product-frameworks-for-design-and-management

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