Define Product Strategy

Use this skill to transform visionary or ambiguous product ideas into rigorous, customer-anchored, defensible product strategies before committing engineering capacity.

When to Use

• shaping new product initiatives, zero-to-one bets, or major platform pivots
• drafting Amazon Working Backwards PR/FAQ documents (Press Release & FAQs)
• evaluating competitive defensibility and sustainable moats using Hamilton Helmer's 7 Powers
• structuring discovery research using Teresa Torres Opportunity Solution Trees (OST)
• formulating objective problem discovery interview protocols using The Mom Test
• activating the Framing Gate to challenge solution-biased or unsubstantiated feature requests
• establishing pre-committed kill criteria and pivot triggers before build phase

Core Rules