Companies treat the role of product management differently. Miles Davis, Product Manager at Spotify, shared how they articulate the product development process at Spotify and the role and expectations of a PM.
A talk I gave at Google on Strategy and Product Discovery
We discussed:
Discovering Features and Products (Product Strategy)
Discovering Products and Product Lines (Product Line / Company Strategy)
Marty Cagan: Using High Fidelity Prototypes for Product Discovery
How to Build a Product Vision by Spotify Product ManagerProduct School
In this episode, Matt Williams talks about building a product vision and getting stakeholder buy in. He also covers 'managing up' and how to navigate within your organization, whilst fostering an understanding of vision and user empathy with engineers.
Growing up with agile - how the Spotify 'model' has evolved Peter Antman
Spotify is known for its agile organization. But how did we end up with it, what are the founding principles and how has it evolved? Speech held at the Bay Area Agile Leadership Network 3/15 2016.
A talk I gave at Google on Strategy and Product Discovery
We discussed:
Discovering Features and Products (Product Strategy)
Discovering Products and Product Lines (Product Line / Company Strategy)
Marty Cagan: Using High Fidelity Prototypes for Product Discovery
How to Build a Product Vision by Spotify Product ManagerProduct School
In this episode, Matt Williams talks about building a product vision and getting stakeholder buy in. He also covers 'managing up' and how to navigate within your organization, whilst fostering an understanding of vision and user empathy with engineers.
Growing up with agile - how the Spotify 'model' has evolved Peter Antman
Spotify is known for its agile organization. But how did we end up with it, what are the founding principles and how has it evolved? Speech held at the Bay Area Agile Leadership Network 3/15 2016.
How to Build a Product Roadmap by Walmart Senior Product ManagerProduct School
It all starts with a product roadmap! Your roadmap should tell the story of how you’re going to get to your ultimate vision. Getting priority, alignment, and balancing short term product iterations with long term strategic disruption is all part of the fun.
Hudson talked about the road mapping process, how you can balance short term and long term product/business goals, and how various initiatives on a road map get prioritized.
How to Master Product-Led Growth Strategy in B2B by Gainsight CTOProduct School
Main takeaways:
Main Takeaways:
- Gain visibility into the product journey
- Tie acquisition and retention KPIs with core metrics
- Design product experiences with an outcome mindset
- Create an iterative process to address usability friction
- Leverage user feedback to accelerate learning
Product Management 101: #1 How To Create Products Customer Love.Jean-Yves SIMON
An introduction to Product Management, for people involved in technology or software companies. Mainly aimed at evangelizing the role and responsibilities across an organization.
This is the #1 presentation out of a serie of 10 sessions.
Special thanks to Marty Cagan @ SVPG for the title :)
Feature Prioritization Frameworks by Spotify Sr PMProduct School
Main takeaways:
-Why Feature Prioritization is Important?
-Overview of the popular prioritization frameworks: Rice, Value vs. ---Effort, The MoSCoW Method, Kano, Opportunities
-How to use frameworks?
-Tips and Tricks
This deck aims at providing entrepreneurs, startup employees and young product managers a toolbox of actionable digital product management tools & techniques. It will help them discover, design & launch great products.
Building an enduring, multi-billion dollar consumer technology company is hard. As an investor, knowing which startups have the potential to be massive and long-lasting is also hard. From both perspectives, identifying companies with this potential is a combination of “art” and “science” — the art is understanding how products work, and the science is knowing how to measure it. At the earliest stages of a company, it comes down to understanding how a product is built to maximize and leverage user engagement.
In this presentation, Sarah Tavel shares her "Hierarchy of Engagement" framework she uses to evaluate non-transactional consumer companies she is looking to invest in.
Behind every great product is a great team doing work in a way that guarantees results. They are following a roadmap from the starting point to the end product. But a product roadmap can be elusive. This talk addresses why it is important and presents an approach to make one.
The Types of Product Management Roles by PayPal Sr Product ManagerProduct School
Main Takeaways:
- Each Product management role is unique. What are the various types of product management roles and how to identify the right one for you.
- Overview of types of PM roles - growth, platform, data, mobile applications, product marketing, internal tools, API, etc.
- How to use your background to make your job search targeted and position yourself for success.
