Product Development Phases
Product development entails many phases, tools and techniques, decisions and good communication.
Product development entails many phases, tools and techniques, decisions and good communication. You and your team probably use many different tools and platforms to manage your product and need a way to easily visualize and summarize all that's going on with product development. Also, product development usually requires alignment with a broad audience: stakeholder, team (yours, other department or external ), client/customer, to name a few.
In order to track and communicate progress in different levels of abstraction a product team needs to "zoom" in and out of development phases. MIRO is 'An Online Visual Collaboration Platform for Teamwork' and has many integrations with other platforms and tools. It also allows teams to create visual boards using many shapes which makes it a great tool for product teams to track and communicate progress.
The purpose of the this template is to allow teams to visually and collaboratively organize ideas and tack product development in all it's phases. This templates comes with a suggested set of phases for product development but can be adapted to each team.
The board is divided in to two views:
a tactical view that can be used for process generalization
an operational view that can be used to place artifacts and digital sticky notes for day-to-day activities.
Bellow is a visual simplification of how this template can be used. The suggested set of tools and techniques are based on many different sources, but the high-level processes shown bellow is inspired by and adapted from the works of Tim Herbig @herbig.co and Mike Chen @zendesk.
Feel free to adapt, change, modify as pleased.
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Cone Roadmap
Works best for:
Roadmap, Planning, Mapping
The Cone Roadmap template offers a visual representation of project timelines and dependencies, with a focus on narrowing scope over time. By starting with broad initiatives and gradually refining them into actionable tasks, teams can manage complexity and ensure alignment with strategic goals. This template promotes transparency and adaptability, empowering teams to respond effectively to changing priorities and market dynamics.
Backlog Refinement with Jira Template
Works best for:
Agile, Backlog Refinement
The Backlog Refinement with Jira template in Miro improves collaboration among team members. It provides a visual and interactive space for teams to review, prioritize, and clarify upcoming work items together in real time. This collaborative approach ensures alignment on priorities and details, leading to a more organized and efficient workflow. The seamless integration with Jira automatically syncs all changes, reducing the need for manual updates and keeping both platforms up-to-date.
Product Feature Presentation
Works best for:
Product Management, Planning
The Product Feature Presentation template aids product teams in showcasing product features and benefits effectively. By providing a structured framework for presenting key features, use cases, and value propositions, this template enables teams to communicate product functionality clearly and persuasively. With sections for creating feature demos, customer testimonials, and competitive differentiators, it facilitates engaging presentations that resonate with target audiences. This template serves as a powerful tool for driving product adoption and generating customer interest.
Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) Template
Works best for:
Leadership, Strategic Planning, Project Planning
Clarity, focus, and structure — those are the key ingredients to feeling confident in your company’s directions and decisions, and an OKR framework is designed to give them to you. Working on two main levels — strategic and operational — OKRs (short for objectives and key results) help an organization’s leaders determine the strategic objectives and define quarterly key results, which are then connected to initiatives. That’s how OKRs empower teams to focus on solving the most pressing organizational problems they face.
Product Reflection
Works best for:
Product Management, Planning
The Product Reflection template encourages teams to reflect on past experiences and lessons learned in product development journeys. By facilitating retrospective sessions, capturing insights, and identifying improvement opportunities, this template fosters a culture of continuous learning and improvement. With sections for evaluating successes, challenges, and areas for growth, it enables teams to iterate on their processes and enhance future product development efforts. This template serves as a tool for fostering team collaboration and driving iterative product innovation.
Customer Journey Map
Works best for:
Customer Journey Map
Customer journey mapping is a method that visualizes and narrates how users navigate a site or app to achieve their objectives.