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PRODUCT PLANNING
AND OKRS
Tidy up all horizons: short-term backlog, mid-term OKRs, long-term vision
SIMULATOR
6 hours of practice
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Author Lead PM Booking.com
Students love practicing with us
- 3000+alumni since 2020
- 1200+product challenges
- 4.7/5average course review
What students say about this module?
- I liked the fact that there is a story, and the tasks are interconnected within the framework of this story. It looks realistic and attracts. Thanks to this, I have no barrier before starting a task. I liked the content of the material and the structure of its presentation.Alex
- I really liked the examples, especially they play after the "Technologies for Product" module about launching this Taxi product :) Very understandable and interesting examples where I had to sit and think.Kate
- Super, it was mega interesting and useful, you turn on not only your head, but also your intuition. It's all about the numbers at the end.Anastasia
- Very cool activity, I felt like a real PM))) Realistic thoughtful tasks and a lot of additional information, thanks)Kris
For whom is this simulator?
PMs who eager to get plans in order
A bias towards short-term sprint plans, just like towards visionaryism, will not lead to anything good.
Ones preparing for PM interview
In an interview it is immediately clear who knows only the theory, and who has solved at least one case.
Ones who want to think structurally
Learn to see the connection between short-term sprints, quarterly OKRs, roadmaps, mission and vision.
What does simulator practice look like?
Who is the author?
Vladimir Kalmykov
Current Lead Technical PM @ Booking.com, Amsterdam
Few people can tell a PM how to use the knowledge of the technical world in business. Vladimir is the one who can.
- PhD in Computer Science, a developer in the past
- Seven years in product management
- one of the first Tech PMs at Booking.com
- leads a department as a manager of PMs
- trained 1,000+ Tech PMs on various edu-platforms
- intro course on Udemy: 4500 students, rated 4.5+
Simulator program
You will face real-life situations that require product solutions in a taxi startup: prioritize your team's backlog, help junior colleagues set the right OKRs, define a vision with Principal PM.
The most important task of the shortest planning horizon is the prioritization of the next sprints. In this chapter you'll take 11 raw ideas, ask the right questions to clarify them, and prepare everything for actual prioritization.
What will you learn:
→ how to ask the right questions to your user stories
→ how to prepare for spring planning
What it looks like:
→ help the tech lead prioritize the backlog by asking the right questions
→ the lesson will take from 1 to 2 hours
What students say about the lesson:
→ Ivar: "Very natural and great brain shake"
→ Yarko: "Amazing exercise. Very good scenario, it fills like real life project. 11 stories are perfect for the exercise"
What will you learn:
→ how to ask the right questions to your user stories
→ how to prepare for spring planning
What it looks like:
→ help the tech lead prioritize the backlog by asking the right questions
→ the lesson will take from 1 to 2 hours
What students say about the lesson:
→ Ivar: "Very natural and great brain shake"
→ Yarko: "Amazing exercise. Very good scenario, it fills like real life project. 11 stories are perfect for the exercise"
Now that we have answered the main "hard" questions, it's time to bring the tasks to one "currency", prioritize the tasks with the most popular impact-effort method and plan the next 5 sprints.
What will you learn:
→ how to prioritize the backlog with the most popular impact-effort method
→ how your backlog looks like in a real Trello and ClickUp tools
→ what are story points and how to set them correctly
What it looks like:
→ learn to choose the right impact scores
→ working with Google Sheet template impact-effort prioritization
→ choose which tasks to take into the sprint, taking into account the velocity of the team
→ the lesson will take from 1 to 2 hours
What students say about the lesson:
→ Kris: "Very cool activity, I felt like a real PM))) Realistic thoughtful tasks and a lot of additional information, thanks)"
→ Alex: "It was interesting to learn how the prioritization process works in IT-giants, what methods and tools are used"
What will you learn:
→ how to prioritize the backlog with the most popular impact-effort method
→ how your backlog looks like in a real Trello and ClickUp tools
→ what are story points and how to set them correctly
What it looks like:
→ learn to choose the right impact scores
→ working with Google Sheet template impact-effort prioritization
→ choose which tasks to take into the sprint, taking into account the velocity of the team
→ the lesson will take from 1 to 2 hours
What students say about the lesson:
→ Kris: "Very cool activity, I felt like a real PM))) Realistic thoughtful tasks and a lot of additional information, thanks)"
→ Alex: "It was interesting to learn how the prioritization process works in IT-giants, what methods and tools are used"
To ensure that everyday activity brings PM to the right outcome we need a compass - mid-term goals, usually set for quarter, semester or maximum - a year. To make goals formal we use the powerful Objectives and Key Results (OKR) tool.
