altitude-horizon

To calibrate your product management altitude and horizon, provide your role, product stage, and weekly activity summary. The assessment evaluates your abstraction level and planning timeframe against role expectations to identify mismatches and output actionable recommendations.

PM altitude refers to the level of abstraction a product manager operates at during roadmap planning and execution. Working at the wrong altitude reduces strategic impact by trapping you in inappropriate scopes, wasting time on tactical work better suited for delegation.

If you are operating at the wrong level of abstraction, you will see a mismatch between your time allocation and role expectations. Assess your recent activities to determine if you are working too high, too low, or at the right level for your seniority and company stage.

Assess your planning horizon by evaluating your short, medium, and long-term planning habits against your product stage. The calibration identifies mismatches between your current timeframe and the expected execution cadence for your specific role.

You need to provide role context, product-stage context, and examples of recent activities with time allocation. These inputs produce a calibrated assessment, a target altitude and horizon, gap analysis, and specific behavioral changes to implement over the next month.

Delegate tactical roadmap work when your altitude assessment shows you are operating too low, spending excessive time in execution tools instead of strategy. The calibration plan outlines specific work to do less of and actions to free up weekly strategy time.