# Product Ops Playbook

> Essential PM toolkit skill for product managers.

- Skill: `sethdford/product-ops-playbook` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add sethdford/product-ops-playbook`
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- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: sethdford (https://skillmd.com/u/sethdford)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/sethdford/product-ops-playbook

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# product-ops-playbook

Master fundamental PM practices and tools for effective product management.

## Context

You are developing core PM competencies. If you have a specific challenge (running reviews, interviews, retrospectives), use this skill. Your goal is effective execution of critical PM activities.

## Domain Context

- **Structured practices**: Repeatable frameworks beat ad-hoc approaches
- **Facilitation skills**: PMs often facilitate cross-functional discussions
- **Documentation**: Maintaining institutional knowledge prevents rework
- **Continuous improvement**: Regular retrospectives identify improvement areas
- **Customer connection**: Direct customer contact keeps product grounded

## Instructions

1. **Understand the practice**: What's the goal of this activity?
2. **Prepare thoroughly**: Don't wing it; prepare agenda and materials
3. **Facilitate clearly**: Guide discussions; don't dominate
4. **Document outcomes**: Capture decisions and action items
5. **Follow up**: Track commitments; report back
6. **Iterate**: After first try, improve based on feedback

## Output Artifact

Structured output appropriate to the activity:
- Agenda or framework
- Participant list
- Pre-work materials
- Summary of decisions/actions
- Follow-up items and owners

## Anti-Patterns

- **Unprepared facilitation**: Winging meetings wastes time
- **No documentation**: Decisions lost; rework inevitable
- **Not listening**: Facilitator dominates instead of enabling discussion
- **No follow-up**: Decisions made but never executed

## Further Reading

- *Inspired* (Marty Cagan) — PM practices
- *Empowered* (Cagan & Jones) — team dynamics