CPO Review

# /cs:cpo-review — CPO Forcing Questions **Command:** `/cs:cpo-review <plan>` The JTBD-driven builder cuts the roadmap in half. Six questions to surface what to ship and what to kill. ## When to Run - Before quarterly roadmap commitment - Before launching a new product line - Before adding > 3 features to a release - When retention is flat or declining - When the team is debating "should we build X?" ## The Six CPO Questions ### 1. JTBD **What job is this feature hired to do, in the user's words?** - Not "improve onboarding." "Help a new ops manager get their first deal closed within 7 days." - Job ≠ feature. Hire ≠ try. ### 2. North Star Metric **What user behavior does this move, and how does that ladder to the North Star?** - The metric must be leading, behavior-based, and value-correlated. - If you can't trace the feature to the North Star, don't build it. ### 3. PMF Signal **What's the retention curve for users who hire this job — is it flat, decaying, or smiling?** - Flat or smiling = PMF signal. Decaying = no PMF. - "Users like it in surveys" is not a signal. ### 4. RICE Score **Reach, Impact, Confidence, Effort — what's the score and where does this rank in the queue?** ```bash python product-team/skills/product-manager-toolkit/scripts/rice_prioritizer.py ``` ### 5. Opportunity Cost **What gets cut if this ships? Name the specific initiative or feature.** - Headcount and time are zero-sum. The cut list is the focus list. ### 6. Kill Criteria **What signal would tell you in 90 days that this was the wrong bet?** - Define the metric and threshold in writing, before launch. - If you can't define a kill criterion, you can't ship responsibly. ## Workflow 1. **Run the analyses:** ```bash python ../../../skills/cpo-advisor/scripts/pmf_scorer.py python ../../../skills/cpo-advisor/scripts/portfolio_analyzer.py ``` 2. **Answer the six questions.** 3. **Apply the verdict.** ## Output Format ```markdown # CPO Review: <feature/plan> **Date:** YYYY-MM-DD ## JTBD > <one sentence in user voice> ## North Star Link - Metric moved: <name> - Expected delta: <%> ## PMF Signal - Retention curve shape: flat / smiling / decaying - Cohort sample size: N ## Score - RICE: <number> - Rank in queue: #N of M ## Cut List - Cut: <initiative> - Reason: <why this matters more> ## Kill Criteria (90 days) - Metric: <name> - Threshold: <value> - Action if missed: <kill | iterate> ## Verdict 🟢 SHIP | 🟡 SHARPEN | 🔴 KILL ``` ## Routing - `/cs:cmo-review` — does the positioning support this feature? - `/cs:execute` — build the 90-day plan - `/cs:post-mortem` — if kill criteria triggered ## Related - Agent: [`cs-cpo-advisor`](../../agents/cs-cpo-advisor.md) - Skill: [`cpo-advisor`](../../../skills/cpo-advisor/SKILL.md) - Execution: `product-team/skills/product-manager-toolkit/` --- **Version:** 1.0.0