Structure: ChatGPT 5.2

🧭 1. Foundations & Philosophy

1.1 Product Management Mindset

  • Principles (value > features, focus on impact, outcome orientation)
  • Decision-making heuristics
  • Balancing vision, strategy, and execution
  • Product leadership in enterprise environments

1.2 Role Definition

  • Key responsibilities (discovery, delivery, alignment, measurement)
  • How your role evolves with company/product maturity
  • Interfaces with cross-functional teams (engineering, design, sales, support, etc.)

1.3 Product Manager Operating System

  • Personal mission and vision statement
  • North Star metrics (for self and team)
  • Feedback loops (self-review, stakeholder input, retrospectives)

🧩 2. Strategy & Product Direction

2.1 Market & Customer Understanding

  • Market landscape mapping (competitive analysis, trends, gaps)
  • Customer segmentation and personas (B2B buyer vs. user)
  • Jobs-To-Be-Done and pain/gain frameworks

2.2 Product Strategy

  • Vision, mission, and product principles
  • Strategic themes & outcome mapping
  • Business model and value creation logic (pricing, TAM, ROI frameworks)

2.3 Roadmapping

  • Goal hierarchy: vision β†’ strategy β†’ objectives β†’ roadmap β†’ backlog
  • Prioritization frameworks (RICE, MoSCoW, Cost of Delay, Value vs. Effort)
  • Communicating roadmaps to different audiences (execs vs. teams vs. customers)

πŸ” 3. Discovery & Validation

3.1 Problem Discovery

  • Customer interview guides & techniques
  • Discovery artifacts (assumptions map, opportunity solution tree, problem framing)
  • Using data to validate problems (analytics, customer success insights)

3.2 Solution Discovery

  • Ideation frameworks (Crazy 8s, How Might We, etc.)
  • Concept testing (mockups, prototypes, customer feedback loops)
  • Experimentation frameworks (hypothesis template, test design, success metrics)

3.3 Validation & Learning

  • Lean validation matrix (effort vs. confidence)
  • Pre-mortem and post-mortem templates
  • Metrics for learning outcomes

βš™οΈ 4. Delivery & Execution

4.1 Planning

  • Sprint, quarter, and annual planning templates
  • Defining MVP vs. MMP vs. GA
  • Stakeholder alignment & kickoff rituals

4.2 Execution Processes

  • Agile methods (Scrum, Kanban, dual-track agile)
  • Writing great specs and user stories
  • QA and release management checklists

4.3 Measurement & Feedback

  • Defining and tracking success metrics
  • Dashboards and instrumentation setup
  • Post-release analysis and feedback loops

πŸ‘₯ 5. Stakeholders & Team Collaboration

5.1 Cross-Functional Collaboration

  • Collaboration models (RACI, DACI, RAPID)
  • Meeting rhythms (standups, reviews, retros, syncs)
  • Handling conflicts and driving alignment

5.2 Working with Leadership

  • Communicating updates effectively (exec briefs, product reviews)
  • Decision frameworks for escalation
  • Managing expectations and trade-offs

5.3 Working with Customers & Partners

  • Customer councils and beta programs
  • Feedback management systems
  • Success storytelling (case studies, wins)

🧠 6. Data, Metrics & Decision-Making

6.1 Metrics Framework

  • Input/output metrics and leading/lagging indicators
  • North Star metric design
  • Metric tree templates

6.2 Data Tools & Analysis

  • Tool stack (Mixpanel, Amplitude, Looker, etc.)
  • Building self-service analytics habits
  • Running data reviews

6.3 Experimentation & A/B Testing

  • A/B testing process and governance
  • Statistical significance basics
  • Learning documentation

🧰 7. Artifacts & Templates

7.1 Strategic Artifacts

  • PRD, BRD, and business case templates
  • Opportunity solution tree
  • Product canvas and Lean Canvas

7.2 Delivery Artifacts

  • Sprint goal, story, and epic templates
  • Release notes templates
  • Retrospective templates

7.3 Communication Artifacts

  • Roadmap decks
  • Quarterly business review templates
  • Status update one-pagers

πŸ•’ 8. Time & Productivity Systems

8.1 Personal Productivity

  • Weekly and daily planning routines
  • Deep work vs. meeting management
  • Task management systems (e.g., PARA, GTD, Eisenhower matrix)

8.2 Focus & Prioritization

  • OKRs for yourself
  • Decision filters for prioritizing tasks
  • β€œStop Doing” list

8.3 Tooling

  • Personal tech stack (Notion, Asana, Slack, etc.)
  • Automation & integrations (calendar syncs, dashboards)

πŸš€ 9. Team Management & Onboarding

9.1 Team Leadership

  • Coaching frameworks (GROW, 1:1 templates)
  • Career pathing for PMs and ICs
  • Running effective team rituals

9.2 Hiring & Onboarding

  • Hiring scorecards and interview guides
  • Onboarding checklist (team, tools, culture, context)
  • Buddy system & first-90-days plan

9.3 Culture & Motivation

  • Building psychological safety
  • Recognition systems
  • Continuous feedback loops

πŸ”— 10. Resources & Continuous Learning

10.1 Reading & Learning

  • Core books, blogs, podcasts
  • Communities and conferences
  • Expert mentors and peers

10.3 Playbook Evolution

  • Versioning system
  • Change log for methods
  • Reflection and update cadence

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