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The Symphony of Strategic Roadmapping: A Personal Perspective on Product Prioritization

Product Power by Samet Ozkale • 78 implied HN points • 21 Dec 23
💼 Business Product Management Prioritization Strategy Communication Resource Allocation
  1. Product roadmapping is like conducting a symphony with prioritization setting the rhythm.
  2. Key elements of a product roadmap include vision, strategy, roadmap, prioritization, and backlog.
  3. Balancing stakeholder needs in roadmapping, aligning short-term goals with long-term vision, and agile adaptation are crucial for successful product development.

The Top Reasons High-Performing Teams Leverage User Stories

PeopleStorming • 59 implied HN points • 26 Oct 23
💼 Business Communication Prioritization Visualization Validation
  1. User stories are concise descriptions of value from the perspective of the person who desires that value, helping to keep focus on end user needs and goals.
  2. Leveraging user stories can lead to improved communication and collaboration within teams, customer-centricity, and easier prioritization of workloads.
  3. An effective user story typically consists of three parts: the role, the output, and the benefit, enabling teams to articulate the purpose of their work and prioritize effectively.
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Chasing highs that hurt your product

Product Managers at Work • 6 implied HN points • 19 Jun 23
💼 Business Product Management Analytics Team Management Execution Prioritization
  1. Jumping into implementation without sufficient customer discovery can hurt product success.
  2. Focusing on firefighting and feature development without data analytics can be detrimental to the product.
  3. Constantly pinging team members about updates may not be an efficient way to drive execution; creating efficient systems is key.

The Never-Ending Circle Of Growth

Venture Prose • 0 implied HN points • 09 Oct 15
💼 Business Entrepreneurship Growth Prioritization Team Building
  1. Growth involves a continuous cycle of focusing on people, the product, and the process to serve and scale effectively.
  2. As priorities become more complex, focus on addressing bottlenecks, eradicating debts, and ensuring everything leads to growth.
  3. Success in the growth cycle hinges on hiring and inspiring the right people who are essential for implementing growth strategies.

Week 24: I'm on call

Michael Drogalis • 0 implied HN points • 11 Feb 24
💼 Business Entrepreneurship Customer Support Prioritization Product Development
  1. Building a good product doesn't guarantee seamless adoption - expect growing pains, and embrace the process of refining based on user feedback.
  2. In times of high pressure, having a clear prioritization system in place helps tackle critical issues efficiently and prevent feeling overwhelmed.
  3. When customers rely on your product, prioritize swift and effective support - early adoption is crucial and customer confidence is easily lost.

Product Management 3: A Prioritisation Framework

Turnaround • 0 implied HN points • 06 Jan 20
💼 Business Product Management Decision-making Prioritization Framework
  1. Having a good prioritisation framework is crucial for Product Managers to remove ambiguity in decision-making and set correct expectations, especially when dealing with backlogs.
  2. Using a scoring formula can help Product Managers prioritize ideas, features, and tasks to create a ranked order that the team can understand and follow during product roadmap planning.
  3. Product Managers can benefit from a prioritization framework like a modified RICE model, which involves assigning scores based on various factors like customer value, engineering effort, and product line priority to create a rational backlog grooming session.

Preparing for an imminent vaccine

Joshua Gans' Newsletter • 0 implied HN points • 10 Nov 20
🏥 Health & Wellness Vaccines Pandemic Distribution Prioritization Efficacy
  1. The Pfizer vaccine showing 90% efficacy gives hope for ending the pandemic sooner than expected.
  2. Essential workers should be a priority for vaccination due to their role in interacting with others.
  3. Optimizing vaccine distribution by targeting younger, more active individuals first can greatly reduce viral spread and save lives.