Product design planning and strategy skill covering product strategy, information architecture, and project planning. Use when defining problems, assessing opportunities, prioritizing features, planning roadmaps, defining success metrics, designing value propositions, structuring content or navigation, designing search or taxonomy systems, scoping design work, facilitating design sprints or workshops, or assessing design risks. Triggers on: problem definition, opportunity assessment, feature prioritization, RICE, MoSCoW, Kano, roadmap, KPIs, success metrics, value proposition, information architecture, site map, content strategy, taxonomy, navigation design, search design, mental model, design scoping, design sprint, workshop facilitation, risk assessment, resource planning.
Planning & Strategy
Design planning and strategy methods across three domains: product strategy, information architecture, and project planning. Covers 17 methods for defining direction, structuring information, and running design work.
Method Selection Guide
Question
Method
What problem are we solving?
Problem Definition
Which opportunity to pursue first?
Opportunity Assessment
Which features to build next?
Feature Prioritization (RICE / MoSCoW / Kano)
What's the design work over next 6 months?
Roadmap Planning
How will we know if we succeeded?
Success Metrics Definition
Why would users choose this product?
Value Proposition Design
How should content be organized?
Content Strategy
What's the overall product structure?
Site Mapping
How should categories be named/grouped?
Taxonomy Design
How do users move through the product?
Navigation Design
How do users find things?
Search Design
How do users mentally model the domain?
Mental Model Mapping
How long will this design work take?
Design Scoping
Who needs to be involved?
Resource Planning
What could go wrong?
Risk Assessment
How to solve a problem in a focused week?
Design Sprint Facilitation
How to run a collaborative session?
Workshop Facilitation
Domain Sequencing
Strategy (define what to build)
└── Problem Definition → Opportunity Assessment → Feature Prioritization
→ Success Metrics Definition → Value Proposition Design → Roadmap Planning
Information Architecture (define how to structure it)
└── Mental Model Mapping → Content Strategy → Site Mapping
→ Taxonomy Design → Navigation Design → Search Design
Project Planning (define how to execute)
└── Design Scoping → Resource Planning → Risk Assessment
→ Workshop Facilitation / Design Sprint Facilitation
Reference Files
Product strategy — Read .claude/skills/planning-strategy/product-strategy.md for: problem definition, opportunity assessment, feature prioritization, roadmap planning, success metrics, value proposition design
Information architecture — Read .claude/skills/planning-strategy/information-architecture.md for: content strategy, site mapping, taxonomy design, navigation design, search design, mental model mapping
