Roman Pichler

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Before the advent of agile frameworks like Scrum , a product person—the product manager—would typically carry out the market research, compile a market requirements specification, create a business case, put together product roadmap, write a requirements specification, and then hand it off to a project manager.

Product Management 62

Product Management Product Management Agile Backlog Management 62

Passionate BA

MARCH 2, 2024

Through workshops, keynote speeches, and breakout sessions, attendees get access to cutting-edge information and case studies. It focuses on enabling change in organizations by bridging analysis with strategy, architecture, agile, product management, and innovation.

Business Analysis 147

Business Analysis Business Analysis Innovation Digital Transformation 147

Argon Digital

JULY 11, 2023

Whether it’s developing new renewable energy projects, optimizing energy distribution systems, or implementing cutting-edge technologies, businesses in this sector rely heavily on the expertise of their business analysts and product managers.

Product Management 40

Product Management Product Management Documentation Planning 40

Agilemania

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

It provides structured guidelines on roles and responsibilities, works planning, and values to follow. Now, since we are discussing SAFe® Product Owners, let’s further discuss what is a Product Owner and what are the roles and responsibilities of SAFe® Product Owners. PI Planning. Analysis and Adaptation.

Vision 98

Vision Portfolio Management Agile Product Management 98

Agilemania

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Who should participate in planning to help eliminate impediments and speak on behalf of the customer and the business? Who can approve and defend a set of PI plans? Business Owners play a crucial role in preparing for the PI Planning. During PI planning business owners. What do Business Owners do?

Portfolio Management 98

Portfolio Management Vision Planning Agile 98

Cprime

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Plus, we’ll talk about the optimal vehicle for each phase of your journey — enterprise product management software. This is also the time to begin investing in Product Management and DevOps skills and tools to support and improve continuous delivery, but they are in the early stages of this phase. Product Level.

Agile 98

Agile Planning Vision Portfolio Management 98

Roman Pichler

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

For example, a product manager might determine the product strategy and one or more development teams might be tasked with executing it. If you work on a larger product and in a scaled environment, include the product people who work with you, for example, the feature owners. Enter the Cycle. Final Thoughts.

Innovation 158

Innovation Product Management Product Management Information Strategy 158

Roman Pichler

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

1 The Product Roadmap is a Feature-based Plan. Traditional product roadmaps are usually output-focussed plans that map a list of features, like registration, search, and reporting, onto a timeline. A feature-based product roadmap is easily mistaken for a commitment rather than a high-level plan that is likely to change.

Planning 126

Planning User Experience Documentation Innovation 126

Roman Pichler

JUNE 1, 2020

In reality, however, some product people either aim to please the stakeholders by saying yes to their requests or by brokering compromises. Others do everything they can to make the stakeholders agree to their ideas and plans. Involve people in product decisions but don’t make the mistake of trying to please them.

Stakeholder Management 123

Stakeholder Management Product Management Product Management Finance 123

Roman Pichler

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The Product Backlog is Too Big. A few years ago, I was asked to help a healthcare company with their agile transition and its impact on product management. One of the challenges the agile transition team was concerned about was the choice of the right product backlog tool, which at first seemed odd to me.

Healthcare 110

Healthcare Planning Product Management Product Management 110

Roman Pichler

JULY 6, 2021

Ensure that Your Core Product Management Skills are Strong. To be able to guide, mentor, and coach other product people, you should ensure that your own product management “hard” skills are strong and that you don’t have any major gaps in your product management knowledge.

Product Management 129

Product Management Product Management Vision Planning 129

Cprime

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Plus, we’ll talk about the optimal vehicle for each phase of your journey — enterprise product management software. This is also the time to begin investing in Product Management and DevOps skills and tools to support and improve continuous delivery, but they are in the early stages of this phase. Product Level.

Agile 52

Agile Planning Vision Portfolio Management 52

Roman Pichler

AUGUST 15, 2023

While it can be beneficial to use a strategy that helps maximise the value a product portfolio creates, I generally recommend keeping it distinct from the individual product strategies and using separate artefacts to capture the plans. Take a productivity tools suite like Microsoft Office or Google Workspace.

