Product Strategy Position
Learn all about the Product Strategy team position in Tech Fleet project training.
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Learn all about the Product Strategy team position in Tech Fleet project training.
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"Product Strategy" is at the heart of the operations of the team. They orchestrate the Agile work, coordinate sprint plans, manage the backlog, and write requirements. They collaborate with the UX research, UX design, and development teams in their work, while also coordinating the work with them.
Who "Wears the Hats" at companies between the Product Owner, Product Manager, and Business Analyst? It depends!
Here's a visual breakdown of roles:
There could be one person playing product owner + product manager role, and another playing business analyst role.
There could be one person playing product manager role and another playing business analyst + product owner role.
There could be three separate people, each playing product manager, product owner, and business analyst role.
There could be one person playing all roles.
In Tech Fleet, product strategy positions are a combo of product owner, product manager, and business analyst roles.
The Product Strategy Position is a combination of 4 roles (not people!):
Product Owner role
Product Manager role
Business Analyst role
Scrum Master role
UX Research role (Collaborating with the UX researchers on the team)
Here's a RACI chart depicting the daily tasks that a Product Strategy team is responsible for, and how they work with other teams:
Coaching teammates in Agile
Writing requirements
Managing roadmaps
Managing the backlog
Planning sprints with the team
Managing sprint plans
Running sprint retros
Facilitating sprint demos
Ensuring standups happen
Facilitating working agreements
Facilitating team process
Product Strategists "herd the cats" to do their work. They don't know all of the answers. They get everyone else together to build an agreement. They produce work, and then collaborate with others, and may consult others before producing.
You like defining the "big picture"
You like getting into the technical details of how a product should be engineered
You feel comfortable working through uncertainty to create clarity
You like orchestrating work across teams
You like to facilitate discussions
With the Client - facilitate requirements discussions; gather insight and feedback about the solutions being delivered
With Research - drive the priorities of research based on the product roadmap / plans
With the Project Lead - facilitate meetings and discussions; pair up to work together on deliverables
With Design - drive the priorities and requirements of design based on the product roadmap / plans
With Development - drive the priorities and requirements of development based on the product roadmap / plans
You contribute as you lead. Youâll mentor other team members and/or apprentice product owners while others mentor you in areas you want to focus on
Explore the product vision with the client and work with the UX team to form objectives each week
Manage the roadmap
Manage the project backlog and weekly sprint activities on the kanban board
Work with the team to carry out and adjust the project roadmap
Work with the team to define and prioritize weekly tasks and sprint goals throughout the project
Help the team cut or add scope, or change direction when necessary
Facilitate the teamâs planning, retros, standups, and working sessions to ensure meetings are successful
Create user stories and acceptance criteria for tasks that are done in the project
Be the voice of the customer along with the UX team for the client
Work with the lead product owner to carry out daily and weekly tasks
Explore the product vision with the client and work with the UX team to form objectives each week
Manage the roadmap
Manage the project backlog and weekly sprint activities on the kanban board
Work with the team to carry out and adjust the project roadmap
Work with the team to define and prioritize weekly tasks and sprint goals throughout the project
Help the team cut or add scope, or change direction when necessary
Facilitate the teamâs planning, retros, standups, and working sessions to ensure meetings are successful
Create user stories and acceptance criteria for tasks that are done in the project
Be the voice of the customer along with the UX team for the client
Ability to work without direct guidance or micromanagement
Take ownership of product ownership-related tasks
Deep understanding of Agile methods and an ability to coach others in Agile. Prior experience with Kanban, Scrum, or another Agile method is helpful but not required.
Ability to work with the team to prioritize the most important tasks each week
Ability to create direction out of uncertainty and explore business problems
Be the âvoice of the customerâ and âcustomer expertâ for the group, the person who grows their subject matter expertise in the product industry and user groups involved; socialize and evangelize the voice of the customer to the project group and to the client when the group needs to make decisions
Working directly with the other team leads to strategize activities and decisions
Roadmaps
User journey maps
Development annotations
Flow charts
Sprint plans
Backlog upkeep
Competitive analysis
Product-market fit plans
MVP and MMP scope
Product requirements specs
User stories
Acceptance criteria
BDD scenarios
Annotations
