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Product roadmaps can take many forms, and aren’t necessarily a single artifact or document. In fact, it’s really not about creating artifacts at all — it’s about creating a shared understanding of where you’re going and why.
Product Roadmaps Relaunched
C. Todd Lombardo, Bruce McCarthy, Evan Ryan, and Michael Connors
Framework 1: The Strategy Triangle
Use this to quickly assess any strategic decision:
**Where to Play:**
- Which markets?
- Which customers?
- Which channels?
**How to Win:**
- What's our unique value?
- What capabilities do we need?
- What's our moat?
**Why Now:**
- Why is this the right timing?
- What's changed in the market?
- What enables us now?
How to Nail Your Product Strategy Interview
Aakash Gupta
The North Star Metric:
Delivering high value to your market is not just a matter of altruism; it’s genuinely the best thing you can do for your business. It’s far easier to acquire and retain customers with high-value products, you can charge more for them, and they keep competitors at bay. Many modern product companies understand this and consider growing value-to-customer their most important goal. That’s where the North Star Metric comes in. A North Star Metric (NSM) is a number that sums up the core value we deliver to the market. In the words of growth expert Sean Ellis, it’s your value footprint.