Vision 90

Vision User Experience Planning Innovation 90

EBG Consulting

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Product managers can make better decisions if they’ve built transparency and trust with their team. Strategic decisions provide direction and focus for your product, guide product development action, and ensure alignment within your product ecosystem. Both require a product manager to be the decision leader.

Product Management 44

Product Management Product Management Customer Experience Customer Experience 44

Bridging the Gap

MARCH 5, 2024

Discovering new business benefits that increase the ROI on the planned project investment. Here’s a video walking you through the value proposition of business analysis: >>Plan Your Next Step with a Free Workshop While this is a lot of information, you might be wondering exactly what steps you can take.

Business Analysis 52

Business Analysis Business Analysis Project Management Portfolio Management 52

Cprime

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

and walked through the roles, steps, and events involved in launching and running an Agile Release Train (ART), including how to prepare for a PI planning event, executing a PI , and the Inspect and Adapt Workshop. Scrum of Scrums – used to discuss current PI execution and ensure that the team is on track with the committed plan.

Planning 40

Planning Product Management Product Management Agile 40

Analysts Corner

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

The future state of business processes requires new ways of working that result in a great deal of change, and it is important to understand what change means to different groups of stakeholders, so as to design and implement an effective change management plan to help teams to get used to the new ways of working.

Data Governance 130

Data Governance Business Analysis Business Analysis Government 130

EBG Consulting

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Perhaps you realize you’re not organized for optimal product development and need to redesign your organization so its structure follows product. Or maybe you need to improve your product management practices. For all these scenarios, defining your product is your starting point. The Product Canvas has two parts.

Visualization 75

Visualization Product Management Product Management Data Modelling 75

Agilemania

MARCH 2, 2022

Product Owner . Senior Product Manager . Senior Product Manager . Product Manager. Client Servicing: The Product Owner must be able to understand the customer requirements to define useful features and add them to the product backlog. Product Owners . Project Managers .

Backlog Management 98

Backlog Management Agile Product Management Product Management 98

Roman Pichler

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

I once worked with a telco company that was developing a brand-new commercial product. Product management and development were located at separate sites in different countries. But this didn’t seem to matter much as everybody was in great spirits and had high hopes for the new product.

Innovation 76

Innovation Product Management Product Management Planning 76

Roman Pichler

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

I once worked with a telco company that was developing a brand-new commercial product. Product management and development were located at separate sites in different countries. But this didn’t seem to matter much as everybody was in great spirits and had high hopes for the new product.

Innovation 76

Innovation Product Management Product Management Planning 76

Roman Pichler

JULY 6, 2021

Ensure that Your Core Product Management Skills are Strong. To be able to guide, mentor, and coach other product people, you should ensure that your own product management “hard” skills are strong and that you don’t have any major gaps in your product management knowledge.

Product Management 62

Product Management Product Management Vision Planning 62

Roman Pichler

APRIL 13, 2021

Finally, choose further indicators to assess the health of your product and team. This, of course, assumes that you have a validated product strategy and a realistic product roadmap in place. If that’s not the case, then I recommend creating those two plans first. Less is More.

Vision 98

Vision Product Management Product Management Planning 98

Argon Digital

AUGUST 14, 2023

Conduct workshops, interviews, and surveys to understand their needs, pain points, and expectations. Foster Open Communication Communication breakdowns can derail even the most meticulously planned projects. Begin by identifying all potential stakeholders, from end-users to executives, and involve them early in the process.

Documentation 52

Documentation Visualization Agile Planning 52

EBG Consulting

JULY 3, 2019

They can improve your product’s business viability, customer experience, and improve product quality. A product organization taking the long view operates as a single virtual product community despite having distinct product management and product development organizations. Backlog management.

