Product Management & Roadmapping Best Practices

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Why Strategic Product Teams Focus on Outcome-Based Roadmaps

When product teams use roadmaps as checklists, they reduce roadmaps to a formality, not a strategic tool. They make mechanical updates or even abandon roadmaps altogether. But strategic product teams that focus outcome-based (or ‘outcome-driven’) roadmaps have, uncoincidentally, better long-term outcomes. Instead of checking boxes as work is done, these teams align on long-term objectives. […]

Trends Shaping Product Management in 2025
ProductPlan Q3 Recap and Q4 Preview: Elevating Strategic Product Management

As we wrap up another eventful quarter at ProductPlan, we’re delighted to share our latest innovations and give you a glimpse of what’s on the horizon. Our…
New ProductPlan Features Will Elevate Your Product Strategy

The seasons are changing, and ProductPlan is too! Our team is actively committed to continuous innovation and improvement, and this fall is no exception. The ProductPlan Fall Release celebrates powerful new features within our Strategy Module that will elevate your product strategy. At ProductPlan, we see strategy as the core of the product life […]
ProductPlan Platform Recap: Q2 2024 & Q3 Sneak Peek

Our product team has been keeping busy, and we’re excited to review recent changes and share what’s next on the horizon with you! Looking ahead, we’re planning…
What We’ve Learned from User Feedback: Enhancing Our Platform

At ProductPlan, we’re constantly striving to improve our products and services to better meet user needs. That’s why we were so excited to release our first-ever customer…
Enhancing ProductPlan’s API: A Customer-Centric Approach

If you’re like me, you’re a product champion who loves to chat about integrations and gets excited at the prospect of teaching your cohort about different integration…
ProductPlan Platform Recap: Q1 2024

Let’s jump in and check out the latest and greatest updates from the past few months, brought to you by ProductPlan’s product team! At the heart of…
Product-Led Summit Conference: A Product Manager’s Experience

As a product manager, attending conferences is not just a part of professional development but an invaluable source of inspiration and learning. Recently, I had the opportunity…
The Busy Product Manager’s Guide to The 2024 State of Product Management Report

Calling busy product professionals! We get it–your days are packed with roadmap review meetings, brainstorming sessions, and making (what sometimes feels like) too many PowerPoint presentations. That’s…
A Product Leader’s Top 3 Learnings from ProductWorld 2024

As the Head of Product at ProductPlan, I spend a lot of time talking to product teams and learning about their experiences throughout the product development process.…
Product Planning is a Year-Round Endeavor

Sticking to inflexible annual planning cycles can introduce significant challenges in the era of rapid technological advancements. The static nature of traditional product planning cycles fails to…
How Product Organizations Can Balance Big Bets Versus Short-Term Wins

When plotting out our product’s trajectory, there’s a constant tension between two competing mindsets. On the one hand, there’s the “go-big-or-go-home” moonshot approach. Where charismatic leaders rally…
Connect Product Strategy to Execution in ProductPlan

Finally, a place for strategy in ProductPlan. ProductPlan has long been your single source of truth for the what, when, and how behind your product. We’ve helped…
Embracing the Power of AI and ML

Few advancements have sparked as much excitement as AI and ML. Learn the impact and landscape of these technologies in product management.
ProductPlan’s Approach to Product Design

Adrian Crabtree, ProductPlan’s Director of Product Design, shares our entire product design process from inception through delivery.
Are you Solving Customer Problems or Just Building Features?

Nick Fields, Director of Product at ProductPlan, believes that product teams can get caught up in releasing more features. None of it matters if those features aren’t…
Evolution of our Customer-Facing Roadmap

Adam Seubert, ProductPlan’s COO, shares observations around our customer facing roadmap. Learn the five questions to answer when roadmapping.
Introducing Product Discovery, ProductPlan’s New Tool for Strategic Decision-Making and Idea Capture

Today, ProductPlan is officially launching a brand new Product Discovery tool available exclusively to our Enterprise customers.
The Secret to a Successful Product Launch: Tying Your Launch to Your Roadmap Strategy

Learn how tying your launch to your product roadmap can help your team reach their goals and objectives through a successful product launch.
Why Product Strategy is More Often Reactive than Proactive

Why is a reactive product strategy the go to for product teams? Learn about the difference between a reactive and proactive product strategy
ProductPlan Customers Tell Us How They Really Feel About Our Product Management Platform

It’s time to turn the spotlight to who matters: our customers. Our users share their honest thoughts about our product management platform.
Standouts vs. Status Quo: 10 Traits of an Elite Product Leader

An elite product leader sets themselves apart through their ability to communicate and align their product team around a shared vision.
Product Success and the User Experience: Three Reasons Why UX Must be a Priority

Product success and user experience go hand in hand when it comes to ensuring that your team can achieve product success. Learn more!
The Challenge of the Feature Factory

Product leaders who understand the many challenges of a feature factory can help their product teams avoid the trap.
Exploring the Future of Product Management: Trends, Opportunities, and Best Practices

Learn about the future of product and takeaways from our report and how it can impact product management organizations in the year ahead.
Why Product Teams Keep Roadmaps and Processes Consistent

Discover why enterprise organizations thrive when product leaders utilize consistent roadmaps and processes.
Battling Roadmap Inconsistency

Explore the many reasons why battling roadm inconsistency can lead to better alignment amongst product teams and important stakeholders.
Access a Better Way to Collaborate in ProductPlan

ProductPlan’s two features—Visualize Changes and Roadmap-Level Conversations—allow product teams to tell their product story.
Top 5 Best Product Management Websites of 2022

Explore our top product management websites that have taken the product world by storm and continue to inform product professionals.
2022 Product Management Trends

Product leaders have encountered many emerging trends in the last year. We have identified the 2022 product management trends you should know.
Best of ProductPlan 2022

Explore the best of ProductPlan 2022! Read our top blogs, articles, and glossary terms and learn something new.
How We’re Turning Feedback into Strategic Product Decisions

There is no shortage of product ideas. They come from everywhere. Customer feedback, feature requests, and new ideas born from your interpretation of your product strategy—can all…
ProductPlan Cares: Q&A with the Equal Learning Fund

Heart, humility, and hustle. These core values aren’t just central to how ProductPlan operates as a business. They also play a significant role in our Diversity and…
Fostering Collective Development, Bonding, and Connection at Product Plan Fest 2022

Many of us have been to a corporate event at some point in our careers. Often they focused on lengthy training sessions, had a high-stakes environment of…
Roadmapping Isn’t Just for Product Managers Anymore

Discover how you can manage your IT initiatives by implementing product management roadmapping techniques into your process.
10 Tips for New Product Research and Discovery

A blank page, much like the one I’m using to write this article, used to scare me. A new product can feel the same way. There’s nothing…