Roman Pichler

MARCH 11, 2020

The latter includes carrying out product discovery and strategy work , updating the product roadmap , and prioritising the product backlog. What’s more, do not de-prioritise your leadership work even when push comes to shove and you are pressed for time. Leadership at Multiple Levels. Agile Process Constraints.

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Roman Pichler

JULY 8, 2024

The individuals whose buy-in to strategy and roadmap decisions is crucial are the players: They are interested in your product, as they, for example, will have to market and sell it. Smaller strategy updates and product roadmapping decisions, however, are not as critical. I refer to this group as key stakeholders.

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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. To help you with this, I’ve created the framework shown in Figure 2. The final goal in the framework in Figure 2 is the sprint goal , which directs the work of the development team members.

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Product Innovation Educators

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

A four-layer framework to create a winning product strategy Today we are talking about creating product strategy. Often, companies approach me asking for help with their product strategy and they’re really focused on the roadmap. 11:03] How is senior leadership involved in product strategy? Download the framework.

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Roman Pichler

JANUARY 20, 2025

First, as a coach who offers strategy and leadership guidance to the person in charge of the product. The GO Product Roadmap is the template I have developed to capture an outcome-based roadmap. You can therefore use both frameworks together. [3] There are two effective ways in which the individual can be involved.

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Roman Pichler

MAY 8, 2018

Three Types of Leadership. Scrum is a simple framework with three roles: product owner, development team, and Scrum Master. Each role provides a distinct type of leadership. As the product owner, you lead the product and are responsible for its overall success.

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The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

This article is part of the Roadmap to Mastery Collectionavailable exclusively on The Product Way Patreon. Dont miss outunlock the full article today: [link] Exclusive Access to Mastery This post is part of the Roadmap to Mastery Collection , a premium series on The Product Way Patreon. Ready to future-proof your PM career?

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Product Innovation Educators

JULY 3, 2023

With us is David Rogers, an expert on digital transformation, a member of the faculty at Columbia Business School, and the author of five books, including The Digital Transformation Roadmap. ” [10:51] Tell us about your framework for digital transformation. ” [10:51] Tell us about your framework for digital transformation.

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Product Innovation Educators

APRIL 22, 2019

Product roadmaps are frequently used badly, almost as handcuffs for product managers. A year ago we explored roadmaps and how they should be used with Bruce McCarthy. At the time, he had recently co-authored the book, Product Roadmaps Relaunched: How to Set Direction while Embracing Uncertainty. Who the roadmap is for.

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The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Read it now: [link] Exclusive Access to Mastery This post is part of the Roadmap to Mastery Collection , a premium series on The Product Way Patreon. A growing library of frameworks, case studies, and actionable tools. How are you preparing for the future of product leadership? Ready to future-proof your PM career?

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Mind the Product

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Much has been written about the process of creating product roadmaps, not least the six great articles written by my own team. I believe the actions of a product leader all too often are the root cause of a “bad” roadmap. Without thoughtful leadership around them, it may not be in product manager’s gift to achieve a “good” roadmap.

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The Product Guy

MARCH 5, 2025

In our latest Patreon-exclusive article , part of the Roadmap to Mastery Collection , we explore: The most common mistakes PMs make in stakeholder alignment. This is part of the Roadmap to Mastery Collectionavailable exclusively on The Product Way Patreon. A growing library of frameworks, case studies, and actionable tools.

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The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

In our latest Patreon-exclusive article , part of the Roadmap to Mastery Collection , we explore: Why trust is now a product featurenot just a brand value. This is part of the Roadmap to Mastery Collectionavailable exclusively on The Product Way Patreon. A growing library of frameworks, case studies, and actionable tools.

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Roman Pichler

MARCH 12, 2024

To clearly distinguish, capture, and align the different strategies, you’ll benefit from using a framework. Understanding the Strategy Stack The Strategy Stack is an end-to-end framework that offers three key benefits. Let’s take a closer look at the framework, which is shown in Figure 1.

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Lenny Rachitsky

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Below, you’ll find what I believe is the most actionable, specific, and straightforward framework for crafting a strategy, for both your product and your company. As Chandra shares below, his framework sits on top of the best strategy wisdom out there (e.g. So we teamed up to make that happen.

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Melissa Perri

JULY 23, 2024

I wanted to share with you the framework I use when doing this. I review strategies and roadmaps. At the end of this review, I do a Product Leadership workshop with C-Suite and Product leaders, where I show them what good looks like, and they have a chance to reflect on where they are. Lots of data goes into pinpointing.