Product Management 61

Product Management Product Management Backlog Management Customer Experience 61

Vitality Chicago

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

This is our first agile coach interview in what I plan as a series of discussions intended to bring some diversity of thinking and opinions and to amplify voices that may not otherwise be heard. In addition to coaching leaders, teams and Product Owners, Anjali conducts workshops on a number of topics including leadership and design thinking.

Agile 97

Agile Design Thinking Vision Product Management 97

Business Borderlines

JULY 2, 2021

Successfully led numerous projects and initiatives covering strategy development, strategic planning, business transformation, operational improvement, capacity building of human capital, information security and architecture, design and implementation of operator multi-service telecommunication networks and information technology solutions.

Business Analysis 40

Business Analysis Business Analysis Banking Information Technology 40

Roman Pichler

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

The different goals are therefore linked and form a chain that covers all product planning aspects: visionary, strategic and tactical ones. Note that stakeholders don’t participate in sprint planning meetings. Getting to Shared Goals. Additionally, make sure that you apply the right decision rule.

Vision 60

Vision Planning Product Management Product Management 60

Agile Velocity

JUNE 6, 2018

Becoming an empowered team is a bold step, and the power to create and execute your own plan comes with an equal dose of accountability. The ScrumMasters in our workshop had a commendable focus on supporting their teams and promoting the Scrum process, and on acquiring the soft skills needed to help the people involved. Micro-managing.

Agile 40

Agile Stakeholder Management Documentation Planning 40

Word of Digits

APRIL 22, 2021

I led the main workshops and rituals of the Agile method (with the Scrum team, with the business or with other stakeholders). The second differentiating aspect was the budget management of the Scrum team in direct link with the Product Manager. What is the importance of a Product Owner within an agile team?

Agile 52

Agile Vision Digital Project Management 52

EBG Consulting

JANUARY 15, 2019

Not having agreement on what your product has broad implications for product strategy, internal organizational design, and ongoing operations. Whether you are faced with this challenge or want to take a step back to improve your product management practices, the first step is to define your product.

Vision 75

Vision Innovation Product Management Product Management 75

Roman Pichler

JULY 11, 2016

Manage the Product, not the Team. Focus on your job as the product manager or product owner, and manage the product, not the team. Provide guidance on the product, including its market, value proposition, business goals, and key features. Let the ScrumMaster take on this role. Learn More.

Product Management 60

Product Management Product Management Backlog Management Documentation 60

Roman Pichler

APRIL 13, 2021

Finally, choose further indicators to assess the health of your product and team. This, of course, assumes that you have a validated product strategy and a realistic product roadmap in place. If that’s not the case, then I recommend creating those two plans first. Less is More.

Vision 62

Vision Product Management Product Management Planning 62

Cprime

OCTOBER 31, 2023

For example, Netflix holds company-wide goal-setting workshops. Feed insights into planning the next cycle’s objectives and key results. Goal-setting meetings – Hold collaborative meetings at the start of each cycle to define objectives and key results. Analyze why some OKRs were met while others were missed.

Agile 52

Agile Monitoring Visualization Planning 52

Roman Pichler

JUNE 4, 2018

Recognise the Importance of Product Management. For some companies, this means introducing a new department or group , creating new roles, and career plans. Note that employing people who are called product owners or product managers does not necessarily mean that a product management function exists.

Digital Transformation 96

Digital Transformation Product Management Product Management Digital 96

Userzoom

DECEMBER 17, 2019

. “While there are different approaches to getting buy-in, there is one I find particularly effective in our field: performing user research on stakeholders by understanding the ‘why’ behind the pushback , and then creating the MVR (minimal viable research) plan. Interview your stakeholders, not just your product manager.

User Experience 122

User Experience Planning Documentation Design Thinking 122

Userzoom

AUGUST 24, 2017

Executives, Marketers, Designers, and Product Managers all want to make an informed decision and manage risk intelligently. Plan backwards: What is the last date when the insights will not be valuable for the current effort? It’s not enough to plan one presentation. Most research studies have a small shelf life.

E-Commerce 55

E-Commerce User Experience Planning Product Management 55