Product Management Certification Program Flashcards
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Which framework is BEST suited for prioritizing features when you have many competing stakeholder requests?
Answer: RICE scoring (Reach, Impact, Confidence, Effort)
RICE scoring quantifies feature value by combining reach, impact, confidence, and effort into a comparable score.
A product manager discovers that 80% of users only use 20% of the product's features. What is the recommended course of action?
Answer: Investigate why the unused features are underused before deciding
Understanding WHY features are underused (discoverability, need fit, UX issues) informs whether to remove, redesign, or promote them.
What does 'time-to-value' (TTV) measure in product management?
Answer: How quickly a new user experiences the product's core benefit
TTV measures how fast a user reaches their first meaningful success with the product, directly impacting activation and retention.
In a dual-track Agile process, what happens in the 'discovery track'?
Answer: The team validates ideas and reduces risk before committing to build
The discovery track runs concurrently with delivery, focusing on research, prototyping, and validating assumptions so the delivery track builds the right things.
Which metric BEST indicates that a product has achieved strong product-market fit?
Answer: Sean Ellis survey showing >40% of users would be 'very disappointed' if the product disappeared
Sean Ellis's benchmark — more than 40% of surveyed users saying they'd be 'very disappointed' without the product — is the classic product-market fit signal.
What is the primary purpose of a product roadmap?
Answer: To communicate the product strategy and planned direction to stakeholders
A product roadmap communicates where the product is headed and why, aligning stakeholders around strategy rather than specifying implementation details.
A PM wants to test whether a new onboarding flow increases 7-day retention. What is the correct experimental approach?
Answer: Run an A/B test with a randomly split control and treatment group simultaneously
A simultaneous A/B test with random assignment isolates the variable and controls for external factors like seasonality or marketing changes.