deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills
altitude-horizon-framework
Understand the PM-to-Director transition through altitude and horizon thinking. Use when diagnosing scope, time-horizon, or leadership-level gaps.
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- deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills
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Install
npx skills add deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills@altitude-horizon-frameworkRuns in a terminal with Node.js 18 or newer. Add -y to skip the prompts and -g to install for every project instead of this one.
Install for your agent
npx skills add deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills@altitude-horizon-framework --agent claude-code -y- Project install writes to
.claude/skills/altitude-horizon-framework- Global install writes to
~/.claude/skills/altitude-horizon-framework
Start a new session afterwards so the agent picks the skill up. In Claude Code you can also call it directly with /altitude-horizon-framework.
What it does
Purpose 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. Input Nothing required — this is a…
Excerpt from the skill's own SKILL.md. Read the full file on GitHub before installing: skills run with your agent's permissions.
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