Product Roadmap Excel Templates
A set of three product roadmap templates (basic, expanded, and advanced) that you can use in support of your collaborative roadmapping sessions.
How to Build a Product Roadmap
Effective product ownership is harder than it looks. In this essay we provide a step-by-step guide on how to develop a product roadmap, a key part of product ownership success.
Agile Product Roadmaps: How to Make a Great One
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...
How to Make a Product Playbook
"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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Roadmapping That Works
Thanks to everyone who attended last week's webinar. I appreciated all the great questions. The slides are now available as well as Excel templates below. Basic Template - Excel Expanded Template - Excel Advanced Template - Excel I will also post the questions and answers from the webinar. I plan ...
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How your roadmap can get you the right customers
Guest post by Janna Bastow If there’s one topic that gets product managers talking, it’s the age-old question of whether product roadmaps should be made public or not. Depending on which product manager you talk to, you’re likely to get a passionate response on one end of the spectrum. As is ...
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Customer Interviews: How to Conduct the Interview
My greatest strength as a consultant is to be ignorant and ask a few questions.—Peter Drucker, American management consultant and author Interviewing is both an art and a science. Knowing when to speak and when to listen. Letting the client expand on an idea but also keeping to your agenda. ...
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Portfolio Roadmap Example
Executives, sales people, and marketing leaders are often frustrated with the short-term focus in product management, particularly those using agile development methods. Leaders have no idea what is planned—if anything—beyond the next two-week sprint. And that’s why they ask for a roadmap. A portfolio roadmap has become the preferred way ...
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