/product-manager-toolkit

name: product-manager-toolkit
description: "Essential tools and frameworks for modern product management, from discovery to delivery."
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date_added: "2026-02-27"

Product Manager Toolkit

Essential tools and frameworks for modern product management, from discovery to delivery.

Quick Start

For Feature Prioritization

python scripts/rice_prioritizer.py sample  # Create sample CSV
python scripts/rice_prioritizer.py sample_features.csv --capacity 15

For Interview Analysis

python scripts/customer_interview_analyzer.py interview_transcript.txt

For PRD Creation

1. Choose template from `references/prd_templates.md` 2. Fill in sections based on discovery work 3. Review with stakeholders 4. Version control in your PM tool

Core Workflows

Feature Prioritization Process

1. **Gather Feature Requests**

• Customer feedback
• Sales requests
• Technical debt
• Strategic initiatives

2. **Score with RICE**

   # Create CSV with: name,reach,impact,confidence,effort
   python scripts/rice_prioritizer.py features.csv

• **Reach**: Users affected per quarter
• **Impact**: massive/high/medium/low/minimal
• **Confidence**: high/medium/low
• **Effort**: xl/l/m/s/xs (person-months)

3. **Analyze Portfolio**

• Review quick wins vs big bets
• Check effort distribution
• Validate against strategy

4. **Generate Roadmap**

• Quarterly capacity planning
• Dependency mapping
• Stakeholder alignment

Customer Discovery Process

1. **Conduct Interviews**

• Use semi-structured format
• Focus on problems, not solutions
• Record with permission

2. **Analyze Insights**

   python scripts/customer_interview_analyzer.py transcript.txt

Extracts:

• Pain points with severity
• Feature requests with priority
• Jobs to be done
• Sentiment analysis
• Key themes and quotes

3. **Synthesize Findings**

• Group similar pain points
• Identify patterns across interviews
• Map to opportunity areas

4. **Validate Solutions**

• Create solution hypotheses
• Test with prototypes
• Measure actual vs expected behavior

PRD Development Process

1. **Choose Template**

• **Standard PRD**: Complex features (6-8 weeks)
• **One-Page PRD**: Simple features (2-4 weeks)
• **Feature Brief**: Exploration phase (1 week)
• **Agile Epic**: Sprint-based delivery

2. **Structure Content**

• Problem → Solution → Success Metrics
• Always include out-of-scope
• Clear acceptance criteria

3. **Collaborate**

• Engineering for feasibility
• Design for experience
• Sales for market validation
• Support for operational impact

Key Scripts

rice_prioritizer.py

Advanced RICE framework implementation with portfolio analysis.

**Features**:

• RICE score calculation
• Portfolio balance analysis (quick wins vs big bets)
• Quarterly roadmap generation
• Team capacity planning
• Multiple output formats (text/json/csv)

**Usage Examples**:

# Basic prioritization
python scripts/rice_prioritizer.py features.csv

# With custom team capacity (person-months per quarter)
python scripts/rice_prioritizer.py features.csv --capacity 20

# Output as JSON for integration
python scripts/rice_prioritizer.py features.csv --output json

customer_interview_analyzer.py

NLP-based interview analysis for extracting actionable insights.

**Capabilities**:

• Pain point extraction with severity assessment
• Feature request identification and classification
• Jobs-to-be-done pattern recognition
• Sentiment analysis
• Theme extraction
• Competitor mentions
• Key quotes identification

**Usage Examples**:

# Analyze single interview
python scripts/customer_interview_analyzer.py interview.txt

# Output as JSON for aggregation
python scripts/customer_interview_analyzer.py interview.txt json

Reference Documents

prd_templates.md

Multiple PRD formats for different contexts:

1. **Standard PRD Template**

• Comprehensive 11-section format
• Best for major features
• Includes technical specs

2. **One-Page PRD**

• Concise format for quick alignment
• Focus on problem/solution/metrics
• Good for smaller features

3. **Agile Epic Template**

• Sprint-based delivery
• User story mapping
• Acceptance criteria focus

4. **Feature Brief**

• Lightweight exploration
• Hypothesis-driven
• Pre-PRD phase

Prioritization Frameworks

RICE Framework

Score = (Reach × Impact × Confidence) / Effort

Reach: # of users/quarter
Impact: 
  - Massive = 3x
  - High = 2x
  - Medium = 1x
  - Low = 0.5x
  - Minimal = 0.25x
Confidence:
  - High = 100%
  - Medium = 80%
  - Low = 50%
Effort: Person-months

Value vs Effort Matrix

         Low Effort    High Effort
         
High     QUICK WINS    BIG BETS
Value    [Prioritize]   [Strategic]
         
Low      FILL-INS      TIME SINKS
Value    [Maybe]       [Avoid]

MoSCoW Method

• **Must Have**: Critical for launch
• **Should Have**: Important but not critical
• **Could Have**: Nice to have
• **Won't Have**: Out of scope

Discovery Frameworks

Customer Interview Guide

1. Context Questions (5 min)
   - Role and responsibilities
   - Current workflow
   - Tools used

2. Problem Exploration (15 min)
   - Pain points
   - Frequency and impact
   - Current workarounds

3. Solution Validation (10 min)
   - Reaction to concepts
   - Value perception
   - Willingness to pay

4. Wrap-up (5 min)
   - Other thoughts
   - Referrals
   - Follow-up permission

Hypothesis Template

We believe that [building this feature]
For [these users]
Will [achieve this outcome]
We'll know we're right when [metric]

Opportunity Solution Tree

Outcome
├── Opportunity 1
│   ├── Solution A
│   └── Solution B
└── Opportunity 2
    ├── Solution C
    └── Solution D

Metrics & Analytics

North Star Metric Framework

1. **Identif