Roman Pichler

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Listen to the audio version of this article: [link] 1 Complement Scrum with a Product Discovery and Strategy Process Scrum is a simple framework that helps teams develop successful products. Continue the discovery and strategy work while the product is being developed. But don’t stop there.

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Roman Pichler

JUNE 7, 2022

While common sense suggests that managing a product without the right measurements is not a sensible approach, I’ve seen product teams who did not use any KPIs. Consequently, these teams relied on: Anecdotal feedback : “Customers love our product, they told me so.” 3 Stakeholder or Big Boss Dictates KPIs.

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Roman Pichler

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Staffing : Help find people who have the right skills and are motivated to work on the product and who can fill the roles. For example, I’ve seen organisations where the Scrum Masters work with HR and the development teams to recruit new team members. The individual is not a product backlog manager or a user story writer.

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Roman Pichler

JUNE 1, 2020

The first one carries the risk of being a feature broker and offering a product that has a weak value proposition, gives rise to a poor user experience, and consists of a loose collection of features. A stakeholder is anyone who has a stake in your product, who is affected by it, or who shows an interest in the offering.

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Roman Pichler

APRIL 5, 2022

For product strategy and roadmap meetings, I recommend involving the key stakeholders , for example, someone from sales, marketing, support, and finance, as well as development team representatives—ideally members who know about the user experience (UX), architecture, and technologies. State objective and agenda.

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Roman Pichler

DECEMBER 4, 2018

As the person in charge of the product, you may not be terribly concerned about how clean and well-structured the code is. The messier the code and the less modular the architecture is, the longer it takes and the more expensive it is to change your product. Furthermore, consider the life cycle stage of your product.

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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. For instance, you might show the individuals how they can make effective strategic product decisions, create an actionable product roadmap, and effectively use the right KPIs.

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Roman Pichler

JANUARY 12, 2021

You know, though, that it is impossible to add the feature to the development effort. The dev team is struggling with the current workload, and moving the date is not an option. Don’t Feel Bad about Saying No. Saying no, however, is part and parcel of a product person’s job. Declining a request can be hard.

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Roman Pichler

JUNE 7, 2021

Be Clear on When to Involve the Stakeholders and Development Teams. Complex and high-impact decisions, however, are best made together with the stakeholders and development teams. Additionally, include the development team members in product backlog decisions , and always choose sprint goals together.

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Roman Pichler

APRIL 1, 2020

Here is why: We routinely interact with individuals who have different perspectives, interest, and needs, such as users, customers, stakeholders , development team members. Users don’t always have the same wants and needs as customers, and the ideas of the stakeholders and dev team may diverge.

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Roman Pichler

APRIL 1, 2020

Here is why: We routinely interact with individuals who have different perspectives, interest, and needs, such as users, customers, stakeholders , development team members. Users don’t always have the same wants and needs as customers, and the ideas of the stakeholders and dev team may diverge.

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Roman Pichler

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

As their name suggests, these roadmaps focus on product goals or outcomes such as acquiring customers , increasing engagement , and future-proofing the product by removing technical debt. The goals state the specific value a product is likely to create and therefore communicate why it is worthwhile to progress it.

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Roman Pichler

MAY 11, 2021

Instead, you should engage the stakeholders, leverage their expertise, and generate as much buy-in as possible , as I explain in more detail in my article “ Stakeholder Management Tips for Product People.” ” But do not allow people to dominate and tell you what to do, and don’t agree to a weak compromise.

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Roman Pichler

JUNE 6, 2023

Here are four examples: Joe, the sales rep, has promised a feature to an important customer without first talking to you—the person in charge of the product. Sue, the Scrum Master , wanted to help the development team get better at sprint planning. But the team still over-commits and under-delivers.

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Product Innovation Educators

AUGUST 19, 2016

Each week I scour articles, wading through the dogs, and bringing you the best insights to help product managers, developers, and innovators be heroes. Another reminder why new products need a workable business model. Products (wrongly) get created this way – product first, customer second, revenue third.

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Userpilot

MARCH 13, 2024

TL;DR Feature ideation is a process through which product teams brainstorm ideas for new features to introduce to their product. It helps you meet user needs, enhance user experience , improve product value, and gain a competitive advantage. Why do you need feature ideation in your product development process?

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Product Innovation Educators

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Achieve your product goals without losing yourself along the way. Creating a new product starts with excitement and the thrill of doing something different. The launch of the product is surrounded by cheers. For many product managers, it is the best part of their work. Identify what you’re willing to be bad at.

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Mind the Product

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

In this awesome talk from Mind the Product London 2017 she shares some of what she’s learned about creating a product culture and how everyone has space to improve. Whilst we may all be doing our own products well, the wider culture of our teams and organisations are where the ground remains to be gained.