How to Focus On the Problem, Not the Solution by Spotify PMProduct School
Main takeaways:
-The five why’s - a tried-and-true method to effectively uncover user needs.
-Leveraging the JTBD framework - what are your customers trying to accomplish?
-How do you know you’ve solved the problem? Defining success metrics with your customers from the beginning.
So the purpose of product discovery is to make sure we have some evidence that when we ask the engineers to build production-quality software, it won’t be a wasted effort.
Growth Strategies Across the Product LifecyclePaul Morgan
Understanding strategies and tactics to create growth opportunities is critical to become a differentiator and enable your product to have a long and successful part in your overall company strategy. Paul Morgan & Kamal Tahir presented this deck at the Product Management, Innovation and User Experience Conference in June 2014, Chicago, IL.
How to Build a Product Roadmap by Walmart Senior Product ManagerProduct School
It all starts with a product roadmap! Your roadmap should tell the story of how you’re going to get to your ultimate vision. Getting priority, alignment, and balancing short term product iterations with long term strategic disruption is all part of the fun.
Hudson talked about the road mapping process, how you can balance short term and long term product/business goals, and how various initiatives on a road map get prioritized.
How to Master Product-Led Growth Strategy in B2B by Gainsight CTOProduct School
Main takeaways:
Main Takeaways:
- Gain visibility into the product journey
- Tie acquisition and retention KPIs with core metrics
- Design product experiences with an outcome mindset
- Create an iterative process to address usability friction
- Leverage user feedback to accelerate learning
Product Management 101: #1 How To Create Products Customer Love.Jean-Yves SIMON
An introduction to Product Management, for people involved in technology or software companies. Mainly aimed at evangelizing the role and responsibilities across an organization.
This is the #1 presentation out of a serie of 10 sessions.
Special thanks to Marty Cagan @ SVPG for the title :)
Feature Prioritization Frameworks by Spotify Sr PMProduct School
Main takeaways:
-Why Feature Prioritization is Important?
-Overview of the popular prioritization frameworks: Rice, Value vs. ---Effort, The MoSCoW Method, Kano, Opportunities
-How to use frameworks?
-Tips and Tricks
This deck aims at providing entrepreneurs, startup employees and young product managers a toolbox of actionable digital product management tools & techniques. It will help them discover, design & launch great products.
Building an enduring, multi-billion dollar consumer technology company is hard. As an investor, knowing which startups have the potential to be massive and long-lasting is also hard. From both perspectives, identifying companies with this potential is a combination of “art” and “science” — the art is understanding how products work, and the science is knowing how to measure it. At the earliest stages of a company, it comes down to understanding how a product is built to maximize and leverage user engagement.
In this presentation, Sarah Tavel shares her "Hierarchy of Engagement" framework she uses to evaluate non-transactional consumer companies she is looking to invest in.
Behind every great product is a great team doing work in a way that guarantees results. They are following a roadmap from the starting point to the end product. But a product roadmap can be elusive. This talk addresses why it is important and presents an approach to make one.
The Types of Product Management Roles by PayPal Sr Product ManagerProduct School
Main Takeaways:
- Each Product management role is unique. What are the various types of product management roles and how to identify the right one for you.
- Overview of types of PM roles - growth, platform, data, mobile applications, product marketing, internal tools, API, etc.
- How to use your background to make your job search targeted and position yourself for success.
How to Focus On the Problem, Not the Solution by Spotify PMProduct School
Main takeaways:
-The five why’s - a tried-and-true method to effectively uncover user needs.
-Leveraging the JTBD framework - what are your customers trying to accomplish?
-How do you know you’ve solved the problem? Defining success metrics with your customers from the beginning.
So the purpose of product discovery is to make sure we have some evidence that when we ask the engineers to build production-quality software, it won’t be a wasted effort.
Growth Strategies Across the Product LifecyclePaul Morgan
Understanding strategies and tactics to create growth opportunities is critical to become a differentiator and enable your product to have a long and successful part in your overall company strategy. Paul Morgan & Kamal Tahir presented this deck at the Product Management, Innovation and User Experience Conference in June 2014, Chicago, IL.
