Product Manager Toolkit

# 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**

```bash

# 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**

```bash

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 alignmen