ProductTank Wroclaw #9 World Product Day 2020 - Product Roadmaps & Strategy

For the first time ever, we are joining forces with ProductTanks in Poland for World Product Day 2020.

We will have all the speakers live streamed on the main MindTheProduct YouTube channel. Join us during the live stream, or watch us later at your convenience! However only people who'll be attending live channel will have a chance to ask questions. This is also an opportunity to drink in good company, which definitely beats drinking on your own!

This month's ProductTank is focusing on building product strategy. After you’ve earned stakeholder agreement for your proposal, it will be time to translate that strategy into a high-level action plan. This means building a product roadmap. The speakers will share lessons learned and provide practical tips you can take away with you.

1.Mariusz Szyma “From software outsourcing to product development. Frameworks and lessons learned on deciding what to build.”

How can a software house transition into a product company in an industry it has no experience in? Let’s talk about lessons learned and the product discovery process during the early days. What frameworks and tools will help you decide on what to work on.

Bio: Mariusz is a maker, entrepreneur, and owner of Szyma Consulting, a product consulting firm. For the past 6 years, he helped software and product teams deliver value and reach their goals.

2.Krzysztof Marcisz / Product Lead, Senior Manager at Qualtrics
"Product management & roadmaps in the time of COVID"

Bio: Krzysztof Marcisz leads Qualtrics product management team in Krakow, Poland. He has 13+ years experience in product management and entrepreneurship roles with companies and institutions like Qualtrics, TripAdvisor, Twilio, Groupon and MIT. He graduated with an MBA from INSEAD and an MS in Telecommunications from the AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow.

3.Kristina Walcker-Mayer / Product Lead at N26
Title: “Building blocks for your next product strategy”

Once you have built your vision, the question is usually where to start or how to break it down into different strategic steps. As there's more than one way to skin a cat, this talk will provide inspiration and suggestions on how to approach your product strategy based on practical examples. Since product strategy can be approached on every level from CPO to product manager, the suggested building blocks provide ideas on how to think strategically which can be applied to different challenges in your daily product life.

Bio:
Kristina brings 10 years of digital experience to her current role as product lead at N26, where she focuses on driving engagement. Before, she spent several years at Zalando leading product in the membership and mobile apps team. Besides her passion for building products, Kristina hosts her own podcast “emploYAY” that challenges us to rethink employment & purpose at work and showcases role models with nonlinear careers & new work approaches. Kristina holds a M.Sc. in Business Administration.