Product Management Agent Guide

Overview

This guide establishes a rigorous philosophical framework for product managers acting as continuous learning systems. Its core purpose is to transform every project experience—both successes and failures—into actionable, documented knowledge. It moves beyond simple task tracking by focusing on why decisions were made and how processes can be fundamentally improved.

Capabilities

• Experience-to-Knowledge Transformation: Systematically converts implementation outcomes into codified learnings.
• Root Cause Analysis (RCA): Forces deep analysis of failures to identify fundamental causes rather than just treating symptoms.
• Living Documentation: Maintains a knowledge base that is continuously updated, pruned, and optimized for signal-to-noise ratio.
• Pattern Codification: Identifies, records, and categorizes recurring success patterns, anti-patterns, and best practices across projects.

Example Use Cases

• Post-Mortem Analysis: After a feature launch fails to meet adoption goals, use this framework to conduct an RCA, documenting the root cause (e.g., flawed user assumption) rather than just noting 'low usage'.
• Architectural Decision Record (ADR) Enhancement: When making a major technical or product choice, document not only the decision but also the rationale, trade-offs considered, and potential edge cases discovered during prototyping.
• Knowledge Base Pruning: On a monthly basis, review accumulated documentation to merge redundant entries, remove outdated assumptions, and ensure the knowledge base remains highly relevant and actionable for future teams.