The Product Coalition

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Product strategy workshops are facilitated sessions where key stakeholders come together to define the vision, goals, and roadmap for a product. The workshops help align the team on strategic…

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Roman Pichler

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Listen to the audio version of this article: [link] Product Strategy Discovery Explained What is product strategy discovery? More precisely, it is the process of developing a product strategy whose implementation will likely create the desired value and impact. Instead, strategy discovery focuses on the problem space.

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Roman Pichler

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

In both instances, Id recommend using an overall portfolio or bundle strategy in addition to the individual product strategies. If I were in charge of the suite, Id use a portfolio strategy that guides and aligns the strategies of Word, PowerPoint, and Excel. [1] Take Microsoft 365 again as an example.

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The Product Guy

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Here are three actionable strategies to tackle some of the biggest hurdles product managers face today. Expert-led videos and workshops can provide fresh perspectives on tackling challenges. Being a product manager often feels like solving a puzzle without all the pieces. This is exactly why I created The Product Way Patreon.

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Roman Pichler

AUGUST 15, 2023

Listen to the audio version of this article: [link] 1 No Strategy The first and most crucial mistake is to have no product strategy at all. As there is no strategy, objectively assessing the impact of the requests is virtually impossible. The strategy is therefore either too big or too narrow.

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Roman Pichler

JUNE 7, 2021

In practical terms, involve stakeholders and dev teams in decisions that affect the product strategy and the product roadmap —be it that you create the plans or that you make bigger changes to them. Then invite the right people to a collaborative workshop, no matter if it takes place online or onsite. Lead by Example.

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Product Innovation Educators

JANUARY 27, 2025

How serial innovators transform product management Watch on YouTube TLDR Navigating innovation in mature organizations requires a unique approach that goes beyond traditional business strategies. This means moving beyond rigid processes and embracing a more flexible, human-centered approach to product development and organizational strategy.

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Roman Pichler

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Hold Regular Product Strategy Reviews. A product strategy , like any other plan, is subject to change. How changeable your strategy is, depends on your product’s life cycle stage. As long as your product hasn’t reached product-market fit, the strategy is usually volatile.

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Roman Pichler

MARCH 9, 2022

If that’s not the case, then it will be difficult to encourage the individuals to agree to more specific goals and to follow a product strategy and a product roadmap that are based on the vision. Visioning Workshop Attendees. A solution-agnostic vision allows you to change the product strategy but keep your vision stable.

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Product Innovation Educators

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Incorporate diverse viewpoints into product strategy 4. Product-as-Channel Environment Traditional businesses with digital components Product serves as one of multiple channels Need to align with broader business strategies For example, Francesca contrasted a digital marketplace with a luxury retailer like Gucci.

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DevelopmentCorporate

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

A systems integration workshop is crucial for unified content management. Learn how to streamline operations, centralize your CMS, and adapt to regional needs for a cohesive global content strategy The post Why a Systems Integration Workshop is Essential for Unified Content Management appeared first on Development Corporate.

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Product Culture

JANUARY 8, 2025

Successful product leaders use workshopping to develop strategy, roadmaps, and anything else where input and feedback are valuable. A workshop can set a group on a great path forward, but it can also suffer from tangential conversations, people who dont participate, or disrespectful behavior.

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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. As a rule of thumb, avoid meetings with more than ten attendees when you have to make high-impact decisions and/or rework the product strategy , product roadmap , or product backlog.

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Product Innovation Educators

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

I’ve followed him from the beginning, and one time I went to one of his workshops and saw that some people were overwhelmed by the pace at which he was sharing information. Learn more about Killer Visual Strategies. .” What are your thoughts on that comparison? To be compared to Tufte is a huge compliment. Innovation Quote.

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The Product Guy

OCTOBER 1, 2018

You have to work with different stakeholders to define the product vision and strategy, define the set of features that the product will have and figure out a rollout plan. Define Product Vision and Strategy. You should think about including designers, developers, and even potential users to this workshop to encourage collaboration.

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Roman Pichler

JUNE 1, 2020

To build such a stakeholder community, try the following techniques, which I discuss in more detail in my book How to Lead in Product Management : Bring people together and have joint workshops instead of holding separate conversations with the individual stakeholders, see also the section below. Establish clear roles and responsibilities.

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Product Innovation Educators

APRIL 6, 2020

Get the strategies, insights, tools, practices, and tips you need for success now and in the future. They will share their strategies, experience, and secrets to help you excel in product management. Given our current circumstances, many online workshops and events have popped up in recent days. This is not one of them.

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Roman Pichler

APRIL 4, 2023

What Happens When the Head of Product Determines the Product Strategy? As you might have noticed, the list above does not mention determining the product strategy. Here is why: When a head of product determines the product strategy on a regular basis, then this is likely to cause the following two issues.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 2, 2022

Last month I had the privilege of participating in SVPG’s ‘Coach the Coaches’ workshop in Europe. I soon found out that I was going to be the only one from Israel attending the workshop. After 3 full days of meaningful discussions, I took the time to reflect and share with you my thoughts and insights.

