Imagine a product team out for dinner and drinks. They’re celebrating a big win. The product manager, development team, product owner, maybe even a couple of company executives are there. They must have achieved something significant, right? A revenue milestone?...
Product leaders don’t often get many chances for hiring product team members. It's not overstating things to label bringing on new talent as critically important. Additions to the product team must ramp up quickly. Then they are entrusted with varying levels of...
In an ideal, data-driven world, every product, project, and program would come gift wrapped with its own precise set of goals, objectives, and KPIs. There would be no bad strategy. The rationale would be crystal clear, as would measuring its success. Bad Strategy...
In modern software development, product designers tend to be embedded on a cross-functional squad or scrum team. That team's collective work is often represented, at a high level, as features on the product roadmap. The work of a product designer, however, is distinct...
Is it Time to Declare Roadmap Bankruptcy? Whether your product finds a market or falls flat, your team needs to understand why this outcome occurred. That way, you’ll know if your strategic plan is working and your roadmap is on the right track, or if it’s time to...
The year 2020 shifted the world in fundamental ways. It changed the way we work, learn, play, travel, and socialize. It catapulted some industries into dominance (video conferencing, food delivery) while decimating others (hospitality, tourism). In fact, 2020 brought...
Customer feedback is the lifeblood of customer-centricity. It's impossible to create and improve products without understanding customers' experience, especially when customers have unengaged and do not provide feedback. Customers don't buy or use your products, so...
Much has been written over the last few years on the idea of the featureless roadmap, which challenges product teams to present their plans grounded more in strategic vision - or by themes - rather than a laundry list of specific features. ProductPlan alone has...
As a Customer Success Manager at ProductPlan for the past two years, I've worked with hundreds of our customers on establishing their roadmapping processes. Throughout my time with ProductPlan, one of the most common roadblocks I see inhibiting a successful roadmap...
Thanks to the Internet, there is no unfindable fact. As information is always at the ready, there’s no excuse not to check sources, find corroborating evidence, and research every decision. Our well-instrumented products are delivering a steady stream of data ready to...
As a product manager who now sits on the other side of the table as an executive, I’ve had lots of experience both presenting executive-facing roadmaps and receiving those presentations. I understand how much thought (and possibly anxiety) goes into these roadmap...
We are excited to welcome guest writer John Cutler to the ProductPlan blog. John is a product coach with Amplitude, where he collaborates with internal teams, customers, prospects, and the broader product public. Product teams are no stranger to the ever-changing and...
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