The Product Guy

JANUARY 17, 2025

The discussion emphasized that product managers need to: Actively Listen: Understand the perspectives of cross-functional teams and stakeholders to create a shared vision. Reframing Conversations: Position experiments as a way to test ideas and validate assumptions, rather than as costly endeavors.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 26, 2021

a clear and compelling vision. from ‘ Drive’ All top product leaders know the importance that vision plays in the success of a product. As Marty Cagan states in Inspired : “When done well , the product vision is one of our most effective recruiting tools, and it serves to motivate the people on your teams to come to work every day.”

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Roman Pichler

JULY 4, 2023

Listen to the audio version of this article: [link] Option 1: The Vision Captures Strategic Decisions Your first option is to view the product vision as a statement that captures strategic decisions like the product’s users and customers, its value proposition, and its standout features. Shared : The individuals support the vision.

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Roman Pichler

JANUARY 20, 2025

A great way to discover an effective product strategy is to capture your initial ideas, using a tool like my Product Vision Board , and then systematically correct and refine them. 6] I created the board back in 2011 to offer a simple yet effective way to capture the vision and strategy of a product.

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Product Innovation Educators

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

She shared insights from her experience leading product teams at various organizational scales and helping companies transform their product vision into measurable business growth. She now runs her own consultancy, helping CEOs scale their companies by transforming product vision into measurable business growth.

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Roman Pichler

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

And what’s their relationship to the product vision and the product backlog? At the heart of the model in figure 1 are four artefacts: the product vision, the product strategy, the product roadmap, and the product backlog. The product strategy communicates the approach chosen to realise the vision and to make the product successful.

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Product Management University

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Here’s a simple example of portfolio positioning and how it makes your product positioning more strategic. If we go back to post 3 of 10 , you’ll see the ripple effect of a customer-facing portfolio vision in full swing when it’s time to craft your portfolio (and product) positioning! It sounds strategic.

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Roman Pichler

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Figure 2 contains a set of cascading goals: vision, user and business goals, product goals, and sprint goals. The vision guides the user and business goals, which are contained in the product strategy. The vision is the objective, and the product strategy is expressed by the key results. Should You Use OKRs for Your Product?

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The Product Guy

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

While strategy, vision, and execution are critical, there’s a powerful leadership principle that’s frequently overlooked: gratitude. As product managers, we often focus on metrics, deadlines, and deliverables. Success often hinges on the ability to collaborate effectively with a wide range of stakeholders.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 3, 2023

How to Achieve Success in Your Product Strategy In today’s rapidly evolving market, having a clear product vision and a well-defined strategy is essential for the success of any tech product. A compelling product vision is a guiding light, providing direction and purpose to the development process.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Computer Vision (CV) integration is a light of transformative promise in the ever-changing domain of healthcare. Advances in computer vision in healthcare, particularly in object detection, provide clinicians with the superpowers of unwavering focus and observation. What is computer vision in healthcare? Check it out.

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Lenny Rachitsky

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Shopify has found that 30% to 40% of experiments that show positive short-term results have no long-term impact. Just because the initial data doesn’t show a positive lift doesn’t mean it won’t create value in the future. Adopt a “hundred-year mindset” in your decision-making.

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Roman Pichler

DECEMBER 7, 2021

On the positive side, an ethical product increases the chances of achieving lasting product success, and it reduces the risk that the reputation of the company suffers, as some tech companies have had to experience in recent years. To see how this can be done, let’s explore how the success factors can be applied to the product vision board.

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The Product Guy

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Use data to support your position and explain the trade-offs. Ultimately, the key is to remain adaptable and solution-oriented, ensuring that the product vision is realized while keeping stakeholders engaged and invested in its success. Suggested Solution : The key is to respectfully push back when necessary.

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Roman Pichler

JANUARY 22, 2024

Their visions, target groups, needs, standout features , and business goals must comply with the overall portfolio strategy. [1] To get started, create your own Portfolio Vision Board by downloading and adapting the Product Vision Board or by recreating it in your favourite tool.

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Lenny Rachitsky

AUGUST 20, 2024

how AI is getting closer to replacing PMs , which parts of the job are most likely to be impacted ), so I wanted to take this week to share an important message: I believe that product managers are the best -positioned role in tech to thrive in a world of AI. In fact, many jobs will start to look more like product management. People stuff!

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The Product Manager Coach Blog

JANUARY 14, 2025

Inspire Confidence with a Clear Vision A compelling product vision unites teams and stakeholders, positioning you as a leader with purpose and direction. How to Inspire with Vision: Collaborate with stakeholders to co-create a vision that aligns with company goals.

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The Product Guy

JUNE 20, 2019

As the first and most senior PM, I recognized the need to clarify vision, formalize processes, and set a proactive agenda moving forward. They need to shift their focus to leveraging teams to execute their vision and it is up to you to help with this transition. Start at the Top. In most companies, this process is ongoing.

