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Maximising Stakeholder Buy-in to Product Strategy and Product Roadmap

Roman Pichler

2] Figure 1: The Power-Interest Grid The grid divides stakeholders into four groups: crowd, subjects, context setters, and players depending on how interested they are in your product and how much power they have. Smaller strategy updates and product roadmapping decisions, however, are not as critical.

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OKRs and Product Roadmaps

Roman Pichler

What are Product Roadmaps? A product roadmap is an actionable plan that describes how a product is likely to evolve. [3] Fortunately, in the last ten years, outcome-based, goal-oriented roadmaps have become more popular. Let’s take a quick look at the roadmap’s five elements. 5] So What?

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When You Should NOT Use a Product Roadmap

Roman Pichler

Listen to the audio version of this article: [link] You Can’t See Further than the Next Three Months A product roadmap should be a realistic forecast that states the specific value a product is likely to offer in the next 12 months. [1] If you can’t see further than the next three months, then do not use a product roadmap.

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GO Product Roadmap Checklist

Roman Pichler

Listen to the audio version of this article: [link] Overview The GO Product Roadmap consists of five elements, as the image below shows: Date, name, goal, features, and metrics. The checklist I’ve created offers criteria for each element as well as the entire roadmap. Do not state any product details such as user stories.

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How To Speak The Language Of Financial Success In Product Management

Speaker: Jamie Bernard

We'll explore the concepts of products and services as revenue generators or revenue suckers, and delve into how to share cost and benefit dollars within a portfolio or business unit. You'll learn how to set clear, measurable targets, link them to your product strategy, and effectively communicate progress with stakeholders.

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My Product Strategy Model

Roman Pichler

An effective product strategy is key to successfully create, enhance, and manage a product. There is no point in worrying about the product details and writing user stories if a sound product strategy is missing. But what exactly is a product strategy? Figure 1: My Product Strategy Model.

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What Exactly is a Product Strategy?

Roman Pichler

Listen to the audio version of this article: [link] What Information Should a Product Strategy Provide? I like to think of the product strategy as a high-level plan that helps you realise your vision and that answers the following four questions: Who is the product for? Do You Need a Strategy for Your Product?

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Product Strategy Agility: How to Use Experiments and Options to Create Products Your Customers Love

Speaker: Johanna Rothman - Management Consultant, Rothman Consulting Group

Senior leaders often want to see months - or years - long product roadmaps. But these predictions often do not create products your customers will love. That means product leaders need to integrate experiments and options into their roadmaps.

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Shaping the Future: Product Strategy in the Age of Uncertainty

Speaker: William Haas Evans - Principal Consultant, Product Strategy Practice Lead, Kuroshio Consulting

In this webinar, we’ll explore the 4 key pillars that a value-driven product organization leverages to ensure they are connecting their strategy to execution to deliver business outcomes: The Product Roadmap (What it is and what it’s not). Use Product Management Today’s webinars to earn professional development hours!

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How Product Teams Can Leverage Community

Speaker: Scott Baldwin of ProductBoard

Product managers and community managers share a common goal: to deliver value to their users. Through in-depth user insights, a clear product strategy, and an inspiring roadmap. Building products is a team sport and involves everyone working together to get the right products to market faster.

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How Product Managers Can Define a Product Vision to Guide Their Team

Speaker: Christian Bonilla, VP of Product Management at UserTesting

Join Christian Bonilla, VP of Product at UserTesting, as he reveals tips for taking ownership of the product vision to guide the development process. In this webinar, you’ll learn: Steps to creating a product vision that leads to better outcomes. How to position your vision as an umbrella for the product strategy.