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10 Product Roadmapping Mistakes to Avoid

Roman Pichler

It will also limit your ability to experiment and learn, to run sprints and discover the best way to address the user and customer needs and create value for the business. You can avoid these drawbacks by using a different roadmap type: a goal-oriented or outcome-based product roadmap. I don’t think so.

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Seven Product Backlog Mistakes to Avoid

Roman Pichler

Third and most importantly, focus the backlog on a specific product goal. Then decline and remove items that do not serve this goal, as I discuss below. The Product Backlog is Too Detailed. This leads to a weak value proposition and a poor user experience, which are hardly hallmarks of a great product.

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Succeeding with Product Delivery and Scrum: 10 Tips for Product People

Roman Pichler

It therefore offers only limited support for product people. 4 Take Advantage of Product Goals I like to think of a product goal as the specific outcome that a product should achieve in the next two to three months, for example, to increase conversion, to decrease churn, or to future-proof the product by removing technical debt. [4]

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OKRs and Product Roadmaps

Roman Pichler

This is useful when meeting the product goal results in a new major release or product version, for instance, iOS 17.4 The fourth row lists the product’s features. These are the outputs that are required to meet the goal. The fifth and final row captures the metrics to determine if a product goal has been met.

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How to Use Product Goals and Initiatives to Drive and Measure Success

Userpilot

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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How to Get Started with Outcome-Based Product Roadmaps

Roman Pichler

Then determine how the product has to change to meet the goal. Does the user experience have to be adapted? 2] If you use objectives and key results, OKRs, then you can view the goal as an objective, see my article OKRs and Product Roadmaps. Delete or archive them.

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Five Product Owner Myths Busted

Roman Pichler

Myth #3: The product owner is responsible for the team performance. An agile development team does a good job if the memebers can reliably meet the agreed goals and create software that offers a great user experience and exhibit the desired quality.