The Product Guy

OCTOBER 25, 2024

However, product managers often face even greater challenges when navigating high-stakes situations with senior leadership or dealing with conflicting priorities across departments. These moments can be politically challenging, as they require balancing the immediate demands of stakeholders with long-term product goals.

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Folding Burritos

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Although the previous point helps with setting priorities along individual “types of value”, it still doesn’t tackle what happens when when we’re dealing with multiple goals at the same time (as most teams are). Well, th at’s the role of a product strategy. My favorite definitions of strategy are the simplest I’ve found.

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Roman Pichler

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

This includes a sound understanding of the market, the user and customer needs, and the competition as well as solid product management skills such as the ability to develop an effective product strategy and an actionable product roadmap (as I explain in more detail in the article The T-Shaped Product Professional ).

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Roman Pichler

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

If it is not clear who the users are and why they would want to interact with the product, it will be hard to decide which items should be in the product backlog and how important they are. A tool like my product vision board helps you capture and validate your product strategy.

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Roman Pichler

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

To successfully manage your product and maximise value delivery, you should use additional artefacts including the following five: An inspiring vision that describes the ultimate reason for offering the product; A validated product strategy that captures your approach to realise the vision and make the product successful.

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Roman Pichler

APRIL 13, 2021

Effective KPIs help you understand if your product is creating the desired value for the users, the customers, and the business. Without KPIs, you end up guessing how well your product is performing. Then take into account the product goals on the product roadmap to discover additional KPIs.

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Roman Pichler

MAY 4, 2022

You might not know, for example, which marketing strategy is most appropriate or which sales channels are most effective. You need the stakeholders’ active contribution to progress the product and reach the product goals. Invite the individuals to product strategy review meetings and sprint reviews.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

Product leader Aatir Abdul Rauf outlines questions product managers should ask when crafting a product strategy. By Tremis Skeete , for Product Coalition Product strategy continues to be a misunderstood concept and energizes many conversations and debates on LinkedIn. It’s not a set of goals.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 8, 2024

Crafting a winning product strategy is crucial for SaaS success, and finding the right product strategy example can provide all the inspiration you need. This article provides concrete examples of different product strategies employed by SaaS companies. Book a demo to learn more.

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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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Roman Pichler

JUNE 7, 2022

The value the product should create is not clearly understood : A validated product strategy and an actionable product roadmap are missing. If this data is actioned, bad product decisions will be made. Then ask yourself how you can tell that these goals have been met. 3 Stakeholder or Big Boss Dictates KPIs.

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Userpilot

OCTOBER 11, 2022

What are some good product vision examples? How is the product vision different from the company vision? What makes a great product vision? How should product managers develop effective product vision statements? Product vision development takes a few iterations.

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Setting smart product goals is a vital skill for any sensible SaaS owner or product manager to get right. In this article, we’re going to explore what makes an effective product goal, the difference between goals and product initiatives, how to set them and make them work with your product backlog, and more.

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Roman Pichler

JUNE 10, 2024

Additionally, they have to be coarse-grained and are limited to three to five capabilities per goal. You can learn more about using the GO Product Roadmap by watching this YouTube video. But before you build your outcome-based roadmap, ensure that a valid product strategy exists.

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Roman Pichler

APRIL 5, 2022

For example, a product strategy workshop might have the objective to identify the key changes required to achieve product-market fit. Contrast this with a sprint review meeting , which might help you determine if users can easily sign up for the product. Assess product strategy and adjust if necessary.

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Roman Pichler

JULY 6, 2021

Consequently, your focus shifts from managing a product to looking after the product people on your team and empowering them to do a great job. This includes the following ten capabilities: Formulating an inspiring vision for a product. Creating and validating a product strategy including market and user research.

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Mironov Consulting

JANUARY 24, 2024

Expanding on a recent post ( Revenue Goals are Not Company Strategies ), I’ve been seeing lots of maker teams (product, engineering, design) struggling to form product strategies without a company strategy to hang them on.    We can’t build a sensible product strategy in a vacuum. 

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Roman Pichler

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

In the product planning model above, the vision describes the ultimate purpose for creating the product; the product strategy states how the vision will be realised; and the product roadmap states how the strategy will be implemented.

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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. A product goal, finally, helps determine the right sprint goals.