La comunicazione tra le persone è il primo valore dell’Agile. Trasmettere la vision di un’idea è molto difficile. Attraverso i Canvas è possibile non solo condividere la vision ma anche il viaggio che porterà alla realizzazione dell’intero prodotto.
Adottando i vari Canvas come il Business Model Canvas, il Lean Canvas e il Product Canvas è possibile definire e condividere le ipotesi iniziali, validarle sul mercato misurando i risultati e confrontarle con i risultati attesi. I Canvas quindi non solo ci aiutano nella parte iniziale del progetto ma ci accompagnano per tutto il ciclo di vita del prodotto evolvendo con esso.
Questi concetti non sono strettamente legati al software ma possono essere applicati in contesti differenti.
Durante questo workshop vedremo insieme come, partendo da un’idea, si possa realizzare un prototipo di applicazione mobile in meno di due ore… il tutto sotto forma di gioco.
Workshop delivered by Craig Smith and Julian Smith at DTA Digital Summit 2020 on 17 November 2020.
Today 'agile' is no longer just a buzzword. From building spacecraft to manufacturing, some of the most complex and largest organisations in the world are using agile ways of working to deliver better outcomes, respond to change, improve quality, foster more productive and happier teams, and reduce risk.
This hands-on and interactive session is aimed at helping public sector organisations build capability to support agile ways of working, from policy development through to service design and delivery.
Microsoft recently created an internal, corporate initiative called “Podcast in a Box.” The idea was to get employees in the habit of using equipment to podcast internally (i.e., to other employees only), create content and educate each other. Martha is going to talk about this unique program, how it has been successful, and how other organisations can adopt a similar program to educate and inform (and sometimes even entertain) their employees.
From project to product mindset and onwards to product platform architecturesJorn Bettin
Is it possible to stay innovative and economically manage many hundreds or even thousands of products or product variants?
Organisations interested in benefiting from a product line and product platform approach must adopt values and organisational principles that encourage the development of deep domain expertise. This includes a deep understanding of the forces that continuously change the environment of the product line. These forces can then be harnessed as part of the architectural foundation for the product line.
The pervasive digitisation of services and the desire to create and operate platforms that can support large digital service ecosystems that include many organisations, have put the spotlight on design principles for product lines, product platforms, and related organisational structures.
These slides relate to a talk at ProductTank Auckland (https://www.meetup.com/ProductTank-Auckland/events/252496542/). The video recording is available at https://twitter.com/pmauckland/status/1021272934416109568.
Leveraging platforms to achieve speed at scale- Tom Varsavsky (ThoughtWorks L...Thoughtworks
Tom shares the story behind the development of Colab, a branded platform of technology components that can be shared across the business. Treating this platform as a product helps executives and product managers, as well as developers, understand and embrace the REA technology strategy.
[Webinar] Visa's Journey to a Culture of ExperimentationOptimizely
Join us as we hear Ramkumar Ravichandran, the Director of A/B Testing at Visa Checkout, explain how he created a high impact experimentation program. Ram will take us through the growth of Visa’s program: from selling the value, to laying down the vision, the roadmap and success criteria, to creating the right team and driving engagement with the program.
Attend this webinar to learn:
-How an experimentation program drives business impact.
-A model to drive continuous stakeholder engagement with the program.
-How to build a roadmap that goes above and beyond simple UX optimization.
How UX Research Hit It Big in Las Vegas (Melissa Schmidt and Adam Menter at E...Rosenfeld Media
Melissa Schmidt and Adam Menter: "How UX Research Hit It Big in Las Vegas"
Enterprise Experience 2019 • June 3-4, 2019 • San Francisco, CA, USA
http://www.enterpriseexperience.net
Candid Conversations With Product People: Using Continuous Customer Testing f...Aggregage
After weathering recessions with a wide range of iconic customers, CEO and Product Manager Luke Freiler has seen first hand the impact the Voice of the Customer has had in making or breaking tech companies during hard times. He's going to walk you through an agile process for continuous customer testing that saves you time and gives you full confidence in your products — no matter how many you're sending out the door this year.
Using the power of OpenAI with your own data: what's possible and how to start?Maxim Salnikov
The top questions we get about ChatGPT-powered enterprise scenarios are all about using the company's own data as the basis for the responses. In this session, we'll explore various options starting from simply injecting data into the prompt to the advanced architectures with multiple Cognitive Services chained together and fine-tuning models - all for you to choose the flexible, scalable, and cost-efficient solution that works the best for you.
