Roman Pichler

How Agile Has Changed Product Management

As the Manifesto for Agile Software Development celebrates its 20th anniversary, I take a look at how agile practices have…

5 years ago

5 Tips for Saying No to Stakeholders

Saying no is a firm part of our job as product people: Trying to please everyone and taking on board…

5 years ago

OKRs in Product Management

OKRs—objectives and key results—have experienced a renewed popularity in recent years. Consequently, I am regularly asked if and how OKRs…

5 years ago

The Product Strategy Cycle

Despite its importance, product strategy is not always effectively practiced. One of the key issues I encounter in my work…

6 years ago

A Brief Guide to Product Strategizing

When practiced correctly, product discovery maximises the chances of achieving product success. Unfortunately, I find that it's not uncommon that…

6 years ago

Prioritising a Product Backlog When Everything is Important

The product backlog is an essential product management tool: It captures detailed product decisions and directs the work of the…

6 years ago

Common Product Vision Board Mistakes

The product vision board is a simple yet powerful tool to capture the product vision and the product strategy. Despite…

6 years ago

Are Feature Teams or Component Teams Right for Your Product?

Whenever you require more than a single development team to progress your product, you have to consider how to organise…

6 years ago

Stakeholder Management Tips for Product People

As product people, we rely on the stakeholders to successfully progress our product. But effective stakeholder management can be challenging.…

6 years ago

Six Types of “Product” Owners

While the product owner role is not new—it emerged in Scrum in the second half of the 1990ies—there is still…

6 years ago