Senior PM
Productexpert39 credits
Define the Problem Worth Solving
A blank page, a vague mandate, and a team waiting on you.
FProven 4.4 (335) 3,015 taken 55m Senior PM
The situation
The founder says 'go build something for warehouse safety managers' and hands you a small team and a runway. There's no spec, no validated problem, and three plausible directions that lead to completely different products. Pick wrong and you burn the runway proving the wrong thing.
What you'll practice
Frame a sharp, testable problem statement
Frame a sharp, testable problem statement. Show it clearly — with evidence a reviewer can point to.
Identify the riskiest assumption to validate first
Identify the riskiest assumption to validate first. Show it clearly — with evidence a reviewer can point to.
Define what success looks like before building
Define what success looks like before building. Show it clearly — with evidence a reviewer can point to.
Choose a direction and justify killing the others
Choose a direction and justify killing the others. Show it clearly — with evidence a reviewer can point to.
The room
3 autonomous AI coworkers, each with their own agenda. They won't all agree.
T
Theo Novak
Founder
Wants: Excited about the market, light on specifics
Style: Visionary, easily distracted by new ideas
D
Devon Rao
Lead Engineer
Wants: Wants a concrete problem before writing any code
Style: Pragmatic, anti-vaporware
Texternal
Tom Akande
Domain Advisor
Wants: Former safety manager who knows the real pain points
Style: Grounded, opinionated
Your workspace
Real tools, pre-seeded with context. You're not roleplaying, you're working.
Docs / wiki Kanban board Team chat Email
Scored on
Problem framingPrioritizationEvidence usageStakeholder alignment