With shoot-and-upload video getting easier by the day, and more and more consumers sharing their digital photos; the explosive use of video and images on the web is only going to increase. This Optimization Summit session reveals the secrets behind using video and images online and how to take advantage of the popular video and image-sharing platforms like YouTube, Facebook, Flickr, Snapfish, Shutterfly, and more. You’ll learn video consumption trends; and tips for getting your images in the top of customer search results; editing apps and tips; strategies for optimizing your visual media assets to better engage your audience and potential customers to take action.
“Look for instant content. With shoot-and-upload video getting easier and easier, everyone’s going to jump onto YouTube. The video rush of the last few years will look like a trickle.” ~ Ian Lurie
Webinar How PMs Use AI to 10X Their Productivity by Product School EiR.pdfProduct School
Explore AI tools hands-on and smoothly integrate them into your work routine. This practical experience is here to empower you, offering insights into the mindset of successful Product Managers. Learn the skills to become a more effective Product Manager.
Main Takeaways:
Hands-On AI Integration:
Learn practical strategies for integrating AI tools into your workflow effectively.
Mindset Insights for Success:
Gain valuable insights into the mindset of successful Product Managers, unlocking the secrets to their achievements.
Skill Empowerment for Growth:
Acquire essential skills that empower your evolution toward becoming a more effective and impactful Product Manager.
Webinar: Using GenAI for Increasing Productivity in PM by Amazon PM LeaderProduct School
In this webinar, you will learn how AI can take work off your plate, allowing you to focus on deep thinking or critical work. Cut out the drudge work in Product Management and get more out of your day.
Learnings:
Improve workflows that are high frequency - "manual tasks"
Increase the quality of output that has high importance - "brainy tasks"
Put GenAI to work today
Unlocking High-Performance Product Teams by former Meta Global PMMProduct School
Main Takeaways:
- High-Performing Team Dynamics: You’ll gain insights into fostering high-performance teamwork.
- Unveiling Team Personas: You’ll learn about different personas in the team and how to foster these differences.
- Decoding the Team Needs x Productivity Equation: You’ll learn about different team needs and how they correlate with engagement and productivity.
Unveiling the Secrets How Does Generative AI Work.pdfSam H
At its core, generative artificial intelligence relies on the concept of generative models, which serve as engines that churn out entirely new data resembling their training data. It is like a sculptor who has studied so many forms found in nature and then uses this knowledge to create sculptures from his imagination that have never been seen before anywhere else. If taken to cyberspace, gans work almost the same way.
What are the main advantages of using HR recruiter services.pdfHumanResourceDimensi1
HR recruiter services offer top talents to companies according to their specific needs. They handle all recruitment tasks from job posting to onboarding and help companies concentrate on their business growth. With their expertise and years of experience, they streamline the hiring process and save time and resources for the company.
RMD24 | Debunking the non-endemic revenue myth Marvin Vacquier Droop | First ...BBPMedia1
Marvin neemt je in deze presentatie mee in de voordelen van non-endemic advertising op retail media netwerken. Hij brengt ook de uitdagingen in beeld die de markt op dit moment heeft op het gebied van retail media voor niet-leveranciers.
Retail media wordt gezien als het nieuwe advertising-medium en ook mediabureaus richten massaal retail media-afdelingen op. Merken die niet in de betreffende winkel liggen staan ook nog niet in de rij om op de retail media netwerken te adverteren. Marvin belicht de uitdagingen die er zijn om echt aansluiting te vinden op die markt van non-endemic advertising.
Explore our most comprehensive guide on lookback analysis at SafePaaS, covering access governance and how it can transform modern ERP audits. Browse now!
Remote sensing and monitoring are changing the mining industry for the better. These are providing innovative solutions to long-standing challenges. Those related to exploration, extraction, and overall environmental management by mining technology companies Odisha. These technologies make use of satellite imaging, aerial photography and sensors to collect data that might be inaccessible or from hazardous locations. With the use of this technology, mining operations are becoming increasingly efficient. Let us gain more insight into the key aspects associated with remote sensing and monitoring when it comes to mining.
