21 skills · 6 phases

Product Manager's Assistant

The thinking partner every product manager wishes they had on speed dial. Describe your situation in plain words and the Assistant applies a proven consulting discipline to it: separating symptoms from causes, forcing real trade-offs, and committing to a recommendation. It hands back a structured, stakeholder-ready deliverable in seconds. Twenty-one skills cover the full arc of a product decision, from framing the problem to proving the value landed.

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How to use it

  1. Pick a skill. The vertical tabs are grouped by engagement phase. Start at Diagnose if you're at the beginning, or jump straight to the skill that matches where you're stuck.
  2. Drop your query. Paste real context: the situation, what you know, numbers, constraints, who's deciding. The more specific the input, the sharper the output. Missing details are fine; the skill states its assumptions and proceeds.
  3. Get the deliverable. The answer streams back in the skill's fixed structure (each skill enforces its own quality gate), ready to paste into a doc or deck. Then feed it into the next skill in the chain.

The skills form a chain, Problem → Evidence → Options → Recommendation → Roadmap → Value, so each output is designed to be the next skill's input.

The six phases

Diagnose

Frame the real problem, the people, the targets, and the scope before any analysis.

  • Problem Framer
  • Stakeholder Mapper
  • Success Criteria Definer
  • Scope & Constraint Setter

Analyze

Map the evidence, test hypotheses, find root causes, and put a number on the problem.

  • Evidence Collector
  • Hypothesis Builder
  • Root Cause Analyzer
  • Impact Quantifier

Synthesize

Generate real options, expose trade-offs, stress-test assumptions, model futures.

  • Option Generator
  • Trade-Off Analyzer
  • Assumption Stress-Tester
  • Scenario Modeler

Decide

Commit to one position, quantify the case, and land it in a one-page memo.

  • Recommendation Builder
  • Business Case Builder
  • Executive Memo Writer

Execute

Sequence the roadmap, assign single owners, and surface delivery risks early.

  • Initiative Sequencer
  • Ownership & Accountability Mapper
  • Risk & Dependency Mapper

Measure

Pick the KPIs that matter, track promised value, and capture the lessons.

  • KPI Architect
  • Value Tracking System
  • Engagement Review System