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Product Innovation Educators

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Strategy is an organization’s game plan for achieving its long term objectives in light of its industry position, opportunities, and resources. Strategy defines and communicates an organization’s unique position and says how organizational resources, skills, and competencies should be combined to achieve competitive advantage.

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Product Innovation Educators

JUNE 29, 2020

Leaders of product management need agility, influence, trust, empathy, and motivating vision. We don’t have any positional authority or transactional power. 17:30] Tell us about product vision. Product vision is an inspirational goal that describes the positive change that the product will bring about.

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Product Management University

JUNE 5, 2023

Most product managers know how to create a product vision, but that’s not the hard part. The extent to which stakeholders get behind your product vision has everything to do with how the product vision is articulated. What is a Product Vision? Why is a Product Vision Important? Your product vision shouldn’t.

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Product Management University

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Here’s why a portfolio vision is so critical to the success of your products and how it elevates Product Management, Product Marketing, Sales and Customer Success teams to plan and execute more strategically. Think of your portfolio vision as the ultimate “strategic goal/outcome” your target customers want from your portfolio of products.

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Product Management University

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Since this entire series of articles is about the ripple effect of product management, there’s a good chance the content for your product positioning (post 7 of 10), sales enablement tools (post 8 of 10) and marketing launch activities was created in a silo in product management long before the product or feature set was ever built (posts 4-6).

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 20, 2023

8 best augmented reality apps that revolutionize the world’s vision Shopify AR — Create the future of experiential retail Shopify AR is an augmented reality app that online store owners may use to provide an immersive shopping experience for their customers. Augmented Reality Apps: What Lies Ahead of Future Vision?

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Product Innovation Educators

JULY 8, 2024

It guides your decisions, helps you prioritize features, and positions your product in the market. The Roof: Your Company’s Foundation At the top, we have your company’s mission (why you exist), vision (where you’re going), and values (how you behave). These guide all your strategic decisions.

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Product Innovation Educators

AUGUST 14, 2023

 He is also the co-author of Build What Matters: Delivering Key Outcomes with Vision-Led Product Management. A lot of companies have a mission statement that they think is a strategy or vision. The vision is where you intend to be in several years. A lot of work that goes into a vision. It provided a lot of clarity.

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Roman Pichler

APRIL 7, 2025

Or do you use extended, fully empowered product teams that own the strategies of their products Second, has your current strategy been captured and made visible using a tool like my Product Vision Board ? If your answers to the five questions above are positive, youre in a good place, and using the right AI tools will most likely benefit you.

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Arkenea

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

But, it’s usually challenging to assess what’s the right way to go about it – how much of iteration should be that from user feedback versus founder’s vision for the product? However, I don’t necessarily agree with the idea that its user feedback “versus” the founder’s vision.

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Alchemer Mobile

DECEMBER 8, 2020

This year has been a powerful change agent in many positive ways, but we all know what never-ending change can lead to: BURNOUT. Align diverse teams around product vision. Translate vision into action. Consumers are overwhelmed. Product teams are tired. And your product roadmap is likely bearing the load. Avoid too much detail.

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The Product Guy

AUGUST 30, 2017

I had a strong roadmap, clear goals and a vision for the product. A production release was a distant vision. Before that she held multiple positions in Fin-Tech companies in Israel as Associate Product Manager, Project Manager and QA Engineer. At the end of 2015 I was in the worst nightmare of any Product Manager.

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Product Innovation Educators

DECEMBER 23, 2024

The Future of AI in Product Development: Team Collaboration In our discussion, Mike shares an exciting vision of how AI will transform team collaboration in product development. This balanced approach ensures that teams can benefit from AI’s capabilities while avoiding the pitfalls of over-automation.

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Product Innovation Educators

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Strategy, vision, and influence for product managers. We’re not bothered about other stuff, but it’s very clear what is important for our product, customer, position in the market, and how we make money. 11:31] How do you communicate vision to those you work with? Strategy isn’t that complicated.

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The Product Guy

MAY 3, 2018

This process of allowing these different channels to paint the clearest perspective of that user is invaluable in making sure that product is being built with the user’s goal in the products vision. The value that your product brings to your users comes from taking the vision of the user your team has assembled.

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Product Management University

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Staples of the Product Manager Job Description Most product management job descriptions still list responsibilities for vision, strategy, customer discovery, growth mindset, thought leadership, etc., Your job as a product manager is to make sure designers and engineers have crystal clear targets for customer value they can easily hit.

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Roman Pichler

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Figure 2: Roman’s Goal-Setting Framework with Product Management Artefacts The goal-setting framework shown in Figure 2 suggests that a product team needs four different objectives: a product vision, user and business goals, product goals, and sprint goals. Let’s take a look at them.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 7, 2023

How to Choose the Optimal North Star for a Roof Shingles Assessment Vision API Company How the Right North Star Metric Can Illuminate Your Business Path Introduction In recent years, many new API SaaS companies are emerging that provide AI-powered capabilities for processing text, audio, images and video.

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