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What Is Systems Engineering and Why Product Managers Need To Care

In today's technology-driven world, the products we use every day are an increasingly complex mix of software and hardware components. Developing these modern products requires multiple resources, including personnel and components, to build them; systems engineering is the process that brings these different resources together to create a finished product. Product managers must be in tune with systems engineering so they can navigate the many challenges of modern product development.

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How Frequently Should You Update Your Product Roadmap?

One of the biggest lessons that product managers learn is that their roadmaps are not set in stone. You can create a product roadmap with the relevant phases and plans, set the milestone timelines, and share access with all stakeholders. However, roadmaps still require continuous management and regular updates. These updates must also be shared with the relevant teams working on each product to inform everyone of the product strategy and prevent operational silos.

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Why It’s Important to Track the Phasing In and Out of Features on Your Roadmap

Very few products stay the same year to year, let alone decade to decade. The components, materials, and designs change and evolve. Sometimes, this is due to consumer demand or innovation; other times, it results from resource shortages or supply changes. When a product team knows in advance that a certain component will no longer be available, this is called phasing out.

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How the Role of the Product Manager in Hardware Is Evolving

Product managers have traditionally been viewed as intermediaries tasked with understanding customer requirements and translating them into products and features that engineers and product teams understand. However, the rapidly evolving landscape of hardware development has resulted in a significant transformation of the product manager's role, requiring them to step into more prominent positions of leadership and innovation to build successful products.

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Living in a Hybrid World: How Product Managers Can Navigate Stage-Gate, Agile, and Hybrid Models

In the product development world, different companies use various methodologies to plan, build, and launch their product lines. Some continue to use the traditional stage-gate methods of making and testing complete prototypes over several years before launching to the market. These companies typically have large-scale, complex physical products such as vehicles, machinery, or massive software programs.

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How to Develop a Product Line: Clone & Own vs. Platforming

Every company that has developed a product their customer loves wants to repeat the same success. It feels good to know your market and deliver value. Some product teams think about long-term success and put plans in place from the initial design. They know that if their product is successful, they’ll want to create other versions. Even companies who haven’t planned in advance to replicate their products still have a choice to make between these two methods.

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Just Released: Integrating Gocious Roadmaps With Jira for Seamless Collaboration

Many powerful management tools are available to manufacturers and product teams beyond the high-level dashboard that a product roadmap management software offers. Engineering teams, for example, require effective ticket management software systems that help them prioritize their backlogs and delegate tasks to their teams before reporting back to their product managers or product owners.

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How to Make the Most of Your Roadmap in Product Management

Every good product manager knows that the roadmap is crucial to product management. Roadmaps give you a high-level view of the entire product portfolio as well as the progress of each product from start to finish. While there are various details to include on a product roadmap, five essential metrics to include are objectives and key results (OKRs), key performance indicators (KPIs), milestones, initiatives, and value.

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5 Pieces of Key Information Every Product Roadmap Should Include

If you are a product manager building a product roadmap, there are numerous components you could add and various factors to consider. Why should you use a product roadmap at all?

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Best Practices for New Product Managers

As a new product manager, your role is to oversee the production of products that meet your company's business goals and fulfill the needs of your customers. If you've done your research, these two goals align. While product oversight is the primary goal of a product manager, their daily tasks encompass a wide range of activities. Here are some of the best practices product managers should follow to be successful in their field.

Product Roadmap (4) Articles

What Is Systems Engineering and Why Product Managers Need To Care

How Frequently Should You Update Your Product Roadmap?

Why It’s Important to Track the Phasing In and Out of Features on Your Roadmap

How the Role of the Product Manager in Hardware Is Evolving

Living in a Hybrid World: How Product Managers Can Navigate Stage-Gate, Agile, and Hybrid Models

How to Develop a Product Line: Clone & Own vs. Platforming

Just Released: Integrating Gocious Roadmaps With Jira for Seamless Collaboration

How to Make the Most of Your Roadmap in Product Management

5 Pieces of Key Information Every Product Roadmap Should Include

Best Practices for New Product Managers

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