by John Mansour Reverse engineering usually conjures thoughts of knock-off artists creating their own versions of popular consumer products. Or in the B2B world, reverse engineering is often required after [ … ]
Category: Roadmaps
Roadmap Planning as a Zero Sum Game
By Rivi Aspler In game theory and economic theory, zero-sum describes a situation in which a participant’s gain or loss is exactly balanced by the losses or gains of the [ … ]
The Cost of A ‘Good Enough’ Product
By Rivi Aspler Every company (hopefully) has a clear strategy which is reflected in its market positioning. Whether it’s your technological IP, your industry expertise, or simply a cost-effective solution, [ … ]
Estimation Tips to Create Realistic Product Roadmaps
by Steve Johnson, Under 10 Consulting Did you ever have this conversation growing up? You: “When’s dinner gonna be ready?” Mom: “Seven-ish.” You: “Uh, can you be more specific?” Mom: [ … ]
Getting buy-in for your roadmap
By Steve Johnson, Under 10 Consulting Whether you’ve built your roadmap up from a set of features or down from a set of strategic initiatives, you want to get buy-in [ … ]
Roadmap Planning – Top Down View
By Rivi Aspler Acknowledging the fact that roadmap planning actually deals with the planning and then the daily monitoring of budgetary items that are competing over a limited budget (total [ … ]
Roadmap Planning – Bottom Up View
By Rivi Aspler A product roadmap can be easily compared to an ambitious architectural plan. Very much like a new type of building, the product roadmap should draw a vision [ … ]
The Challenge – Planning a Full Year Roadmap When Working with Agile
By Rivi Aspler Moving from Waterfall to Agile mode of work encompassed many advantages. I will not dwell into these advantages as there are so many posts, articles and books [ … ]
Guard Your Intended Roadmap – By Reguarly Asking Yourself These 4 Questions
By Rivi Aspler Can you say ‘No’ to customers’ requirements? Should you? Good product managers always keep their intended (and yet dynamic) product strategy in mind, i.e. the list of [ … ]
Strategic Roadmaps That Energize & Drive Consensus – Three Key Elements
NOTE: The following is a guest post by John Mansour. If you want to submit your own guest post, click here for more information Products are certainly the most important [ … ]