Metadata
- Author: John Cutler
- Full Title:: TBM 12/52: The Basics
- Category:: 🗞️Articles
- Document Tags:: Product Management,
- URL:: https://cutlefish.substack.com/p/tbm-1252-the-basics
- Finished date:: 2023-08-08
Highlights
In my mind The Basics include:
- A charter and mission
- A strategy
- One or more models
- A roadmap filled with bets
- Artifacts for those bets
- Bet-related metrics, Input metrics, goals
- Great kickoffs and great learning reviews
- An approach to continuous improvement (View Highlight)
Every bet has a one-pager, a research folder, a learning backlog, a “core team”, and “extended team”, and an advocate. Over time you will accumulate more “stuff”, so be sure to make it easy to find. Write a one-pager for bets in the 1-3 month range. For longer bets, make sure to break them down (but also have a 3-6 pager for the big “parent” bet) . (View Highlight)
New highlights added 2023-11-27
Have a team charter, and a team mission. Whose life are you planning to make easier? Why? What do you care about? What are your operating principles as a team? What are your current working agreements? I am a firm believer that teams should have stable focus areas that span multiple years (except for in the smallest startups). (View Highlight)