021

In other words, you may not set the product strategy or own the product roadmap , but you will set priorities for your projects. Maintaining a prioritized backlog that aligns with available Engineering capacity and maps to an overall solution roadmap. Secondly, become an advocate for the product team to senior leadership.

User Testing 132

User Testing Product Research Product Manager Product Management 132

Product Culture

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Sarah must work closely with engineering, design, support, services, sales, marketing, and even finance to set expectations on what will be in the roadmap going forward and what will not. This is product leadership. Events Phil Hornby, a coach at Product Culture , will be speaking on “Your roadmap sucks!”

Leadership 52

Leadership Finance Naming Roadmap 52

Product Talk

MARCH 13, 2019

Your executive leadership team might be focused on reducing costs. A senior sales rep doesn’t know what products and services are in the pipeline because the roadmap is always out of date. The finance team is struggling to put together an accurate forecast because the sales reps are reluctant to commit to their forecasts.

Product Research 238

Product Research Seminar Feedback Software Data Visualization 238

Mironov Consulting

MAY 24, 2022

 But Engineering usually tracks this, and the Finance team reports it to our CFO and Board every quarter.  Thus  As leadership teams, we’re all guilty of recency bias, roadmap amnesia, failure to measure actual outcomes, magical thinking, and blame-heavy interrogations that discourage admitting failure.  We

Product Research 143

Product Research Reporting Tools Technical Review Onboarding KPIs 143

Mind the Product

MAY 29, 2018

Mind the Product returns to Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco on July 16-17 and promises to be one of our best product conferences yet, with a leadership forum, more workshops, more networking events around the conference, and more fun than ever before. Todd Lombardo, Co-Author of Roadmaps Relaunched. Leadership Forum.

Technical Cofounder 95

Technical Cofounder Fractional CTO CTO Coach User Testing 95

Mironov Consulting

JANUARY 24, 2024

  Do Sales, Marketing, Finance, HR, Engineering, and Product know/have what they need to support the plan?    IMHO, sorting backlogs and setting roadmaps based only on multi-column spreadsheets or cost of delay or WSJF is fundamentally flawed.    Did they have sufficient input? Run the numbers for the group. 

Product Strategy 119

Product Strategy Strategy Onboarding KPIs Data Visualization 119

Gainsight

OCTOBER 22, 2020

With a finance background, I am focused on developing our Revenue Optimization solutions, which connects Customer Success to revenue. . The Gainsight platform makes it easier for me to stay customer-centric as I plan our roadmap priorities and put together requirements for upcoming enhancements. What does your day-to-day look like?

Research Software 98

Research Software Feedback Software Customer Experience User Testing 98

Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 20, 2022

Honest feedback can be hard to take, but it’s essential to develop the type of culture that encourages people to constructively criticize processes, leadership styles, or approaches. Velocity is how fast a company can execute their product roadmap and then in a specific direction i.e. their strategy.

Feedback Software 249

Feedback Software Reporting Tools Product Research Data Visualization 249

Userpilot

JULY 25, 2024

Product Roadmap Management : Help create and maintain a detailed product roadmap that aligns with the strategic vision and market demands. Learn more about product roadmapping. Technology, finance, healthcare, e-commerce, and consumer goods represent a significant portion of product management job openings.

User Testing 94

User Testing Analytic Tools Data Visualization Feedback Software 94

ProductPlan

MARCH 5, 2021

In other words, you may not set the product strategy or own the product roadmap , but you will set priorities for your projects. Maintaining a prioritized backlog that aligns with available Engineering capacity and maps to an overall solution roadmap. Secondly, become an advocate for the product team to senior leadership.

User Testing 98

User Testing Product Research Product Manager Product Management 98

Mixpanel

MAY 5, 2021

Arguably, killing portions of a product is one of the most challenging aspects of leadership. Roadmaps are developed around ‘quick wins’ encouraging immediate, incremental movement in metrics. This can be through company-wide show and tells or roadmap reviews. Multi-week product features are usually deprioritized.

Technical Review 144

Technical Review Analytic Tools Customer Experience Software Review 144

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.”

Reporting Tools 160

Reporting Tools Analytic Tools Customer Experience Technical Review 160

BrainMates

MAY 7, 2019

Product Leaders who claim the title without actively seeking formal leadership learning and coaching are doing a disservice to those who serve their people and this great profession. While learning is a necessity for great leadership, the love, passion and drive of Product Leaders to lead people are equally important.

Analytic Tools 84

Analytic Tools Customer Experience Leadership Data Visualization 84

Mind the Product

OCTOBER 19, 2016

Why should product managers be under any more pressure to make sound decisions than finance managers or sales and marketing teams? Second, the product manager’s delivery requirements will usually be the big development items in an organisation’s technology roadmap. The pressure is on to get it right.

Product Manager 123

Product Manager Product Management Technical Review Customer Experience 123

Userpilot

MARCH 8, 2022

Andrea’s unique perspective and critical thinking have led her to contest a number of well-established notions in Product Management: from NPS, through KPIs and OKRs , Product Roadmaps , to Product Prioritization Framework – Andrea takes no prisoners. Galina’s largest contributions to the Product Management field.

Technical Advisors 116

Technical Advisors Product Research User Testing Analytic Tools 116

Mironov Consulting

MARCH 26, 2022

" At the leadership level, I see a fundamental disconnect between the folks defining/building software products and the folks marketing/selling them: The "maker" side of the house defines prioritization as committing to fewer things in order to finish the most important ones.  Call it "roadmap amnesia."

Analytic Tools 145

Analytic Tools Data Visualization Reporting Tools Customer Experience 145

The Product Coalition

MAY 11, 2022

Ben and Blair particularly advocate using the “Product leadership team (PLT)” for alignment, which consists of participants from different departments and “rules on project proposals and tries to reach consensus among teams and departments”. In terms of commitments on your roadmap, Ben and Blair advise to “underpromise and overdeliver”.

Enterprise 132

Enterprise User Testing Feedback Software Technical Advisors 132

Userpilot

JANUARY 14, 2024

Typically, product managers are responsible for market and user research, product discovery , feature prioritization , and roadmapping. The Vice-President of Product is a part of the senior leadership team and they are responsible for the overall product strategy and vision across the entire business.

Data Visualization 105

Data Visualization Analytic Tools Research Software Feedback Software 105