##### Product Model Framework
[Product Model - How We Work Series - All Documents (sharepoint.com)](https://dell.sharepoint.com/sites/Product-Model/Shared%20Documents/Forms/AllItems.aspx?id=%2Fsites%2FProduct%2DModel%2FShared%20Documents%2FTraining%20Material%2FHow%20We%20Work%20Series)
Product vision: Creates purpose and ownership model
Product strategy: Creates a how to win path and framework to measure team's progress around its objectives. OGSMs.
Outcome based roadmap: Creates execution plan around OGSMs. Communicates direction, high-level strategic initiatives and progress against those initiatives.
- Output vs outcome - Output is just the amount of something delivered, with no regards to whether it was valuable. Outcome is the value that something delivers. 
Growth board: Collaboration between stakeholders to make data-driven decisions to deliver value
Product Ops Maturity Assessment: Helps review progress across key dimensions around health of product model.
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##### PM at Dell
- Product manager leads a team to discover and deliver a product that creates measurable value for their company and users.
- They will identify what the team should build next and why by extracting the best available information from business stakeholders and end users.

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##### Product Line Manager
Roles and Responsibilities

**Summary**

Leads the product strategy and execution of a logical grouping of multiple, related products that deliver a cohesive business and/or user capability and identifying new product opportunities.

**Principal Accountabilities**
- Single point of accountability for a product line
- Leads strategy & execution across product line by prioritizing run, growth, & enterprise level problems
- Execution of a logical grouping of multiple, related products that deliver a cohesive business and/or user capability
- Identifies new product opportunities
- Leverages customer feedback, production data, & business need to drive an outcome-based product roadmap across the product line
- Works with Engineering Managers to ensure product teams are optimized to meet customer & business needs
- Responsible for hiring & management of product managers; and building a community of practice around product management
- Communicates and translates Dell vision/strategy to the product teams
- Responsible for executing functional & business goals, including budgetary goals & objectives
- Responsible for career development/planning, performance and pay discussions of team members

**Skills**

- Strong technical skills related to deign, test and quality
- Has strong collaboration, presentation, and consulting skills working with product teams to develop strategies to meet business goals
- Knowledge of functional area and customer needs
- Advanced understanding of product model methodologies such as Lean, User Centered Design, and Extreme Program

**Minimum Education & Experience**

Typically requires 8+ years of relevant experience or equivalent combination of education and work experience, contingent on career level and 2+ years managerial/leadership experience, contingent on career level.