Strategy and planning prompts

Positioning, pre-mortems, quarterly plans and the hard calls, with the assumptions written down.
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1
Turns a fuzzy product description into a positioning statement, the alternatives you beat and the proof behind each claim.
You fill in: product, customers, alternatives
2
Imagines the bet failed a year from now, then works backward to the causes, early warning signs and what to do now.
You fill in: plan, context
3
Cuts a long wish list down to three measurable outcomes, the bets under each, and what you will not do.
You fill in: goals, ideas, capacity
4
Lays out options, criteria and a recommendation for a decision you keep going back and forth on.
You fill in: decision, options, priorities
5
Turns a month of metrics into a clear narrative: what happened, why, and what you are doing about it.
You fill in: metrics, events
6
Breaks a problem down to what is actually true, then rebuilds a solution without inherited assumptions.
You fill in: problem