Roman Pichler

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Listen to the audio version of this article: [link] Introduction To discuss empowerment in product management, I find it helpful to distinguish three main levels of decision-making authority, product delivery, product discovery, and product strategy, as the model in Figure 1 shows. [1]

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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 ? Product strategies help you design and grow your products.

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Product Innovation Educators

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Supply-Side Innovation: Creates new products or technologies based on the company’s expertise Often results in “new-to-world” products Usually needs a lot of R&D investment Can lead to big breakthroughs but carries higher risk Demand-Side Innovation: Starts with customer needs and market research Aims to solve existing customer (..)

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The Critical Role of Product Strategy When Money Is Scarce (Part 1 — Seed) A good product strategy is something every company needs. Here is how a product strategy can help you create business results, even when the market is not in your favor. Product strategy is such a vague term for most people.

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Roman Pichler

OCTOBER 6, 2020

What makes the product stand out? For example, generate revenue or meet a profit margin, reduce cost, or develop the brand? Meeting users and customers, at least in form of a video call, not only helps you validate your assumptions and develop new ideas. How will it differ from competing offerings? What are its business goals?

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Roman Pichler

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Before the advent of agile frameworks like Scrum , a product person—the product manager—would typically carry out the market research, compile a market requirements specification, create a business case, put together product roadmap, write a requirements specification, and then hand it off to a project manager.

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The Product Guy

OCTOBER 8, 2024

To navigate these dynamics successfully, consider the following: Influence and Power Structures : Senior leaders like CEOs or VPs often have significant influence over product decisions. Their directives may override data-backed insights or customer needs, leaving PMs to balance the demand for quick wins with long-term product strategy.

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UserVoice

JULY 28, 2017

.” Bad product managers feel best about themselves when they figure out “how.””. Horowitz makes a great point- product managers are in a strategic role. Does this support one of the high-level goals for my product? Is there anyone else within the company besides me who can accomplish this task (e.g.

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Roman Pichler

JANUARY 9, 2018

Explore the key assumptions and risks in your product strategy and business model by systematically testing and addressing them in an iterative fashion using, for example, observations, interviews, surveys, and prototypes. You should aim to get a good enough product out as fast as possible, and then adapt it to the market feedback.

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Userpilot

APRIL 19, 2024

Looking for the best way to do market research? From framing your initial question to extracting valuable customer insights, we’ll walk you through the lean market research process step-by-step. Get ready to empower your decisions with real-world market intelligence. Why should you do market research?

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Mind the Product

AUGUST 9, 2017

While the Amazon Echo Show is an impressive addition to the repertoire of voice and video monitoring systems in this growing market, it’s not the product features that are drawing attention. Rather, it is Amazon’s smart home product strategy. Have an integration strategy.

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Product Innovation Educators

JUNE 24, 2024

One of the key similarities between Mary’s nonprofit work and product management was the focus on understanding and meeting the needs of a target audience. In product management, it involves understanding the needs and pain points of customers and creating products that solve their problems.

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Userpilot

JULY 22, 2024

Here are the steps to develop your positioning effectively: Conduct thorough market research. Perform competitive analysis by identifying competitors, studying their offerings, and conducting a SWOT analysis to find market gaps. Design an effective product strategy. Understand your competition.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 20, 2023

Yes we have our own tasks: writing requirement docs and stories, drawing wireframes, creating and triaging tickets, market researching, determining product strategies, and driving cross-functional meetings to get work done. If the product doesn’t meet expectations, PMs are the front line taking the blame.

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Userpilot

JULY 29, 2024

ProductPlan excels in planning, visualizing, and communicating product strategies , notably through creating a comprehensive product roadmap. Statista is a premier data research platform offering extensive statistics, market research reports, and industry studies for detailed research.

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Product Innovation Educators

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

It’s a critical perspective and one successful product managers and business have… [link]. How product managers can avoid bias. A colleague recently told me about the overt biases of a market researcher he worked with. His bias defeats the purpose of research. Details at [link]. Learn them at [link].

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Product management focuses on the overall strategic direction and champions the product inside the organization. Product marketing, on the other hand, promotes the product to the outside world. What are the responsibilities of product managers? The product manager role is very complex.