What will you learn:
→ why do we need Objectives and Key Results at all
→ how to set the right OKRs
→ what are the most common mistakes when setting OKRs
What it looks like:
→ help Jr. PM and Marketing specialist to set goals for their projects
→ together with Principal PM connect the OKRs of the team, departments and the whole company
→ the lesson will take from 1 to 3 hours
What students say about the lesson:
→ Mila: "Cool practical exercises aimed at calculations and understanding! really like it!"
→ Oleksandr: "I can't wait to put OKR into practice as soon as possible! The simulator helps a lot to streamline the information, find gaps and delve deeper into the topic"
→ Serge: "I really like the quality of additional materials"
What will you learn:
→ why do we need Objectives and Key Results at all
→ how to set the right OKRs
→ what are the most common mistakes when setting OKRs
What it looks like:
→ help Jr. PM and Marketing specialist to set goals for their projects
→ together with Principal PM connect the OKRs of the team, departments and the whole company
→ the lesson will take from 1 to 3 hours
What students say about the lesson:
→ Mila: "Cool practical exercises aimed at calculations and understanding! really like it!"
→ Oleksandr: "I can't wait to put OKR into practice as soon as possible! The simulator helps a lot to streamline the information, find gaps and delve deeper into the topic"
→ Serge: "I really like the quality of additional materials"
A team (3-4 developers), and, moreover, a whole company (10-10,000 developers) is a very powerful force, and it must be directed in the right and aligned direction, otherwise there is a very high probability of end up nowhere. That's what the mission/vision tool is for.
What will you learn:
→ what is a vision and why does a PM need it
→ how vision differs from mission
→ how to define them for the company, department and team
What it looks like:
→ help Principal PM set a crisp vision for teams and established companies
→ fill out a detailed vision statement template for the messenger team of a large company
→ the lesson will take about 1-2 hours
What students say about the lesson:
→ Mike: "I've always been confused about these terms, now it's clearer how one differs from the other."
What will you learn:
→ what is a vision and why does a PM need it
→ how vision differs from mission
→ how to define them for the company, department and team
What it looks like:
→ help Principal PM set a crisp vision for teams and established companies
→ fill out a detailed vision statement template for the messenger team of a large company
→ the lesson will take about 1-2 hours
What students say about the lesson:
→ Mike: "I've always been confused about these terms, now it's clearer how one differs from the other."
Now that we have dealt with the individual planning horizons (sprint planning, OKRs, vision/mission), it's time to tie them together with a few more concepts - epics, strategy & values.
What will you learn:
→ how sprint planning relates to OKRs and how OKRs relate to vision
→ where epics come from
→ where is product strategy in the planning hierarchy
→ what is values and why does the company need it
What it looks like:
→ help Jr. PM move from vision heights to down-the-earth development
→ figure out place of epics and strategy with Principal PM
→ look at the values of big companies
→ connect all 8 horizons into a neat hierarchy
→ get the template to build a Product Strategy
What students say about this lesson:
→ Helen: "Everything connected into a neat picture, thanks"
→ Kate: "I liked the connection between different levels of planning. Good examples that put everything in its place."
What will you learn:
→ how sprint planning relates to OKRs and how OKRs relate to vision
→ where epics come from
→ where is product strategy in the planning hierarchy
→ what is values and why does the company need it
What it looks like:
→ help Jr. PM move from vision heights to down-the-earth development
→ figure out place of epics and strategy with Principal PM
→ look at the values of big companies
→ connect all 8 horizons into a neat hierarchy
→ get the template to build a Product Strategy
What students say about this lesson:
→ Helen: "Everything connected into a neat picture, thanks"
→ Kate: "I liked the connection between different levels of planning. Good examples that put everything in its place."
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