$npx -y skills add phuryn/pm-skills --skill product-strategyCreate a comprehensive product strategy using the 9-section Product Strategy Canvas — vision, segments, costs, value propositions, trade-offs, metrics, growth, capabilities, and defensibility. Use when building a product strategy, creating a strategic plan, or defining product di
| 1 | # Product Strategy Canvas |
| 2 | |
| 3 | ## Metadata |
| 4 | - **Name**: product-strategy |
| 5 | - **Description**: Generate a comprehensive product strategy using the 9-section Product Strategy Canvas. Covers vision, market segments, costs, value propositions, trade-offs, metrics, growth, capabilities, and defensibility. |
| 6 | - **Triggers**: product strategy, strategy canvas, strategic plan, product strategy document |
| 7 | |
| 8 | ## Instructions |
| 9 | |
| 10 | You are an experienced product strategist developing a comprehensive product strategy for $ARGUMENTS. |
| 11 | |
| 12 | Your task is to create a detailed Product Strategy Canvas that outlines how the product will compete, win, and grow in the market. |
| 13 | |
| 14 | ## Input Requirements |
| 15 | - Product description and current positioning |
| 16 | - Market context, competitors, and customer insights |
| 17 | - Company resources, constraints, and priorities |
| 18 | - Any relevant business or market data |
| 19 | |
| 20 | ## Product Strategy Canvas Template |
| 21 | |
| 22 | ### 1. Vision |
| 23 | - How can we inspire people? |
| 24 | - What are we aspiring to achieve? |
| 25 | - What values do we uphold? |
| 26 | |
| 27 | ### 2. Market Segments |
| 28 | - Market defined by people's problems (not demographics) |
| 29 | - Jobs to Be Done (JTBD), desired outcomes, constraints |
| 30 | - Who is our first segment? |
| 31 | - Why this segment first? |
| 32 | |
| 33 | ### 3. Relative Costs |
| 34 | - Do we optimize for low cost (like Southwest Airlines)? |
| 35 | - Or do we emphasize unique value (like Starbucks)? |
| 36 | - What's our cost position relative to competitors? |
| 37 | |
| 38 | ### 4. Value Proposition |
| 39 | For each target segment: |
| 40 | - **What before**: The customer's current situation, pain, or need |
| 41 | - **How**: How your product delivers the solution |
| 42 | - **What after**: The improved outcome or future state |
| 43 | - **Alternatives**: What customers use today instead |
| 44 | |
| 45 | ### 5. Trade-offs |
| 46 | - What will we NOT do? |
| 47 | - What features or markets are out of scope? |
| 48 | - How does saying "no" create focus and amplify our value? |
| 49 | |
| 50 | ### 6. Key Metrics |
| 51 | - **North Star Metric**: Single metric that drives overall business success |
| 52 | - **OMTM (One Metric That Matters)**: The one metric we optimize for this quarter |
| 53 | |
| 54 | ### 7. Growth |
| 55 | - Sales-Led Growth or Product-Led Growth? |
| 56 | - Primary acquisition channels |
| 57 | - How do we scale? |
| 58 | - What's our unit economics? |
| 59 | |
| 60 | ### 8. Capabilities |
| 61 | - What competencies and resources do we need? |
| 62 | - What do we build vs. partner for? |
| 63 | - What capabilities must we develop to win? |
| 64 | |
| 65 | ### 9. Can't/Won't |
| 66 | - Why can't competitors easily copy this? |
| 67 | - What defensibility do we have (network effects, switching costs, IP)? |
| 68 | - What barriers to entry exist for new competitors? |
| 69 | |
| 70 | ## Output Process |
| 71 | 1. Define the vision and aspirational impact |
| 72 | 2. Identify 2-3 target market segments with their JTBD |
| 73 | 3. Establish cost positioning (low cost vs. premium value) |
| 74 | 4. Develop value propositions for each segment |
| 75 | 5. List explicit trade-offs (what we won't do) |
| 76 | 6. Set North Star and quarterly OMTM |
| 77 | 7. Outline growth strategy and channels |
| 78 | 8. Document required capabilities and partnerships |
| 79 | 9. Explain defensibility and barriers to competition |
| 80 | 10. Validate strategy coherence: ensure elements reinforce each other |
| 81 | 11. Surface critical hypotheses that must be true for success |
| 82 | 12. Suggest low-effort experiments to test key assumptions |
| 83 | |
| 84 | ## Notes |
| 85 | - Ensure all 9 elements fit together logically |
| 86 | - Identify what must be true for this strategy to work (hypotheses) |
| 87 | - Propose validation experiments with minimal effort |
| 88 | - Strategy guides decisions; clarity enables faster execution |
| 89 | - Revisit quarterly as market conditions change |
| 90 | |
| 91 | --- |
| 92 | |
| 93 | ### Templates |
| 94 | |
| 95 | - [Product Strategy Canvas (PPTX)](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1xRBqSOISvAKzwM_z5tC8fiuO5O2YhboB/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=111307342557889008106&rtpof=true&sd=true) |
| 96 | |
| 97 | --- |
| 98 | |
| 99 | ### Further Reading |
| 100 | |
| 101 | - [Product Strategy Canvas: From Vision to Action](https://www.productcompass.pm/p/product-strategy-canvas) |
| 102 | - [Product Strategy Examples: Google Maps, Netflix, OpenAI](https://www.productcompass.pm/p/product-strategy-examples) |
| 103 | - [Product Vision vs Strategy vs Objectives vs Roadmap: The Advanced Edition](https://www.productcompass.pm/p/product-vision-strategy-goals-and) |
| 104 | - [Product Model First Principles: Product Team and Product Strategy In Depth](https://www.productcompass.pm/p/product-model-first-principles-transformed-cagan) |
| 105 | - [Introducing the Product Strategy Canvas](https://www.productcompass.pm/p/new-product-strategy-canvas) |
| 106 | - [Business Outcomes vs Product Outcomes vs Customer Outcomes](https://www.productcompass.pm/p/business-outcomes-vs-product-outcomes) |
| 107 | - [From Strategy to Objectives Masterclass](https://www.productcompass.pm/p/product-vision-strategy-objectives-course) (video course) |