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Building a Great Product Management Organization

Melissa Perri

I look at four dimensions for robust Product Organizations: Product Organizational Design Product Strategy Product Operations Product Culture Inside each of these are a few capabilities that are then broken down further into sub-capabilities that help me pinpoint where the issues are.

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Product Portfolio Management & the Strategic Ripple Effect 9 of 10 – The Best Product Launches Launch the Story, Not the Product

Product Management University

The best product launches are like the cream cheese frosting on a decadent chocolate cake! enabled product or feature set and everyone’s totally energized over the upcoming announcement and marketing launch activities. The new product is going to boost your differentiation in the competitive space. All good, right?

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How bad Ideas get on the Roadmap

Mind the Product

Having a captive audience eager to learn about the product is red meat to me. The only part of it that ever made me cringe was when a question about the product roadmap caught me flat-footed: “Why is this on the roadmap?”. “Oh, It’s been on the roadmap for a while, but I’m not sure we’ll actually get to it…”. “Oh,

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Communicate Your Vision with an Internal Roadmap

The Product Coalition

Photo by Denise Jans on Unsplash There is a misconception that building a roadmap will define a product’s future. But a roadmap doesn’t create a clear view of the future. Your vision of the future should bring clarity to your roadmap. So why build a roadmap at all? Avoid using dates.

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Innovating in Mature Markets – 6 Product Lessons from Padman

Mind the Product

Bearing in mind the social taboos around menstruation in India in the late 1990s, Arunachalam’s work and products were met with intense resistance. However, his belief in his product vision drove him to solve a real problem experienced by thousands of women. Develop Customer Empathy With MVPs. User Feedback is Essential.

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What Does a Software Product Manager Do?

The Product HQ

The product management world relies on teams of product people who work in unison toward a central goal. For that reason, each person on the team needs to know exactly what they have to do and how. In the case of someone like a Software product manager, this may prove challenging.

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What Does Strategic Misalignment Look Like (& How Can Product Managers Avoid it?)

ProductPlan

For a product professional guiding the work of a team, strategic alignment should be the holy grail. Including making sure that everyone involved has a shared understanding of the big goals for the product. Second, all teams agree on a definition of success. Successful product development requires many teams.