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# /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/`
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**Version:** 1.0.0