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Johanna Rothman

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

And, they might need to collaborate across the organization with a variety of product and portfolio leaders if the organization wants to EOL (End of Life) one product and start a new kind of business. Move between strategy and tactics and back again.) For lack of a better word, I'll call this the product strategy team.

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Roman Pichler

APRIL 13, 2021

Effective KPIs help you understand if your product is creating the desired value for the users, the customers, and the business. Without KPIs, you end up guessing how well your product is performing. Then take into account the product goals on the product roadmap to discover additional KPIs.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Many startups with an ordinary product make the way to growth and scalability whereas others with great products fail to survive. Both product and product strategy should fall in place to make the startup sustainable and help them to grow. Vision: It should be inspirational and the guiding post.

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Product Innovation Educators

JUNE 19, 2023

10:30] How do you keep virtual teams aligned on product goals and priorities? Our product team will share a product update, and most product updates will include a high level reminder of product strategy. Every quarter we do a detailed all-hands meeting about the product strategy.

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Alchemer Mobile

OCTOBER 31, 2018

Typically, a product manager’s responsibilities include: Owning long-term product strategy. When it comes to market fit and long-term roadmapping, product managers lead the charge. Create the vision for your product—and for your company. The same is true for an effective product leader.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 31, 2021

Or is there a big gap between product visions that needs a coherent narrative? But that’s the work of a Product Leader?—?lots Organization-Wide Strategy Product strategy drives business outcomes. As a Product Leader, you will be expected to define, align, and drive strategy across an organization.

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Usersnap

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Gathering insights about target users through user research, such as surveys and interviews, is essential to tailor products effectively and enhance user satisfaction. 6 Goal-Oriented Questions Understanding user goals helps align product strategies with long-term business priorities and aspirations.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Tech PMs work actively with product teams on the product vision and strategy. A big part of their job is managing the roadmap and prioritizing technical initiatives in the product backlog. Their technical expertise allows them to identify risks and develop effective mitigation strategies. Product vision.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 18, 2024

According to Ant Murphy, the reason is simple, you don’t have a prioritization problem, you have a strategy problem. We explain how to create a successful product strategy, the role of product strategy in prioritization, and how to align your prioritization efforts with your strategy.

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Product Management University

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Customer-Facing Vision & Strategy. Many product management teams struggle with this one because number one, they have a lot of products, and number two, it’s more difficult when your thought process starts with the product. If you have 20 products, that equates to 20 product visions and 20 product strategies.

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Product Management University

AUGUST 5, 2019

One set of market and business requirements from the customer’s perspective to drive all products in the portfolio accelerates that maturation process. Vision & Strategy. If you have 20 products, that equates to 20 product visions and 20 product strategies. ” Product 3 Goal: etc.

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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

JULY 6, 2021

Consequently, your focus shifts from managing a product to looking after the product people on your team and empowering them to do a great job. This includes the following ten capabilities: Formulating an inspiring vision for a product. Creating and validating a product strategy including market and user research.

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Userpilot

JULY 29, 2024

to guide product teams at every stage. Top-notch products. So, which product management frameworks should your team use? In this article, we’ve outlined an extensive list to help inform your product strategy. JTBD (jobs-to-be-done) is based on the principle that people use a product to complete a specific job.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 6, 2019

We’ve taken all these findings onboard and put together this comprehensive product strategy checklist for you to follow. Simply follow the below steps and tick them off in turn to deliver the best mobile app product you can. At the minimum, your mobile product will bring design teams, IT, marketing and operations together?—?these

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ProductPlan

MARCH 5, 2021

Associate Product Manager. In terms of day-to-day work, associate product managers do everything a product manager does, but on a smaller scale. In other words, you may not set the product strategy or own the product roadmap , but you will set priorities for your projects. That they can lead by example.

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Data product managers focus on leveraging data for product development. Technical product managers build products with strong technical or engineering elements. A strategic product manager is responsible for developing long-term product vision and strategy. Managing the product roadmap.

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Userpilot

JULY 17, 2024

TL;DR Product management principles serve as the guiding core of your product. They ensure that your product abides by its basic values. But, they are different from the product vision. Use the JTBD framework and develop a product-thinking mindset for it. Your product can't have everything.

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