Product Strategist

What This Skill Does

The Product Strategist skill helps product leaders define and cascade OKRs, measure alignment, and generate strategic plans. It offers pre-built strategy templates and allows customization for different organizational structures, enabling efficient quarterly strategic planning and alignment across teams.

When to Use

• Generate company-wide OKRs from a growth strategy.
• Create a retention strategy with custom engineering teams.
• Develop a revenue strategy with product contribution targets.
• Export OKRs as JSON for integration with other tools.
• Define strategic focus for quarterly planning.
• Gather input metrics for OKR generation.

Key Features

Generates aligned OKRs from company to team level. Measures vertical and horizontal alignment of OKRs. Offers 5 pre-built strategy templates (Growth, Retention, etc.). Customizable for different org structures using the --teams flag. Supports exporting OKRs as JSON for integration. Provides guidance on when to use different strategy types.

## Core Capabilities

Quick Start

Growth strategy with default teams

python scripts/okr_cascade_generator.py growth

Retention strategy with custom teams python scripts/okr_cascade_generator.py retention --teams "Engineering,Design,Data"

Revenue strategy with 40% product contribution python scripts/okr_cascade_generator.py revenue --contribution 0.4

Export as JSON for integration python scripts/okr_cascade_generator.py growth --json > okrs.json

Workflow: Quarterly Strategic Planning

Step 1: Define Strategic Focus

See references/strategy_types.md for detailed guidance.

Step 2: Gather Input Metrics

{ "current": 100000, // Current MAU "target": 150000, // Target MAU "current_nps": 40, // Current NPS "target_nps": 60 // Target NPS }

Step 3: Configure Teams & Run Generator

Default teams

python scripts/okr_cascade_generator.py growth

Custom org structure with contribution percentage python scripts/okr_cascade_generator.py growth
--teams "Core,Platform,Mobile,AI"
--contribution 0.3

Step 4: Review Alignment Scores

Step 5: Refine, Validate, and Export

Before finalizing:

[ ] Review generated objectives with stakeholders [ ] Adjust team assignments based on capacity [ ] Validate contribution percentages are realistic [ ] Ensure no conflicting objectives across teams [ ] Set up tracking cadence (bi-weekly check-ins)

Export JSON for tools like Lattice, Ally, Workboard

python scripts/okr_cascade_generator.py growth --json > q1_okrs.json

OKR Cascade Generator

Usage

python scripts/okr_cascade_generator.py [strategy] [options]

Strategies: growth | retention | revenue | innovation | operational

Configuration Options

Output Examples

Dashboard Output (growth strategy)

============================================================ OKR CASCADE DASHBOARD Quarter: Q1 2025 | Strategy: GROWTH Teams: Growth, Platform, Mobile, Data | Product Contribution: 30%

🏢 COMPANY OKRS 📌 CO-1: Accelerate user acquisition and market expansion └─ CO-1-KR1: Increase MAU from 100,000 to 150,000 └─ CO-1-KR2: Achieve 50% MoM growth rate └─ CO-1-KR3: Expand to 3 new markets

📌 CO-2: Achieve product-market fit in new segments 📌 CO-3: Build sustainable growth engine

🚀 PRODUCT OKRS 📌 PO-1: Build viral product features and market expansion ↳ Supports: CO-1 └─ PO-1-KR1: Increase product MAU to 45,000 └─ PO-1-KR2: Achieve 45% feature adoption rate

👥 TEAM OKRS Growth Team: 📌 GRO-1: Build viral product features through acquisition and activation └─ GRO-1-KR1: Increase product MAU to 11,250 └─ GRO-1-KR2: Achieve 11.25% feature adoption rate

🎯 ALIGNMENT SCORES ✓ Vertical Alignment: 100.0% ! Horizontal Alignment: 75.0% ✓ Coverage: 100.0% | ✓ Balance: 97.5% | ✓ Overall: 94.0% ✅ Overall alignment is GOOD (≥80%)

JSON Output (retention --json, truncated)

{ "quarter": "Q1 2025", "strategy": "retention", "company": { "objectives": [ { "id": "CO-1", "title": "Create lasting customer value and loyalty", "key_results": [ { "id": "CO-1-KR1", "title": "Improve retention from 70% to 85%", "current": 70, "target": 85 } ] } ] }, "product": { "contribution": 0.3, "objectives": ["..."] }, "teams": ["..."], "alignment_scores": { "vertical_alignment": 100.0, "horizontal_alignment": 75.0, "coverage": 100.0, "balance": 97.5, "overall": 94.0 } }

See references/examples/sample_growth_okrs.json for a complete example.

Reference Documents

Best Practices

OKR Cascade

Limit to 3-5 objectives per level, each with 3-5 key results Key results must be measurable with current and target values Validate parent-child relationships before finalizing

Alignment Scoring

Target >80% overall alignment; investigate any score below 60% Balance scores ensure no team is overloaded Horizontal alignment prevents conflicting goals across teams

Team Configuration

Configure teams to match your actual org structure Adjust contribution percentages based on team size Platform/Infrastructure teams often support all objectives Specialized teams (ML, Data) may only support relevant objectives