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Mind the Product

JUNE 19, 2018

Typically this would be a cross functional team of C- level and director-level people. It’s led by the product manager responsible for the product line, and it happens once every half year or less. All product managers in the company should produce a state of product deck and present it. Development.

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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. For instance, you might show the individuals how they can make effective strategic product decisions, create an actionable product roadmap, and effectively use the right KPIs.

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Userpilot

APRIL 6, 2023

Developing and releasing sophisticated products with all the bells and whistles imaginable might seem like a great idea. Overengineered products are difficult to use, filled with bugs, and instead of improving your users’ lives, they make them unnecessarily complicated. Why do developers overengineer software products?

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Mind the Product

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

A startup, finding its feet and learning how to stand, should by certain logic be less wise, less capable and less developed than its older, wiser counterparts. Neither necessarily good nor bad, there are however differences between how the young child and the old man view the world. In many cases the product goal is the company goal.

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Userpilot

AUGUST 18, 2024

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. However, to learn more, you’ll have to listen to the man himself as he develops the topic at the 2024 Product Drive Summit.

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Userpilot

APRIL 25, 2022

Function friction is primarily about users being blocked from reaching their product goals because of an error, poor UX, or other factors. Opportunity friction is driven by the gap between what a user expects to be able to do, and the functionality of your product as it stands. Not all friction is bad.

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UX Planet

DECEMBER 15, 2023

These thoughtful considerations will ensure that you have the correct assessment of your company’s UX maturity , your product’s current standing, future needs, and your user requirements — all of which will form the foundation of your UX budget. Have you defined your short-term and long-term product goals?

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Userpilot

JUNE 20, 2023

TL;DR Product idea validation is a process during which product teams test and tweak the product concept to ensure it satisfies a real market need. Apart from testing the demand for the product, idea validation helps teams assess if they have the necessary expertise and resources to build the product.

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Userpilot

MARCH 27, 2023

We start by looking at different kinds of analyses and the metrics to track and then explore some practical ways of using each of them to drive various product goals. We finish with an overview of product analytics tools that your team can benefit from. Why do you need to track product analytics?

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Userpilot

OCTOBER 11, 2022

How should product managers develop effective product vision statements? Product vision is the long-term objective for the product and serves as the North Star for the product team. A product vision statement describes the product vision to the internal and external stakeholders and customers.

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Userpilot

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

How to build an effective messaging strategy For a successful business, it’s crucial to develop your own messaging strategy that clearly articulates your values and connects with your target audience. SMART goal-setting framework. Lastly, share drafts of comparative materials with your internal team for input and improvement.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 6, 2019

Working as a product manager can be a busy, unpredictable and octopus-like existence. Bringing team members together, organizing user research, product demos, road mapping and more. If you’re a mobile app product manager there’s a whole additional layer of complexity to add to that cake.

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ProductPlan

DECEMBER 20, 2018

And by doing this, it becomes easy to ignore (or, just as bad, hide) problems in your code that inevitably appear over time. And we’ll provide a constructive alternative for dealing with your team’s technical debt. Some product managers think of technical debt as flaws in their products.

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Userpilot

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Product differentiation and positioning are important aspects of strategic product management because they allow you to build a product that meets the needs of the right customers in the right market and stand out from the crowd. Goals are important aspects of the product strategy. Source: Pragmatic Institute.

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Mixpanel

JANUARY 3, 2022

As data-driven product development continues to balloon in popularity, so does the need for accurate and sophisticated implementation of analytics tracking in software products. From the perspective of many engineering teams, product analytics is treated as a second-class citizen.

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The Product Coalition

MAY 7, 2020

I’ve worked in companies that have both roles, companies that only have project managers and companies that only have product managers. Several prominent blogs that I’ve read assert that project managers and product managers are ‘two sides of the same coin’ and should work harmoniously to deliver product goals.

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Modus Create

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Product development is exhilarating. There is something special about a team rallying around a vision and creating a product that users love. . However, it isn’t fun to redo a product every three years. Unfortunately, technical debt can do that to your team. And that’s on a good day. .

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Bain Public

MARCH 21, 2020

A few years ago, after an 8-year stint working as a product manager for startups in Silicon Valley, Paul realized something about the tech organization ecosystem in his hometown of Montreal: many of them had poor product culture. Building Roadmaps. Transitionary Leadership. Mentoring and Coaching. Written by Sydney Jones.

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Userpilot

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Ex-UX researcher at Google, Kerry Rodden, developed the HEART framework to map product goals with appropriate metrics and improve the UX. However, in the long run, the UX design of your product matters even more because a bad experience can turn users into detractors and decrease the retention rate.

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