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How to Use Product Goals and Initiatives to Drive and Measure Success

Userpilot

Setting smart product goals is a vital skill for any sensible SaaS owner or product manager to get right. In this article, we’re going to explore what makes an effective product goal, the difference between goals and product initiatives, how to set them and make them work with your product backlog, and more.

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10 Product Roadmapping Mistakes to Avoid

Roman Pichler

It will also limit your ability to experiment and learn, to run sprints and discover the best way to address the user and customer needs and create value for the business. You can avoid these drawbacks by using a different roadmap type: a goal-oriented or outcome-based product roadmap. I don’t think so.

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Seven Product Backlog Mistakes to Avoid

Roman Pichler

Third and most importantly, focus the backlog on a specific product goal. Then decline and remove items that do not serve this goal, as I discuss below. The Product Backlog is Too Detailed. This leads to a weak value proposition and a poor user experience, which are hardly hallmarks of a great product.

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Product in Practice: Introducing Opportunity Solution Trees at Texthelp

Product Talk

When they read Continuous Discovery Habits , Tali says she found the methods both inspiring and practical and she started by mapping opportunity solution trees: “It raised so many questions about the business goals and the product goals. Two were quite similar and users weren’t sure which one to click on. “By

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Trailblazing Women in Product Management: Heather Weeks, Vice President of Product Management at Marathon Health

280 Group

Then I spent three years at a brand marketing agency, which taught me to think deeply about the user experience which is so critical in product management. Then I moved into sales enablement at Marathon Health which morphed into a role leading strategy and innovation, which led into my role as VP of Product Management.

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Setting a UX Budget? Answer These 6 Questions First.

UX Planet

Even if UX work seems fine at your organization, know that there are still some things to set a budget for, like improving the product’s creation process, or your customers’ and users’ experiences. Have you defined your short-term and long-term product goals? The aim is to expand our user base.”

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Leading without Being the Boss: Tips for Product People

Roman Pichler

For instance, the marketing strategy, the user experience (UX) design and technology choices have to align to successfully acquire new users, increase conversion, or meet another product goal. What’s more, all deliverables must fit together to achieve the desired outcome.