Product Roadmap
A product roadmap is a strategic communication tool. Its purpose is to show your team and other stakeholders what your product vision is and how it breaks down into product strategy and the product development initiatives needed to achieve that strategy. A product roadmap is not a gantt chart, and it’s not a device for showing off every last detailed feature in your development plan – instead a product roadmap should focus on high level themes aligned around customer outcomes.
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If you were to ask me whether you, as a product manager, should you always listen to market feedback? My answer would be yes, definitely. Sometimes. Here’s why. Henry Ford is famously quoted as eschewing market feedback by saying that if he’d listened to his customers, they’d have asked for faster horses. Interestingly, I learned […]
Good Product Management is the key to Organisational Happiness
A few years ago I read Tony Hsieh’s book on Zappos, a company that has been lauded for its amazing culture. In the book he shares his view on the four pillars for happiness: progress, purpose, control, and connection. Although various people have made lists of this type, this particular list has resonated the most […]
Why Feature FOMO Stalls Product Innovation
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4 Product-Driven Steps to an ArtificiaI Intelligence Roadmap
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A Product Manager's Approach to Building Integrations for SaaS Software
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