Falcon stands out as a top-tier P2P Invoice Discounting platform in India, bridging esteemed blue-chip companies and eager investors. Our goal is to transform the investment landscape in India by establishing a comprehensive destination for borrowers and investors with diverse profiles and needs, all while minimizing risk. What sets Falcon apart is the elimination of intermediaries such as commercial banks and depository institutions, allowing investors to enjoy higher yields.
India Orthopedic Devices Market: Unlocking Growth Secrets, Trends and Develop...Kumar Satyam
According to TechSci Research report, “India Orthopedic Devices Market -Industry Size, Share, Trends, Competition Forecast & Opportunities, 2030”, the India Orthopedic Devices Market stood at USD 1,280.54 Million in 2024 and is anticipated to grow with a CAGR of 7.84% in the forecast period, 2026-2030F. The India Orthopedic Devices Market is being driven by several factors. The most prominent ones include an increase in the elderly population, who are more prone to orthopedic conditions such as osteoporosis and arthritis. Moreover, the rise in sports injuries and road accidents are also contributing to the demand for orthopedic devices. Advances in technology and the introduction of innovative implants and prosthetics have further propelled the market growth. Additionally, government initiatives aimed at improving healthcare infrastructure and the increasing prevalence of lifestyle diseases have led to an upward trend in orthopedic surgeries, thereby fueling the market demand for these devices.
"𝑩𝑬𝑮𝑼𝑵 𝑾𝑰𝑻𝑯 𝑻𝑱 𝑰𝑺 𝑯𝑨𝑳𝑭 𝑫𝑶𝑵𝑬"
𝐓𝐉 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐬 (𝐓𝐉 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬) is a professional event agency that includes experts in the event-organizing market in Vietnam, Korea, and ASEAN countries. We provide unlimited types of events from Music concerts, Fan meetings, and Culture festivals to Corporate events, Internal company events, Golf tournaments, MICE events, and Exhibitions.
𝐓𝐉 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐬 provides unlimited package services including such as Event organizing, Event planning, Event production, Manpower, PR marketing, Design 2D/3D, VIP protocols, Interpreter agency, etc.
Sports events - Golf competitions/billiards competitions/company sports events: dynamic and challenging
⭐ 𝐅𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬:
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➢CHILDREN ART EXHIBITION 2024: BEYOND BARRIERS
➢ WOW K-Music Festival 2023
➢ Winner [CROSS] Tour in HCM
➢ Super Show 9 in HCM with Super Junior
➢ HCMC - Gyeongsangbuk-do Culture and Tourism Festival
➢ Korean Vietnam Partnership - Fair with LG
➢ Korean President visits Samsung Electronics R&D Center
➢ Vietnam Food Expo with Lotte Wellfood
"𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲, 𝐚 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲. 𝐖𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬."
Taurus Zodiac Sign_ Personality Traits and Sign Dates.pptxmy Pandit
Explore the world of the Taurus zodiac sign. Learn about their stability, determination, and appreciation for beauty. Discover how Taureans' grounded nature and hardworking mindset define their unique personality.
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Personal Brand Statement:
As an Army veteran dedicated to lifelong learning, I bring a disciplined, strategic mindset to my pursuits. I am constantly expanding my knowledge to innovate and lead effectively. My journey is driven by a commitment to excellence, and to make a meaningful impact in the world.
39. Product Management @ Spotify
Accountability & Responsibilities
1. Learning. Your domain and create (contrarian) beliefs
2. Relating. Company strategy to your domain
3. Choose the opportunity. And define the impact potential
4. Framing. The opportunity, set constraints, and define success
5. Pathing. The journey and be the delta to ensure overall delivery
40. Tech+Design Accountability
1. Technical delivery against commitments (deadlines and milestones)
2. Technical quality, scalability, stability, etc
3. UX which meets strategic goals and product requirements / hypotheses
For those of you new here to our meetup, Product School offers 8-week, part-time courses on how to be a product manager.
We also offer a program called Coding for Managers. This course is for professionals without a technical background who want to learn how to code, build a better rapport with engineer teams and increase visibility with hiring managers.
