Product Management Project Management Stakeholder Management 
Roman Pichler
FEBRUARY 19, 2024
Listen to the audio version of this article: [link] Introduction To discuss empowerment in product management, I find it helpful to distinguish three main levels of decision-making authority, product delivery, product discovery, and product strategy, as the model in Figure 1 shows. [1]
Roman Pichler
JUNE 1, 2020
The second approach fails to leverage the knowledge and expertise of the stakeholders. What’s more, it makes it unlikely that the stakeholders will fully support the product decisions and that they will follow them through. Involve people in product decisions but don’t make the mistake of trying to please them.
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Agilemania
SEPTEMBER 30, 2021
Straightforwardly if I have to explain the Product Management, then I would say, “The activities performed throughout the Product Lifecycle is the Product Management.” Who is a Product Manager, Product Owner, Project Manager, and Business Analyst?
Analysts Corner
DECEMBER 26, 2022
Also, Product Ownership started being seen as the natural next career step for BAs — just like it was, in the past, that BAs would “evolve” into Project Managers. There is also another possibility, where BAs partner with POs to collaborate in developing great products. And, in fact, it is a great possibility.
Roman Pichler
MAY 11, 2021
At the same token, ignoring the stakeholders or excluding them from important product decisions is not helpful either. Instead, you should engage the stakeholders, leverage their expertise, and generate as much buy-in as possible , as I explain in more detail in my article “ Stakeholder Management Tips for Product People.”
Analysts Corner
NOVEMBER 11, 2024
I knew a project manager in an outsourcing project who told business analysts to create 500 Jira issues to showcase to a customer the scope of work for continuing a development team’s assignment. For future plans, please don’t create one-liner tickets in your backlog. The only excuse is when you must “proof” some future work.
Cprime
SEPTEMBER 26, 2023
As companies increasingly see the value of pursuing product agility over project management , the role of a Product Owner has gained significant prominence. But there are some less obvious choices that are often overlooked: Call Center and or Customer Support teams are a great place to find potential new Product Owners.
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