PYPR—On Your Mark, Get Set and Go Toward Software Product Management Excellence

Abstract

Becoming excellent as a product manager, a product team and a product organizationorganization is what we are all striving for. Delivering excellent products that make a difference is our goal. In this chapter, I will detail how PYPR supports you in your job as a product manager, providing the leadership that the product team, your organization and especially the success of your product requires. First, I will explain, how the Product Yield Potential Radar supports you in being the General Manager of YourProduct Inc. As the General Manager, your success depends on your ability to align all stakeholders and constantly improve the limits of what matters for your product and organization. Second, I will describe how the Product Yield Potential Radar can be leveraged as a communication tool for all stakeholders. As a product manager you need to understand your stakeholder network and clarify the roles and responsibilities, and your level of engagement, within the product team and with all other stakeholders. Third, I will provide you with some final tips and tricks to get PYPR started, or in other words how to finally leverage the out-of-the-box PYPR set-up and adapt PYPR continuously to your own context as it becomes a habit for you, the product team and the organization.