Prioritization and Backlog
7 Strategies to Choose the Best Features for Your Product
Product teams use prioritization frameworks to help them prioritize product features and make better product decisions.
Jim Semick
Co-founder, Board Member
Product Management
7 Steps for Testing if Your Product Will Fail
Recently I spoke to a class at the UCSB Technology Management Program about market validation and failure testing –...
Product Management
Product Managers: Is Your MVP Truly Compelling?
More product teams are taking advantage of the Minimum Viable Product concept—deploying products early to customers in order to learn...
Roadmap and Roadmap Management
How to Avoid Putting Dead Weight Product Features On Your Roadmap
A few days ago I had lunch with the product team of a mid-sized software company, and one of the product managers...
Product Management
Startup Product Skills that Can Work in Larger Companies
Product teams at larger companies can be innovative and entrepreneurial. And there are several skills from the startup world that can help them...
Roadmap and Roadmap Management
Why a Visual Product Roadmap Makes a Difference
You’ve planned your product strategy, and now you’re ready to present your proposed roadmap to the team. You begin to review your spreadsheet outlining...
Product Management
10 Great Questions Product Managers Should Ask Customers
A few well-phrased questions can yield fantastic customer insights. But knowing the right questions to ask during customer conversations and...
Agile & Product Development
Why Agile Teams Need a Product Roadmap
“We’re agile, so why do we need a long-term product roadmap?” I hear this question regularly. At first blush, the terms agile and product...
Customers
Roadmap and Roadmap Management
Product Roadmaps: Creating a Compelling Vision
When building a roadmap, it’s important to think in terms of strategic goals and to keep your initiatives high-level. Carefully...
Roadmap and Roadmap Management
Themes: Organize Your Product Roadmap to Show Value
Building your product roadmap to in a compelling way is challenging. By grouping initiatives together into themes, you can better...
Roadmap and Roadmap Management
Benefit versus Cost: How to Prioritize Your Product Roadmap
Deciding which initiatives to include in your future product releases can be daunting. Product prioritization is even more difficult when there...
Roadmap and Roadmap Management
Should You Flip Your Product Roadmap Process Around?
If your product team is like most, you have software for capturing issues, managing requirements, and tracking projects. After all,...
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