Roman Pichler

JULY 6, 2021

If it’s hard for you to let go of being actively involved in managing a product or if you don’t find it rewarding to help and support a group of product people, then becoming a head of product is probably not right for you, at least not at this point in time. Grow Your Leadership Skills. But I find that it usually not enough.

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Roman Pichler

MAY 5, 2020

A portfolio owner who manages a group of (related) products. I regard a (digital) product as an asset that creates value for a group of users and for the business. I regard feature and component owners as members of a product team , a group of product people who collaboratively manage a larger product. Word is the product.

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Roman Pichler

JUNE 1, 2020

This is particularly helpful when you are faced with a large group of stakeholders, which is not uncommon in bigger companies. This results in four stakeholder groups: players, subjects, context setters, and crowd, as the picture below shows. A handy stakeholder analysis tool is the power-interest grid developed by Ackermann and Eden.

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Roman Pichler

JANUARY 22, 2024

A product portfolio strategy is a high-level plan that helps you maximise the value a group of products creates. Their visions, target groups, needs, standout features , and business goals must comply with the overall portfolio strategy. [1] A product portfolio is a group of products.

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Roman Pichler

MAY 4, 2022

Consequently, a product team is a cross-functional group that comprises everyone required to progress the product and achieve product success. This creates a shared understanding and a sense of togetherness, assuming that the group interactions are facilitated well. Tips for Forming Effective Product Teams in Scrum.

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Roman Pichler

JULY 5, 2022

A head of product is someone who manages a group of product people—individuals who look after one or more products and who may be called product manager or product owner. Ensure that the product portfolio—the group of products the team members look after—is effectively managed. Listen to this article: [link]. The Head of Product Role.

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Roman Pichler

AUGUST 11, 2020

Target Group is (too) Big and Heterogenous. Problem : A very big and diverse target group makes it hard to formulate a crisp, compelling value proposition and strong standout features. More Information : 8 Tips for Creating A Compelling Product Vision and Strategize , pp.

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Roman Pichler

JULY 8, 2024

Listen to the audio version of this article: [link] Involve the Right Stakeholders Stakeholders can form a large group, especially in bigger companies. [1] I refer to this group as key stakeholders. But when bigger changes are required or the group is more diverse, the approach is not only time-consuming.

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Roman Pichler

JANUARY 31, 2023

These are vision, target group, needs, product, and business goals. Target Group Clear : Use relevant qualities like demographics and behavioural attributes to characterise the target group. Specific : You can tell if somebody is included in the target group or not.

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Roman Pichler

MAY 11, 2021

As such a team is a self-managing group, the members are expected to jointly plan the work, decide how it is carried out, track the progress, resolve any disagreements and conflicts, and practice sustainable pace to stay productive and motivated.

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Intercom, Inc.

MAY 16, 2022

Collaboration comes in many flavors, from small informal working sessions and group critiques to full-blown workshops. Product design workshops are an opportunity for a team to untangle a problem together by going through a series of group exercises designed to get to a specific outcome. Good for: Energizing the group.

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Roman Pichler

APRIL 4, 2023

Listen to the audio version of this article: [link] The Head of Product Role in a Nutshell A head of product manages a group of product people —individuals who look after one or more products and who may be called product managers or product owners. Second, the head of product turns into a bottleneck and/or becomes overworked.

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Product Talk

JANUARY 24, 2024

At that time, she was looking for people who had used radios or walkie talkies in their work to participate in focus groups. Because Ellen was looking to hold the focus groups in person, she posted an ad on classified ad website Craigslist. Ellen’s takeaway: Do not give away all of the focus group information in your initial ad.

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Product Talk

DECEMBER 27, 2023

As CPO at BBC Maestro, Lily gathered a large group of product people to participate in the inaugural ProductPlay sessions. Because the first session had been a success, Lily decided to run the same agenda again for a larger group—and with people who didn’t know each other. They took it in turns to ask questions and observe each other.

