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The PRD of 5 years ago is dead. AI killed it.
Here's what a modern PRD looks like:
Short
Built for Alignment
Evolving Over Time
Focused on Key Topics
Specific to Your Company
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Short
AI killed the 10-page PRD. No one read those. These days, teammates hate reading AI-generated documents and crave human-written content.
Clarity is everything: news.aakashg.com/p/prod…
↳ Think crisp, not complete.
Built for Alignment
The point of the PRD is not to be a work product that a management consultant creates beautifully. It's to be a method for aligning humans around what's being built.
That's why OpenAI considers specs more important than ever: youtu.be/j4gdMHYfHaE?t=…
↳ Explain why you made controversial decisions.
Evolving Over Time
You want to evolve the PRD at 6 stages:
a. Team kickoff ⇢ enough info to explore
b. Planning review ⇢ enough info to prioritize
c. XFN kickoff ⇢ aligned solution plus initial data
d. Solution review ⇢ in-depth justification of solution
e. Launch readiness ⇢ making it fully readyto develop
f. Impact review ⇢ looking back it how well it worked
More details: linkedin.com/posts/aagu…
↳ The PRD is not a one-and-done doc.
Focused on Key Topics
There's 6 key things to cover:
Non-Goals: aligns team early
Hypothesis: avoids wasted cycles
Rollout Plan: A/B test or full launch
Strategic Fit: why this vs other things
Success Metrics: sets clear success bar
(AI) Reference Examples: clarifies quality standard
And an AI prototype! news.aakashg.com/p/ai-p…
↳ Think "minimal document to align."
Specific To Your Company
Your PRD should have things that are relevant to YOU.
PM is not the same at any company. You will have company-specific or team-specific sections.
Full Guide: news.aakashg.com/p/ai-p…
↳ Add in things that will align the humans in the mix.
What has your experience been with modern PRDs?
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