Glossary

PM Concepts

A growing glossary of product management concepts and frameworks — the mental models behind the day-to-day decisions.

Categories

Jobs to Be Done

A lens for understanding why customers 'hire' a product, independent of demographics or personas.

DiscoveryFrameworks

Kano Model

A framework for classifying features by how much they satisfy users, from basic expectations to delighters.

DiscoveryFrameworks

Minimum Viable Product (MVP)

The smallest version of a product that lets a team test a core assumption with real users.

StrategyFrameworks

MoSCoW Prioritization

A simple prioritization method that sorts work into Must-have, Should-have, Could-have, and Won't-have.

PrioritizationFrameworks

North Star Metric

The single metric that best captures the core value a product delivers to customers.

MetricsGrowth

OKRs (Objectives and Key Results)

A goal-setting framework that pairs a qualitative objective with measurable key results.

MetricsStrategy

Opportunity Solution Tree

A visual map connecting a business outcome to the opportunities, solutions, and experiments that could drive it.

DiscoveryFrameworks

Product-Market Fit

The point at which a product satisfies real market demand strongly enough to drive organic growth.

StrategyGrowth

RICE Prioritization Framework

A scoring model for weighing product bets by Reach, Impact, Confidence, and Effort.

PrioritizationFrameworks