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altitude-horizon-framework

deanpeters/product-manager-skills

Defines the two-axis mental model that distinguishes Director-level thinking from PM thinking: Altitude (how wide you zoom out) and Horizon (how far ahead you look). Use this to understand what actually changes in the transition, diagnose which transition zone is creating friction, and apply the Cascading Context Map...

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npx skills add https://github.com/deanpeters/product-manager-skills --skill altitude-horizon-framework
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Defines the two-axis mental model that distinguishes Director-level thinking from PM thinking: Altitude (how wide you zoom out) and Horizon (how far ahead you look). Use this to understand what actually changes in the transition, diagnose which transition zone is creating friction, and apply the Cascading Context Map when organizational direction is vague or absent. This is not a seniority hierarchy. A PM operating at the right altitude for their role is doing excellent work. A Director operating at PM altitude is leaving their actual job undone. Altitude — Scope Horizon — Time The sharpest analogy for the role shift: The waiter excels at translating the experience of individual diners. The operator isn't ignoring diners — they're asking different questions: "Are we overspending on ingredients? Is a 75-page menu confusing customers?

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What does altitude-horizon-framework do?

Defines the two-axis mental model that distinguishes Director-level thinking from PM thinking: Altitude (how wide you zoom out) and Horizon (how far ahead you look). Use this to understand what actually changes in the transition, diagnose which transition zone is creating friction, and apply the Cascading Context Map...

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What agent does altitude-horizon-framework work with?

altitude-horizon-framework currently lists compatibility with codex, gemini-cli, opencode, cursor, kimi-cli, amp, github-copilot.

What are alternatives to altitude-horizon-framework?

Skills in the same category include telegram-bot-builder, flutter-app-size, sharp-edges, iterative-retrieval.

How do I install altitude-horizon-framework?

npx skills add https://github.com/deanpeters/product-manager-skills --skill altitude-horizon-framework

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