Product teams play a crucial part in achieving product success. But who should be on the team? How can the group become high-performing? Who is the boss on the team? And what is the difference between a product team and a Scrum team? These are some of the questions on product teams that I am frequently asked, and that I answer in this article.
No matter if you love or dislike your stakeholders, you need their input and support to achieve product success. But how can you make sure that you engage the right stakeholders? How can you secure their buy-in? How can you effectively say no to them, if required? And what stakeholder engagement pitfalls should you avoid? These are some of the stakeholder management questions that I am frequently asked, and that I answer in this article.
The product backlog can be a powerful tool to discover and deliver the right product features. But how can you stock and prioritise it effectively? How can you reduce the size of a large backlog? How to secure stakeholder buy-in? And what backlog mistakes should you avoid? These are some of the product backlog questions that I am frequently asked, and that I answer in this article.
Product teams are key in enabling product-led growth and offering successful products. In this article, I explain what product teams really need to do a great job and how you can best support the teams you work with. I also offer a comprehensive questionnaire in the article so you can design successful product teams and get them off to a great start, or if they are up and running, provide the prerequisites that might be missing.
Product teams are key in enabling product-led growth and offering successful products. In this episode, I explain what product teams really need to do a great job and how you can best support the teams you work with.
A product team is a cross-functional group whose members work together to achieve product success. Most people would agree that the person in charge of the product, a UX designer, and one or more developers should be on the team. But if stakeholders should be included, is less clear. In this article, I discuss two types of product teams, core and extended ones. I explore the benefits and challenges of using a larger team that includes the key stakeholders, and I share practical tips to make this approach work.
A product team is a cross-functional group whose members work together to achieve product success. Most people would agree that the person in charge of the product, a UX designer, and one or more developers should be on the team. But if stakeholders should be included, is more contentious. In this podcast episode, I discuss two types of product teams, core and extended ones. I explore the benefits and challenges of using a larger team that includes the key stakeholders, and I share practical tips to make this approach work.
The most amazing product strategy and product roadmap are ineffective if the stakeholders don’t support them. Without their buy-in, you’ll struggle to execute the strategy and find it hard to deliver the roadmap. But it doesn’t have to be this way. This article shares my tips to help you secure strong stakeholder buy-in to strategic product decisions, align people, and achieve product success together.
The most amazing product strategy and product roadmap are ineffective if the stakeholders don’t support them. Without their buy-in, you’ll struggle to execute the strategy and find it hard to deliver the roadmap. But it doesn’t have to be this way. This podcast episode shares my tips to help you secure strong stakeholder buy-in to strategic product decisions, align people, and achieve product success together.
Outcome-based product roadmaps offer many benefits over traditional, feature-based ones including a strong focus on the value a product should create. But how can you introduce this new approach when an organisation is used to feature-based plans and stakeholders find it difficult to trust an outcome-based roadmap? To address this challenge, I introduce a four-step process in this podcast episode.