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Product Management University

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Market Analysis Before and With AI Customers are clamoring for a number of improvements to your product and youre on a mission to get them funded and on the roadmap. AI has no idea which sales deals are hinging on your roadmap. AI doesnt know if anything on your proposed roadmap will open up new markets, etc.

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Roman Pichler

JUNE 6, 2023

It can be tempting to ignore people issues and focus on product-related tasks like reviewing the product strategy , updating the product roadmap , and refining the product backlog. The following sections explain how you can apply the framework. Recently she even missed one without telling you in advance.

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The Product Manager Coach Blog

JANUARY 14, 2025

Tailor Your Communication: Adapt your messaging for different audiences, whether its engineering teams or senior leadership. Connect Decisions to Customer Needs: Show how your roadmap addresses customer pain points to build trust. Present a high-level roadmap by your 90-day mark to demonstrate strategic planning.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

As a result, I’ve come to value 5 different aspects of product leadership. 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?” Moving into product leadership moves you away from the day-to-day hands-on tools and into a primarily coaching role.

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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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Roman Pichler

MAY 4, 2022

Scrum is a popular agile framework. That’s understandable, as the framework is focused on the development of complex products. Use a product vision ; a product strategy with user needs and business goals; and a product roadmap with product goals (aka. Listen to this article: [link]. Why the Scrum Team is Not Enough.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

I’ve been on a journey when it comes to PM development frameworks. Strategy, roadmap, feature requirements and delivery Enabling capabilities A breakdown of some of the skills required to be better at the above. Leadership behaviours Some traits which are ‘above and beyond’ and highlight that a person is capable of stepping up.

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Product Innovation Educators

JANUARY 4, 2021

Insights on roadmaps, metrics, OKRs, and more for product managers. Joining us for this episode is a CPO who shares some of the tools he uses, including roadmaps, metrics, and OKRs. 5:42] How do you use roadmaps? I use PowerPoint or Google slides for my roadmaps. I structure these roadmaps very clearly.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 9, 2021

Photo by Denise Jans on Unsplash There is a misconception that building a roadmap will define a product’s future. But a roadmap doesn’t create a clear view of the future. Your vision of the future should bring clarity to your roadmap. People usually build roadmaps by throwing a bunch of unrelated projects onto a schedule.

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Product Talk

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Product Talk (through our training business) and Hope Gurions Fearless Product (through her leadership coaching program) are often brought in to help with these transformations. I think you’ve settled on a nice, simple framework for evaluating what needs to be in place to indicate you’re ready to change.

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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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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

MAY 28, 2022

I highly recommend going through this framework twice: once with yourself, coming up with your recommendations, and then presenting it to management and letting them go through this process, either getting to the same conclusions that you did or convincing you otherwise.

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Mind the Product

APRIL 6, 2020

Product (and company) strategy is the backbone that guides product goal-setting and roadmap definition, although it’s sometimes overlooked or confused with having a vision. The Approach (the Frameworks). Product roadmaps are essential tools for assessing opportunities and defining how we accomplish our objectives.

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Userpilot

JULY 24, 2024

Launching a product without a well-defined product strategy framework is similar—you risk wasting resources without a clear path to success. So, how do you outline a product strategy framework that is the foundation of product-led growth ? Create a product roadmap to get everyone on the same page and outline key development stages.

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Mind the Product

OCTOBER 23, 2019

In Part 3 of our Product Leadership Forum recap, you can see an overview of the remaining insights from this year’s #mtpcon London Product Leadership Forum (if you missed them, you can take a look back at Part 1 and Part 2). To create safety with your teams, a framework can build confidence. Principles Build Autonomy.

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Sachin Rekhi

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

In doing so I hope to help demystify what you actually do in the role, provide a framework for assessing what dimensions of the role you are already good at delivering against, and opportunities for improvement on each. Design: Product Roadmap. Probably the most visible aspect of the product manager role is driving the product roadmap.

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Roman Pichler

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

You use an outcome-based product roadmap and/or an opportunity solution tree , personas , user journey maps, and the product backlog to capture and validate your decisions and guide the product delivery effort. In the scaling framework SAFe, however, the SAFe product owner has level-one empowerment, as far as I can tell. [4]

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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.

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Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 3, 2019

“Having a solid framework for framing the discussion is a big step forward” Of course, there’s still heaps of ambiguity and subjectivity. But having a solid framework for framing the discussion is a big step forward. The product roadmap should be the translation of strategy into execution. Leadership behaviors.

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Intercom, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Behaviors are assessed based on your ability to successfully work with others and on your demonstration of leadership in your role. Leadership can be demonstrated through: Project leadership: For instance, conceptualizing and realizing new and innovative product ideas. Performance is measured on two axes: behavior and results.

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