Product Frameworks

Overview

Comprehensive product design and management frameworks to guide strategic decisions, improve user experience, and structure product workflows.

Reference Files:

• references/design-principles.md — Hick's Law, Fitts's Law, affordances, feedback
• references/design-processes.md — Double Diamond, Agile, Lean UX, User-Centered Design
• references/prioritization-frameworks.md — RICE, MoSCoW, Kano Model, Pareto Principle
• references/lifecycle-guidance.md — Product stage strategies
• references/requirements.md — PRD templates, user stories, acceptance criteria
• references/critique-guidelines.md — Design review facilitation
• references/usability-testing.md — Test planning and analysis

Quick Start

1. Identify the domain — Determine which area of product/design work you're addressing
2. Load the relevant reference — Read the specific reference file for that domain
3. Apply the frameworks — Use the guidance to inform decisions or structure workflows

When to Use

| Need | Reference File | |------|----------------| | UI/UX decisions | design-principles.md | | Planning discovery work | design-processes.md | | Evaluating features | prioritization-frameworks.md | | Product stage strategy | lifecycle-guidance.md | | Creating PRDs or user stories | requirements.md | | Running design reviews | critique-guidelines.md | | Planning user research | usability-testing.md |

Example Workflows

Feature Evaluation:

1. Load prioritization-frameworks.md for RICE and Kano Model
2. Load lifecycle-guidance.md for stage-specific priorities
3. Apply both for informed prioritization

Interface Design Feedback:

1. Load design-principles.md for Hick's Law and Fitts's Law
2. Evaluate design against heuristics
3. Load critique-guidelines.md to structure feedback

Discovery Phase Planning:

1. Load design-processes.md for Double Diamond
2. Load usability-testing.md for research planning
3. Structure discovery using both

Framework Summaries

Design Principles: Hick's Law (choice overload), Fitts's Law (target sizing), affordances, feedback loops, system status visibility

Design Processes: Double Diamond (Discover→Define→Develop→Deliver), Agile, Lean UX, User-Centered Design

Prioritization: RICE Scoring, MoSCoW (Must/Should/Could/Won't), Kano Model, 80/20 Rule

Lifecycle: Introduction, Growth, Maturity, Decline stage strategies

Documentation: PRD structure, user story format, acceptance criteria

Best Practices

Progressive Loading: Don't load all references at once. Start with the most relevant file, then add others as needed.

Context-Specific Application: Frameworks are guidance, not rigid rules. Apply with judgment based on your product context.

Complementary Frameworks:

• Kano Model + RICE = comprehensive prioritization
• Double Diamond + Lean UX = structured but iterative discovery
• User-Centered Design + Usability Testing = validated user focus

Shared Language: Use framework terminology to align teams and communicate with stakeholders.