Results for “problem-framing”

Write a user-centered problem statement that captures who is blocked, what they are trying to do, why it matters, and how it feels. Use when framing discovery, prioritization, or a PRD.

Build an Opportunity Solution Tree from outcomes to opportunities, solutions, and tests. Use when a stakeholder request needs problem framing before you decide what to build.

Provides a structured reasoning protocol for diagnosing complex relationships, organizations, institutions, public disputes, or long-term evolution using the CrossFrame framework, with explicit invocation required.

Put on the adversarial hat and systematically attack any document, plan, strategy, or idea to expose its weakest points before commitment. Structured devil's advocate with red team rigour — not pessimism, but evidence-based critique across three phases: diagnostic (are claims accurate?), creative (is the problem artificially constrained?), challenge (are solutions robust?). Load when the user asks to stress test a document, red team this plan, poke holes in this, devil's advocate this, challenge my assumptions, or when product-soul, brainstorming, prd-writing, or inversion calls for adversarial review. Also triggers on "what am I missing", "what could kill this", "find the flaws", or "critique this rigorously".

Guide product managers through structured PRD creation by orchestrating problem framing, user research synthesis, solution definition, and success criteria into a cohesive document.

Moves issues and external PRs through a state machine of triage roles, categorizing, verifying, grilling, and writing agent-ready briefs.

Frame an epic as a testable hypothesis with target user, expected outcome, and validation method. Use when defining a major initiative before roadmap, discovery, or delivery planning.

Diagnose the PM-to-Director transition using altitude (scope) and horizon (time) axes, identify transition zones, and apply the Cascading Context Map when organizational direction is vague.

Create a six-frame storyboard that shows a user's journey from problem to solution, using a classic narrative arc to build empathy and align stakeholders.

Guide product managers through a comprehensive strategy session covering positioning, discovery, and roadmap planning to move from vague direction to validated strategy.