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Jake Brereton
December 9, 2022

The Ultimate Guide to the Product Roadmap Process

Building a winning roadmap requires deliberate, continual planning across product lifecycles. This ultimate guide details how to assess ideas, define vision and themes, map quarterly plans, gain alignment, and execute market-resonating solutions.
Roadmapping
7
min read
Jake Brereton
December 8, 2022

The Ultimate Guide to Crafting a Successful Product Launch Strategy

Launching successfully requires careful orchestration across teams and touchpoints. This guide covers proven frameworks to craft vision, evaluate readiness, create buzz, accentuate value, develop messaging, and align sales.
Product Marketing
7
min read
Jake Brereton
December 7, 2022

A Comprehensive Product Analysis: Unveiling Key Insights and Evaluations

Conducting a thorough product analysis provides strategic direction. This guide demonstrates evaluating markets, competition, pricing, features, technology and performance to inform planning around enhancements, maintenance, and sunsetting considerations.
Product Management
7
min read
Jake Brereton
December 6, 2022

The Ultimate Guide to DevOps Continuous Everything

Master DevOps with our ultimate guide to continuous integration, delivery, and deployment. Best practices and tools to automate and accelerate software releases.
Product Operations
7
min read
Jake Brereton
December 5, 2022

Top Agile Product Management Resources for Success

Level up your agile product management expertise with these top resources spanning thought leadership perspectives, actionable frameworks, virtual communities, job aids, traditional and alternative certifications, and more.
Product Management
7
min read
Ashley Harpp
December 2, 2022

Why I chose LaunchNotes

Ashley Harpp, LaunchNotes' new Director of Customer Success, shares why she's so passionate about Customer Support and what about LaunchNotes made this position so compelling for her.
Company News
5
min read
Jake Brereton
December 1, 2022

The Ultimate Guide to Understanding the Product Maturity Model

The product maturity model empowers strategic roadmaps tied to life cycle stages. Learn frameworks to assess if offerings are emerging, growing, mature or aging to guide teams on optimal priorities and investments.
Product Strategy
7
min read
Jake Brereton
November 30, 2022

10 Essential Product Management Tips for Success

Aspiring to elevate your product management impact? This article outlines 10 essential tips spanning strategic thinking, emotional intelligence, executive alignment, roadmaps, development, analytics, and team empathy.
Product Management
10
min read
Jake Brereton
November 29, 2022

The Purpose and Goal of a Roadmap: A Comprehensive Guide

A roadmap’s purpose is to clearly communicate strategic plans and product vision to align teams. This guide demonstrates how to define goals tied to customer needs, map development priorities, gain consensus, track progress.
Roadmapping
7
min read
Jake Brereton
November 28, 2022

The Ultimate Guide to Customer Experience Management Best Practices

Master customer experience management with our ultimate guide to best practices. Discover proven strategies for success, from journey mapping to measurement.
Business Operations
7
min read
Jake Brereton
November 23, 2022

Developing an Effective Product Portfolio Strategy: A Comprehensive Guide

Managing multiple products across life cycles requires a tailored portfolio strategy per phase. This guide demonstrates how to assess markets fit, prioritize investments, and maximize synergies.
Product Strategy
7
min read
Jake Brereton
November 22, 2022

The Cost of Customer Churn: Understanding the Financial Impact

Understand the true financial impact of customer churn. Learn to calculate the cost, identify key churn factors, and implement strategies to reduce revenue loss.
Business Operations
9
min read
Blake Thorne
November 21, 2022

Using Product Roadmaps as a Strategic Growth Tool

How to build a product roadmap that converts your vision into executable quarterly priorities guided by company goals, user needs, and market analysis, including tips for crafting strategy, maintaining flexibility, driving development, and more.
Roadmapping
7
min read
Jake Brereton
November 18, 2022

A Basic Roadmap: Essential Steps to Navigate Your Journey

Crafting a focused roadmap enables bringing visions to reality. This guide covers the basic elements - assessing landscape, defining goals and themes, prioritizing features, and building alignment across teams and leadership.
Roadmapping
7
min read
Jake Brereton
November 17, 2022

CEO vs Owner: Key Differences Explained

Understand the key differences between CEO and Owner roles. Learn their distinct responsibilities, authority, and impact on organizational leadership and success.
Business Operations
9
min read
Jake Brereton
November 16, 2022

The Ultimate Guide to a Successful Discovery Workshop

Well-run discovery workshops fuel shared understanding and new ideas. In this guide we cover best practices for planning sessions, fostering creative conversations, capturing insights, and synthesizing findings.
Product Management
7
min read
Jake Brereton
November 15, 2022

Solving the Product Problem Statement: Effective Strategies for Success

Defining the core user problem enables aligning teams on solving the right product issues. This guide demonstrates frameworks to articulate, evaluate and condense problem statements tied to customer needs.
Product Management
7
min read
Jake Brereton
November 14, 2022

The Ultimate Guide to Calculating Customer Churn Rate

Master customer churn rate calculation with our ultimate guide. Learn the formula, analyze key metrics, and gain actionable insights to reduce churn effectively.
Business Operations
9
min read
Blake Thorne
November 11, 2022

The 5 Steps to Building a Memorable Product Roadmap Presentation

Tips for creating compelling product roadmap presentations to align stakeholders on strategy and priorities, including outlining vision, formatting slides, visualizing timelines, highlighting ROI, handling Q&A, updating executives to drive buy-in, and more.
Roadmapping
6
min read
Jake Brereton
November 10, 2022

Effective Stress Management Strategies: A Comprehensive Guide

Excess stress harms productivity and wellbeing. This comprehensive guide provides effective techniques for managing work anxiety through mindfulness, reframing thoughts, establishing boundaries, taking breaks, delegating, and more.
Thought Leadership
7
min read
Jake Brereton
November 9, 2022

Agile vs Lean: A Comprehensive Comparison

Understand the key differences between Agile and Lean methodologies. Compare their principles, practices, and benefits to optimize your development approach.
Agile
8
min read
Jake Brereton
November 8, 2022

The Essential Guide to Product Management Hierarchy

Understanding the product management org structure provides key insights into career growth opportunities. This guide covers the varying roles spanning product analyst to VP, expectations, and considerations at each level.
Product Management
7
min read
Jake Brereton
November 7, 2022

The Now, Next, and Later Roadmap: A Comprehensive Guide for Planning Ahead

The now, next, later roadmap provides a framework to articulate both short and long-term product plans. This guide demonstrates translating vision into tangible initiatives planned out across varying time horizons.
Roadmapping
7
min read
Jake Brereton
November 2, 2022

What Is a Product: A Comprehensive Explanation

Gain a comprehensive understanding of what defines a product. Explore the key characteristics, types, and examples of products in various industries and markets.
Product Management
8
min read
Jake Brereton
November 1, 2022

Effective Ways to Reduce Churn

Discover proven strategies to reduce churn and boost customer retention. Learn how to identify at-risk customers, improve product value, and implement effective engagement tactics.
Business Operations
8
min read