Let’s face it: most product roadmaps suck. In fast-moving environments, Agile teams can get lost in the gap that exists between product vision, product backlogs, and task boards. But there is a solution...
The product vision describes what you intend to provide to the market and the types of customers you intend to serve. Vision describes the impact you are looking to make with the product. Impact is defined as the long term accumulation of all the benefits associated with the outcomes the ...
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To answer that question, we first need to have an operational definition of product management. Steven Haines, the author of the definitive guide on product management, The Product Manager's Desk Reference, defines product management as the “holistic business management of the product from the time it is conceived to the ...
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That is actually a legitimate question from the perspective of a consumer. As long as the consumer gets what they want, do they really care if the value was delivered via a product or a service? As a consumer in an open market, as long as I can choose how ...
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"A well-designed system filled with ordinary—but well-trained—people can consistently achieve stunning performance levels."—Robert I. Sutton What’s the status of your product management team? It’s likely some team members have formal training; others don’t. Some have years of experience; some have just started. They’ve probably got some tools they’ve used in ...
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There are many different types of Product Owners in the world, so let us examine the common ways I have seen Product Ownership implemented in the wild from the most powerful to the least powerful. God (or Goddess) of the Product: this is the most powerful of all the Product ...
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Great results come from more than great product development. You need a coordinated effort—from idea to revenue. There’s a lot of emphasis on making this department more efficient, or implementing a new method in that department. But the silo approach can only go so far. What you really need is ...
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While the human mind has an amazing capacity for creative thought and sheer computational power, it has some annoying misfires that can get in the way of building really great products. These misfires, sometimes referred to as cognitive biases, were first identified by Daniel Kanheman and Amos Tversky in the ...
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A few weeks ago, we completed a survey asking our readers asking them what are their top ten tips for new Product Owners. Below is a link to an eBook we created summarizing these results and sharing some of our guidance. Enjoy! Top 10 Tips for New Product Owners (PDF) ...
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How do you cope with the weak Product Owner? You don't - find a new Product Owner (PO) or stop using Scrum. Scrum is based on the idea that an empowered, knowledgable business leader is setting direction for the product (or service) under development. When that person does not exist, ...
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