Devika Nair

AMA: Oracle Director of Product, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Devika Nair on Product Vision

November 1 @ 10:00AM PT
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Devika Nair
Oracle Director of Product Management2y
A bad vision statement is one that is either too narrow or too broad. It is hard to get a vision statement right, but you need it to be ambitious, but believable. It need...
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Devika Nair
Oracle Director of Product Management2y
Something that has helped me in the past is to work with my team to come up with ideas for the vision statement. Write down everything that matters to your product/produc...
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Devika Nair
Oracle Director of Product Management2y
I like to think of the vision to be at least a 5 year plan.
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Devika Nair
Oracle Director of Product Management2y
Ideally the vision statement never changes. Practically, it makes sense to revisit when you: (1) are close to achieving your original vision, (2) when there are significa...
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Devika Nair
Oracle Director of Product Management2y
I wouldn't think so. Your vision isn't something that's measurable or track-able in the near time, and hence user testing is hard. Its more likely to want to validate the...
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Devika Nair
Oracle Director of Product Management2y
I typically don't track metrics against the product vision. The vision is used to frame my product goals and those have metrics. It is important that your metrics are tra...
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Devika Nair
Oracle Director of Product Management2y
It can take anywhere from a few goals to multiple weeks. In addition to the thought that goes into it, its important to align stakeholders to your vision and this can add...
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