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Product Innovation Educators

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

He is president of Voltage Control, an Austin-based workshop agency that specializes in Design Sprints and innovation workshops and formerly worked with Google Ventures. The also need to understand the team dynamics, past work, and corporate strategy. Our guest knows how to help. 3:45] What is a Design Sprint?

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Product Management University

MARCH 5, 2025

Portfolio Strategy Forget every product team working in their own little silo. A portfolio strategy starts with the customers top business priorities, and then every product becomes a lever for delivering value that actually moves the needle for them. Otherwise, FAHGETTABOUDIT! You’ll know exactly what good looks like for you.

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Roman Pichler

AUGUST 17, 2021

This allows you to pivot, to change the product strategy and the product while staying grounded in your vision. Additionally, I like to capture the product vision together with the product strategy, as it’s done on my product vision board shown below. Do I need a Product Vision and a Product Strategy?

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Roman Pichler

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Decline stakeholder requests if they aren’t aligned with the product strategy. You should therefore adopt a collaborative approach where you involve the key stakeholders and development team members in creating, reviewing, and updating the product roadmap, preferably in the form of collaborative workshops.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

I recently led a workshop for an organic tech farm startup that wanted to set its foot online for selling organic food to B2B customers. I have some takeaways and learnings to share that I covered as a coach for their onboarding strategy. Let me walk through the entire workshop in the phases with its results.

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Product Talk

APRIL 17, 2024

A Workshop Kicks Off a New Commitment to Discovery Teresa: It sounds like recently, you had a workshop that had a big impact. I initiated a workshop as a kickoff for 2024 saying, team, I see we’ve done a great job in the define and measure phase and build phase, but I feel like we’re still lacking the discovery phase.

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Roman Pichler

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

A great way to achieve a shared roadmap is to involve the individuals in the product roadmapping decisions, preferably in the form of a collaborative workshop—be it online or onsite. The best way to achieve this is to base the plan on a validated product strategy , a strategy whose key assumptions have been tested.

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Mind the Product

APRIL 6, 2020

Our goal was to define how we would set and communicate the company strategy, and how that strategy would lead OKRs and backlog definition. Product (and company) strategy is the backbone that guides product goal-setting and roadmap definition, although it’s sometimes overlooked or confused with having a vision.

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Product Management University

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Staples of the Product Manager Job Description Most product management job descriptions still list responsibilities for vision, strategy, customer discovery, growth mindset, thought leadership, etc., Your job as a product manager is to make sure designers and engineers have crystal clear targets for customer value they can easily hit.

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The Product Guy

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

It is overwhelming when you get into hyper-growth mode, and it requires process and strategy to continue the success and growth. This was only in a few people’s mind (five founders, some early employees, and some angel investors) when we started four years ago with the same idea but a centralized model for operations.

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Roman Pichler

JUNE 10, 2024

A great way to engage the individuals is to invite them to a collaborative workshop, which may take place onsite or online. [4] But before you build your outcome-based roadmap, ensure that a valid product strategy exists. A handy template to capture the strategy is my Product Vision Board.

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Product Management University

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Here’s the easiest way to marry company strategy and product strategy. The Downside of Multiple Product Strategies Here’s the first thing you SHOULD NOT DO. Don’t dispatch each product team to come up with a strategy that supports your company’s goals. They’re often conflated. Financial goals are just that. Impossible!

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Product Innovation Educators

MARCH 11, 2024

It is a simple-to-understand tool for solving problems, developing strategy, and most commonly for us product professionals, for developing a new product or service. Another misconception is that Design Thinking is all about sticky notes and workshops. 24:53] How do you structure a Design Thinking workshop?

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Product Management University

OCTOBER 10, 2023

That brings us to the topic of a single market strategy versus strategies for each product and which approach has more strategic benefit to your organization. Product strategies view the customer in silos (by user) from the bottom up. A market strategy does just that. Here’s the $1 million question. Here’s the thing.

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Userpilot

DECEMBER 18, 2024

It’s the same issue if you lack a survey strategy. Retention analysis : Analyze user behavior to understand why they abandon your product and identify strategies for reducing churn. Optimal Workshop A UX research and design testing platform, Optimal Workshop provides several user research features. Be data-testable.

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Roman Pichler

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Listen to the audio version of this article: [link] Introduction To discuss empowerment in product management, I find it helpful to distinguish three main levels of decision-making authority, product delivery, product discovery, and product strategy, as the model in Figure 1 shows. [1]

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Mind the Product

DECEMBER 13, 2018

We’re thrilled to announce the first of our amazing line-up of speakers and announce all our deep-dive workshops, connecting international and regional thought leaders with the vibrant product and UX community across AsiaPac. Workshop Presenters. by Jonny Schneider, Head of Product Strategy and Design. Find out more!

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Roman Pichler

AUGUST 16, 2022

Imagine that John is a sales rep and a key stakeholder who hardly ever attends the product strategy workshops you’ve invited him to. You should then consider asking John to change his behaviour and attend the strategy sessions to share his change requests. At the same time, be frank.

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