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storyboard creates a six-frame visual narrative following a problem-to-solution arc designed for stakeholder alignment and concept validation. emphasizes character, emotional resonance, and concrete outcomes over feature lists.

structured methodology for writing customer-focused press releases before product development, applying amazon's working backwards framework to force clarity on value propositions and problem statements during planning phases.

evaluates financial viability of specific pricing changes (increases, new tiers, discounts, add-ons) using arpu/nrr analysis and three-scenario modeling; identifies go/no-go decisions with quantified revenue and churn impact.

proto-persona guides early-stage user profiling by synthesizing research, market signals, and team knowledge into a structured hypothesis for design alignment. lacks procedural clarity and concrete validation checkpoints.

eol-message provides a template-based framework for writing end-of-life announcements that center customer impact over business justification, with guidance on tone, structure, and common pitfalls to avoid.

business-health-diagnostic outlines a four-dimensional saas assessment framework (growth, retention, unit economics, capital efficiency) but lacks concrete procedural steps, trigger examples, and failure mode handling needed for execution.

Run an end-to-end product strategy session across positioning, discovery, and roadmap planning. Use when a team needs validated direction before committing to…

Create a company research brief with executive quotes, product strategy, and org context. Use when preparing for interviews, competitive analysis,…

Plan a strategic roadmap across prioritization, epic definition, stakeholder alignment, and sequencing. Use when turning strategy into a release plan that…

Create user stories with Mike Cohn format and Gherkin acceptance criteria. Use when turning user needs into development-ready work with clear outcomes and…

Build a structured PRD that connects problem, users, solution, and success criteria. Use when turning discovery notes into an engineering-ready document for a…

Break down epics into user stories with Humanizing Work split patterns. Use when a backlog item is too large to estimate, sequence, or deliver safely.

Guide teams through MITRE's Problem Framing Canvas. Use when you need a clearer problem statement before jumping to solutions.

Frame an epic as a testable hypothesis with target user, expected outcome, and validation method. Use when defining a major initiative before roadmap,…

discovery-interview-prep — an installable skill for AI agents, published by deanpeters/product-manager-skills.

Evaluate feature investments using revenue impact, cost structure, ROI, and strategy. Use when deciding whether a feature deserves investment.

problem-statement — an installable skill for AI agents, published by deanpeters/product-manager-skills.

Build an Opportunity Solution Tree from outcomes to opportunities, solutions, and tests. Use when a stakeholder request needs problem framing before you decide…

saas-revenue-growth-metrics — an installable skill for AI agents, published by deanpeters/product-manager-skills.

user-story-splitting — an installable skill for AI agents, published by deanpeters/product-manager-skills.

Create a customer journey map across stages, touchpoints, actions, emotions, and metrics. Use when diagnosing a broken experience or aligning a team on the…

discovery-process — an installable skill for AI agents, published by deanpeters/product-manager-skills.

Create a user story map that lays out activities, steps, tasks, and release slices. Use when planning a workflow, backlog, or MVP around the user journey.

Uncover customer jobs, pains, and gains in a structured JTBD format. Use when clarifying unmet needs, repositioning a product, or improving discovery and…

Choose a prioritization framework based on stage, team context, and stakeholder needs. Use when deciding between RICE, ICE, value/effort, or another scoring…

Structure a spoken PM product-sense answer with assumptions, segmentation, pain-point prioritization, and MVP tradeoffs. Use when practicing design, improve,…

Guide the PM-to-Director transition across preparing, interviewing, landing, and recalibrating. Use when leadership scope is changing and you need practical…

Guide the transition to VP or CPO across preparing, interviewing, landing, and recalibrating. Use when executive product scope is changing fast.

Plan a VP or CPO 30-60-90 day diagnostic onboarding path. Use when entering a new executive product role and avoiding premature change.

Understand the PM-to-Director transition through altitude and horizon thinking. Use when diagnosing scope, time-horizon, or leadership-level gaps.

Turn raw PM content into a compliant, publish-ready skill. Use when creating or updating a repo skill without breaking standards.

Assess whether your product work is AI-first or AI-shaped. Use when evaluating AI maturity and choosing the next team capability to build.

Define a Proof of Life probe to test a risky hypothesis cheaply. Use when you need harsh truth before building real product.

Evaluate an AI product idea across outcomes, hypotheses, risks, and positioning. Use when deciding whether an AI solution deserves investment or recommendation.

Select the right Proof of Life (PoL) probe based on hypothesis, risk, and resources. Use this to match the validation method to the real learning goal, not…

Run a customer journey mapping workshop with adaptive questions and outputs. Use when you need to map stages, actions, emotions, pain points, and opportunities…

Evaluate acquisition channels using unit economics, customer quality, and scalability. Use when deciding whether to scale, test, or kill a growth channel.

Run a user story mapping workshop with adaptive questions and a structured map output. Use when you need backbone activities, tasks, and release slices for a…

Facilitate workshop sessions in a one-step, multi-turn flow. Use when an interactive skill needs consistent pacing, options, and progress tracking.

Diagnose context stuffing vs. context engineering. Use when an AI workflow feels bloated, brittle, or hard to steer reliably.

Guide teams through Lean UX Canvas v2. Use when framing a business problem, surfacing assumptions, and defining what to learn next.

Analyze political, economic, social, technological, environmental, and legal forces. Use when external market shifts could materially affect a product,…

Calculate TAM, SAM, and SOM with explicit assumptions, methods, and caveats. Use when sizing a market for a product idea, business case, or executive review.

Run a positioning workshop that surfaces target customer, unmet need, category, benefits, and differentiation. Use when your product messaging feels fuzzy,…

Look up SaaS finance metrics, formulas, and benchmarks fast. Use when you need a quick metric definition, formula, or benchmark during analysis.

Create a Geoffrey Moore-style positioning statement. Use when clarifying who you serve, what problem you solve, your category, and why you're different from…

Evaluate SaaS unit economics and capital efficiency. Use when deciding whether the business can scale efficiently or needs correction.