If you'd like a free ticket to our next event, be sure to tweet a picture of your presenter using @productschool or check-in to the event on facebook. Following the presentation, please come show me and I'll take your email to send your free ticket.
Etugo Nwokah
Presenter introduction
Talk about product at Spotify, different kind of products you might work on and the overall lifecycle
Presentation time will be X min, Questions during talk
Before we get started I want to share this graph with you. This is a model of how quickly we forget things from 1885 which since then has been replicated. The key takeaway I want to share is that you will likely forget 50% of the content I’m going to go through in an hour. You probably don’t remember more than 25% of the content from yesterday.
We forget things fast so reflect, review and practice. That’s what this day and this first session is about.
TBST is a framework we use for building products
The biggest risk is building a wrong product that doesn’t delight users or doesn’t move appropriate metrics. This is the Product Risk.
The idea is to drive this risk down and release products quickly.
Think It process drives the risk down at a lower cost of operations.
Let's
This is an example of a team, sometimes all functions are represented, sometimes not
Walk through team and roles
Key is immersing yourself in a problem across disciplines. Best ideas are interdisciplinary, not supplied by the PO
Presenter introduction
Talk about product at Spotify, different kind of products you might work on and the overall lifecycle
Presentation time will be X min, Questions during talk
You have to understand all 3 dimensions well to have impact. UX is about people/needs/solutions, technology opens new doors for creating value and understanding the business strategy/model guides us in trying to maximize the value we create.
But why do we need PMs in the first place?
You have to understand all 3 dimensions well to have impact. UX is about people/needs/solutions, technology opens new doors for creating value and understanding the business strategy/model guides us in trying to maximize the value we create.
But why do we need PMs in the first place?
Be the scientist, uncover, understand, explain what is true, now and the future…
PM@Spotify is essentially a learning machine for the company.
Strategy builds on being a domain expert who can apply judgement.
World doesn’t stand still, everything changes and is moving, product, customers, trends, competition
Reflecting on where we need or should be is key.
As you develop your strategy it’s key that you do in relation to the overall company strategy and use that context when explaining what you intend to do. The value we create with our smaller ships have to pull in the same direction.
Fundamentally developing insights to become a domain expert allows us to craft strategy and beliefs. From this we can decide to take on problems and opportunities. Data, Insights, Beliefs, Bets, DIBBs for short is a PM@Spotify tool for carefully outlining our beliefs.
Most valuable beliefs are contrarian, going against conventional thinking, or are based on unique insights.
Unique insights can from observations (data) or by start from from first principles, a key of assumptions which are generally held to be true.
Most people don’t deal with uncertainty
Leadership is about closing the gap between what’s true today or what we know today and what could be true
Framing a problem is about defining it clearly, solutions really depend on well we define the problem, what success is and what the constraints are
There are many tactics, leading by example, exploring the unknown or using crafting a strong vision, aligning emotion, imagination and incentives
Framing problem or opportunities, setting constraints and defining success in an uncertain world is an art. This is what we normally refer to us as product vision. You can do it many different ways, writing product briefs, giving talks, and sometimes it’s best just to make something simple visually which captures people’s imagination and sets them off in the right direction.
Let’s talk about the concept of pathing or strategy roadmaps...
These steps will vary a lot depending on the domain and what you’re trying to do. For some it will mean learning a lot, trying out hypotheses and navigating to find solutions. For others it might be building an A/B test and then deciding whether to roll it out.
We’ll spend more time this afternoon talking about roadmaps on those are used to capture this journey. Pathing is very complicated art, balancing goals, delivery tactics and maximizing learning.
This journey can also be used to explain one of the fundamental traits of a PM. The more effective and skilled a PM gets the higher the probability, time or resources spent on finding or disproving value. If we think about this journey as function of time the PM becomes the delta effect. This is a very important concept. The activities you engage with can be high or low variance in terms delta and they differ depending on context.
Being the delta is usually what we refer to as execution. We now have clearer operational model in our teams when it comes to delivery and UX but PMs still have to be delta when needed to keep things going forward. Being mindful of the types of delta activities you engage with is important and when they’re needed. Sometimes the right things is to focus on crafting a clear roadmap to make sure teams understand where they’re going. Sometimes it’s just writing a document with a decision because everybody seems to be talking past each other.