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Roman Pichler

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

2] Use the Right Goals A team is, by definition, a group of individuals who work together on the same goal. But to become a high-performing team, the group must be properly empowered. It’s a tightly-knit group whose members trust each other. 3] Figure 3 illustrates the team’s ownership of the goals.

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Roman Pichler

MARCH 14, 2023

The benefit the product should create for this user group might be to reduce the risk of developing type-2 diabetes. A sample risk might be that the target group is not big enough or that the need identified may not be compelling enough. Say that I want to develop a product that helps people eat more healthily.

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Product Talk

APRIL 5, 2023

Getting a group together to generate ideas—an activity often referred to as “ brainstorming ”—doesn’t always go smoothly. Getting a group together to generate ideas—an activity often referred to as “brainstorming”—doesn’t always go smoothly. But there are still benefits to generating ideas in a group setting.

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Product Talk

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

She took a multi-step, methodical approach to introduce continuous discovery, including enrolling a group of product people in the Master Class , having those participants coach and train others, and bringing stakeholders along for the journey. We also appreciate Sandrine’s candor in admitting that this process hasn’t always been easy.

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Roman Pichler

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

It’s a cross-functional, self-managing group that incrementally delivers a usable and valuable product. [5] While it promotes a Scrum team, this group does not include any stakeholders. I call this group the product team. 8 Guide the Development Team A development team in Scrum is more than a bunch of people writing software.

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Roman Pichler

DECEMBER 7, 2021

First, it has to address a specific need that a group of people have. Desirability applies to the target group and needs sections. Listen to this article: [link]. The Four Factors Explained. To achieve lasting success, a product must fulfil the following four conditions. Second, it has to be feasible to develop it.

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Alchemer Mobile

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Communicating with both through the same message does neither group any good. These groups all respond better to different engagement strategies, so you’ll have more success after splitting them up. You don’t have the same goals for all of these different groups, so why would your engagement strategy be the same?

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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. Treat the team as a valued partner and recognise the effort the group made.

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Roman Pichler

APRIL 5, 2022

I find that engagement tends to decline when the group grows significantly larger and reaching agreement becomes harder. Respect differences of opinion and value the diversity of the group members. You might invite every attendee to briefly share their views with the group, or you might collect the data via an online feedback form.

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Product Talk

MAY 5, 2021

This style of working also often results in designers and engineers working as what Marty Cagan of Silicon Valley Product Group calls “mercenary teams” instead of “missionary teams.”. This is why so many projects end up over budget, under scope, and late. Missionaries,” on the other hand, are driven by a mission.

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Alchemer Mobile

OCTOBER 14, 2021

And it’s totally true that you just need to make sure that all your stakeholders are as close to what you’re generating as possible so that you can get the value of that large group reviewing and participating with the content generation, creation, and moderation.”

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Roman Pichler

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Leadership is present when an individual guides a group of people to achieve a desired outcome. Leading as the Head of Product A head of product is someone who manages a group of product people, individuals who look after a product or a product part—like an end-user-facing feature—and who might be called product managers or product owners.

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Roman Pichler

MARCH 12, 2024

Say that you work for a conglomerate—a large company with a range of business groups, like Siemens and General Electric. You may then require a business group strategy in addition to the overall business strategy. Figure 4: A Strategy Stack for a Startup The opposite can also be true.

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Product Management University

JUNE 12, 2024

Then a group of 15 Chief Marketing Officers from some of the biggest non-profits told them the following: We have big titles but the reality is we’re just order-takers at the beckon call of fundraising. So, I asked a group of senior managers (customer directors and VPs) to fill in the blank on the following statement. “If

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Roman Pichler

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

It explores if a large enough group of people has a big enough problem that can and should be addressed. For example, use relevant qualities like demographics and behavioural attributes to characterise the target group so you can tell if somebody is included or not. Instead, strategy discovery focuses on the problem space.

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Product Talk

APRIL 21, 2021

Facebook has come under fire for a wide range of problematic outcomes, including the proliferation of hate groups. We saw in 2020 Facebook get hammered for their role in spreading misinformation and for their role in supporting hate groups. It’s not enough to just invite people to these sessions.

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