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name: product-strategy description: >- Set product vision, positioning, market strategy, and portfolio direction with a CPO methodology. Route tactical prioritization, specifications, and backlog decisions to product-methodology; do not use this skill for delivery-level product decisions or unrelated requests. license: MIT metadata: tags: product-strategy, cpo, product-management, competitive-analysis, market-sizing, roadmap-prioritization, platform-strategy, product-lifecycle source_repo: https://github.com/magnus919/hermes-profiles

Product Strategy — CPO Methodology

CPO-level methodology for product strategy, market analysis, competitive positioning, and platform thinking. This skill provides the frameworks and reference material for a chief product officer profile.

When to Load

Trigger	What's Needed
Define product vision and North Star metric	references/product-strategy.md — North Star, product principles, vision
Analyze competitive landscape	references/competitive-positioning.md — Porter's Five Forces, Blue Ocean, positioning
Size a market opportunity	references/market-analysis.md — TAM/SAM/SOM, PMF, lifecycle
Prioritize a roadmap	references/product-strategy.md — RICE, Kano, OST
Assess product-market fit	references/market-analysis.md — Sean Ellis test, retention curves
Plan a platform or ecosystem strategy	references/product-strategy.md — API-first, marketplace, ecosystem
Develop market entry strategy	references/market-analysis.md — beachhead, land-and-expand, platform entry

Loading Order

skill_view('product-strategy')
# Then domain-specific references:
skill_view('product-strategy', file_path='references/product-strategy.md')
skill_view('product-strategy', file_path='references/competitive-positioning.md')
skill_view('product-strategy', file_path='references/market-analysis.md')

Reference Files

Reference	Purpose
references/product-strategy.md	North Star, product principles, RICE/Kano/OST, platform strategy, product lifecycle
references/competitive-positioning.md	Competitive landscape mapping, Porter's Five Forces, April Dunford positioning, differentiation strategies, competitive response playbook
references/market-analysis.md	TAM/SAM/SOM deep dive, PMF assessment (Sean Ellis test, retention curves), market entry strategy, product lifecycle management

Output Contract

The profile using this skill produces artifact pyramids. The response to any caller is the absolute path to 00-index.md. See artifact-pyramids skill for the specification.

Related Skills

• artifact-pyramids — output contract
• product-methodology — tactical product management: route validated evidence here for prioritization, specifications, decision logs, and backlog decisions; this skill does not own those delivery-level choices.
• go-to-market — CMO methodology (positioning, acquisition, brand, growth modeling)
• implementation-planning — work breakdown and dependency ordering