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Userpilot

JULY 17, 2024

The right persona examples can help you guide effective product strategies, ensuring that your offerings meet the needs and expectations of your users. Let’s explore: What a persona is and its importance in product management. User persona : Useful for product development and user experience design.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 19, 2022

As product managers who are constantly in meetings and get questions from all around, this is critical. One of my best tips for doing deep product work used to be to work from home. It was a countermeasure to the popular symptom of product managers doing their real work?—?market That’s awesome and very important.

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Userpilot

JULY 31, 2024

A well-developed strategy sets the direction and focus for the product development process and facilitates a seamless public launch. A typical product development process follows seven stages: idea generation , market research, technical specifications, roadmapping, product development, MVP release , and continuous iteration.

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Userpilot

OCTOBER 25, 2022

In the article, we’re looking at the responsibilities of strategic product managers and how they can use data effectively to shape product strategy and deliver delightful experiences to users! Product strategy defines who we are building for, what to build, and how to build it. What is product strategy?

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Roman Pichler

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Before the advent of agile frameworks like Scrum , a product person—the product manager—would typically carry out the market research, compile a market requirements specification, create a business case, put together product roadmap, write a requirements specification, and then hand it off to a project manager.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 12, 2024

Now, let’s explore 5 product concepts of the Product Operating Model: Product culture : The collective mindset focused on customer feedback , innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement for product excellence.

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Userpilot

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Therefore, they are vital for effective product strategies and ensure resource allocation aligns with customer needs. Collecting customer insights is essential to answer important questions about your users and how your product fits their needs. You can tailor your products and services to meet user’s individual needs.

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Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 18, 2019

In the past 12 months on Inside Intercom, we’ve published nearly 200 blog posts covering everything from product launches to product strategy ; from growth stories to goal setting ; from building teams to bot skills ; from sales insights to stand-up comedy. Enter bots.

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Userpilot

MAY 5, 2022

Product managers monitor and control the product lifecycle while ensuring there is the right corporate environment for its development. Generally, the product manager is responsible for the product strategy while the project manager – for its implementation. What is product management?

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Technical product managers vs. product managers Regular and technical PMs usually work together at all stages of the product management process , but their roles focus on different aspects of product development. Regular product managers are more customer-centric in their approach. Product vision.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Your colleagues, especially customer-facing ones, can offer valuable insights into unmet user needs and shifts in the markets. Market research techniques, like industry-specific surveys and customer segmentation analysis, can help you find underserved user groups in the market. Spotting market gaps: product analytics.

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Userpilot

JULY 16, 2024

Technical product manager responsibilities include: Conduct user and market research to understand user pain points. Develop the product vision and expand on the strategy. Create a product roadmap so you can prioritize features more easily. Assess and address technical risks using your expertise.

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ProductPlan

MARCH 17, 2020

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?”. Developing a Product Strategy. Product Vision. But product vision alone is not enough. Product Strategy. Read five steps to a winning product strategy.

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Product Talk

APRIL 17, 2024

She is the Chief Product Officer at Doodle , and we are going to dive into her story about how her team navigated some tricky roles and responsibilities and came out the other side in a much better place. Meet Stephanie and Learn About Her Role at Doodle Teresa: Excellent. The second one is product strategy.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 6, 2022

Lean relies on good product strategy A product development strategy is a set of processes, methods, and rules used to create new products in a timely fashion. A good strategy increases the chances of a startup’s success. A good strategy is based on the market needs and not on personal biases.

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Userpilot

JANUARY 14, 2024

The average salary of a product director in the US is around $268k. 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. What is a product manager? On average, they make $331k a year.

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Userpilot

JUNE 17, 2024

Customer Retention : Keep users engaged with continuous product value. Expansion : Drive growth through satisfied users advocating for the product. Let’s go over the steps to build a product-led strategy: Define your ideal user : Conduct market research and create user personas to design an effective product-led strategy.

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

A product manager is a strategic role focused on ‘building the right product’ and ‘building the product right’ Product management is a multi-faceted discipline. What is a product manager? A product manager is responsible for building and maintaining products.

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Userpilot

JULY 23, 2024

A product development team is usually made up of the product manager , project manager, product designer , developer, marketing team , and sales team. Key stages of the product development life cycle: Ideation : Conduct market research and brainstorm potential solutions to the challenges.

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Userpilot

JULY 18, 2023

Fear not though, as our product management software guide will give you insights into some of the best-in-class applications that will boost your team performance and help you build successful products! Roadmapping software visualizes and plans product development over time, facilitating coordination and alignment across teams.

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