Acceptance Criteria

What are Acceptance Criteria? Agile User Stories often include Acceptance Criteria that must be met before a User Story is satisfied.  Since Product Management is responsible for understanding the prioritizing the problems for the team

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BCG Growth Share Matrix

What is BCG Growth-Share Matrix? The BCG Growth-Share Matrix was developed in 1970 by Bruce Henderson of the Boston Consulting Group. BCG developed the matrix to help companies determine how to best allocate their financial

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AARRR Metrics

What is the Pirate Metric? (AARRR) Often coined the “Pirate Metric”, AARRR is a 5 step metric created by Angel investor and founder of startup accelerator 500 startups, Dave McClure. The metric is often called

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RICE Scoring Method

The RICE Scoring Model The RICE Prioritization scoring model is a framework designed to help Product Managers make informed decisions about which products, features, and initiatives to prioritize on their roadmaps. Messaging-software maker Intercom developed the RICE

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GIST Planning

What is GIST Planning? GIST Planning is a relatively easy approach to planning that can be used in place of a roadmap. Recently introduced by Itamar Gilad, former Product Manager at Google, Gilad created this methodology

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Go To Market Strategy

Go To Market Strategy The Go-To-Market Strategy, also sometimes referred to as a Marketing Strategy, describes how we will take a new product or major new feature to market.  As the name implies, this is

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Release Plan vs Launch Plan

Difference between Release and Launch The terms ‘release plan’ and ‘launch plan’ are sometimes used interchangeably but they have different meanings and involve different groups of the organization. In this article we’ll set those terms

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Agile Manifesto

What is the Agile Manifesto? The Agile Manifesto includes four values and twelve principles for software development. These are not a set of hard rules for how to use Agile, rather they are outline a

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Scaled Agile Framework

What is the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)? The Scaled Agile Framework, referred to as SAFe, is intended to be a version of Agile that works for large, enterprise organizations, that have multiple teams, dependencies, and

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Weighted Impact Scoring Model

What is Weighted Impact? Weighted impact scoring is a standard framework for prioritizing your product roadmap. The framework entails ranking several features on various criteria using a benefit-versus-cost analysis. One of the most challenging aspects

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Product Differentiation

What is Product Differentiation? Product differentiation is the practice of separating your product from others in the market to create a distinct selling advantage. By creating a USP (unique selling proposition) you can elevate your

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Product Ideation

In today’s hyper-fast and intensely competitive market, a continual stream of ideas is necessary to keep the innovation of your product ahead of the competition. With attention spans being shorter than ever, Product Managers have

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Buy a Feature Prioritization

What is Buy A Feature Prioritization? Buy-a-Feature is a prioritization framework that puts the decision of feature prioritization in the hands of the customer. Typically feature prioritization falls on the Product Manager and their team.

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Voice of the Customer

What is the Voice of the Customer (VOC)? Voice of the customer, or VoC, refers broadly to the various processes by which organizations gather feedback from their customers, and advocate for the interests of customers

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Product Requirements Document (PRD)

What is a Product Requirements Document? In the realm of product development, a Product Requirements Document (PRD) stands as a linchpin, serving as the bedrock upon which the entire process hinges. This comprehensive document meticulously

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