ChatGPT for Product Managers - Prompts for all product stages

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12 min readAug 2, 2023

— by Anom Warbhuvan

Imagine you are a product manager working on a new product that helps developers track and fix bugs in web applications. You have a great idea, a committed product team, and a wonderful business opportunity.

You must research the market, define the product vision, prioritize, coordinate development, test usability, measure performance and communicate value.

But how can you do all this without losing your sanity and creativity? How do you create a product that and delivers value and differentiates from its competitors?

That’s where ChatGPT prompts comes in.

In this blog, we'll show you how ChatGPT prompts can help you improve your product and service management. We will also show some examples from ChatGPT prompts for different product activities. Without any further ado, let’s dive into it!

What is ChatGPT?

ChatGPT is a conversational AI, which answers your questions or prompts by tapping into its vast knowledge and creativity to craft personalized and informative replies. It can even draft unique content for you. ChatGPT functionalities can be extended to other apps or plugins as well, via its API.

What details to share with ChatGPT?

When using ChatGPT, you should share your product information with caution. Do not disclose any proprietary or confidential detail of your product. This might compromise your product’s intellectual property or competitive advantage.

How to use product management prompts in this blog?

In this blog we will discuss the prompts that product managers can use to accomplish different tasks they have in hand. The prompts we have shared in this blog can contain variables like [your_product], [feature_idea], and [product_category], which you can replace with your own product details.

To give examples of ChatGPT’s response to the prompts we have shared, we will use an example of Zipy, a SaaS product that enables online platforms improve the digital experience of their users, via session replays, real user monitoring, and error debugging.

120 handpicked ChatGPT prompts for product managers

Ideation stage

Generate feature ideas

  1. Share must have feature ideas for a [product_category]

Example: Share must have features for a session replay tool

2. Sketch 7 product concepts for a [product_feature]

3. Come up with 10 [feature ideas] for a [product_category]

4. What are some creative features that could be added to a [your_ product]

5. What creative and original products would you like to see on the [product_category] market

6. How do you create a mobile app that displays your brand [product price]?

7. How many unique and exciting products do you think will be of interest to [target_audience] in the [product_category] niche?

8. What features would you add to make your product useful and interesting for [target_audience]?

Conduct market research

9. Assess the current and emerging trends in [product_category] and identify potential opportunities and threats

Example: Assess the current and emerging trends in digital experience and identify potential opportunities and threats

Conduct market research
Conduct market research

10. What are the important processes in our [your_ product] research, marketing, and competition?

11. What is the most significant factor to consider when determining our [your_ product] market size and potential?

12. Research and identify the major players in [product_category] and analyze their market share and growth trends

13. Share target audience and user segments that [competitor] is targeting

14. Explore the regulatory landscape and compliance requirements relevant to [industry]

15. What are the most effective tools and platforms for doing market research and competition of our [your_ product]?

16. Evaluate the competitive landscape of the [product_category], highlighting the key players, their products, strategies and market share.

17. Identify the best practices and benchmarks for [product_category] in terms of design, features, functionality and user experience.

18. Create a report summarizing the key findings and insights from the [product_category] research, including the market size, growth, segmentation, drivers, challenges and competitors.

Conduct competitors research

19. List limitations of [competitor]

Example: List limitations of FullStory

Conduct competitor research

20. Share a tabular comparison of [competitor_1] and [competitor_2]

21. Compare strengths and weaknesses of [your_ product], [competitor_1], and [competitor_2]

22. Analyze the pricing models and strategies employed by [competitor]

23. Evaluate how [competitor] positions themselves in the market

24. Evaluate the customer reviews and feedback for [competitor]

25. Identify the unique selling propositions (USPs) of [competitor] and evaluate how we can differentiate ourselves from them

26. Analyze the marketing and branding strategies employed by our [competitor] and determine how we can position our product as distinct and desirable

27. Evaluate the customer support and service offerings of [competitor] to identify areas where we can provide a superior customer experience

28. Assess the technological advancements and innovations in [industry] and determine how we can stay ahead of [competitor] in terms of product development

29. How can we measure our competitive advantage and position in [your_ product] using market research and competition analysis?

Conduct customer interviews and surveys

30. What are the essential steps for doing customer interviews and feedback for our [your_ product]?

31. What is the most crucial question to pose to customers for [your_ product]?

32. What are the optimal methods and mediums to contact customers for [your_ product]?

33. How do we leverage customer interviews and surveys to assess customer satisfaction and loyalty for [your_ product]?

34. How can we use customer interviews and insights to generate ideas and improvements for [your_ product]?

35. What are the best tools and platforms to conduct customer conversations and insights for a product?

36. How do we analyze and integrate customer interaction and insight data for any type of product?

Manage product backlog and prioritization

37. How can I create a backlog for our [your_ product] that includes the user stories, acceptance criteria and estimated effort for each feature?

38. What are the best methods to prioritize the product backlog for [your_ product] using a scoring system based on value, urgency, complexity and risk?

39. How do I create a user story map for [your_ product] that groups the user stories into themes, epics and releases?

40. Create a product canvas for our [your_ product] that summarizes the vision, goals, personas, problems, solutions and metrics?

41. How can I prioritize the product canvas for our [your_ product] using the RICE framework (Reach, Impact, Confidence, Effort)?

Creation stage

Create product roadmap and timeline

42. Create a product roadmap for [your_ product] that outlines the key features and highlights for the next 6 months.

43. Create a product launch plan with key tasks and deadlines for production, marketing, sales and support teams.

44. Suggest tools to manage feature pipeline and prioritize them

45. Create a vision for [your_ product] that describes the problem you are solving, the benefits, the business goals and objectives

46. Build a good product for [task_name], define products, goals, parts, variables and plans.

47. How can I outline the key milestones and features for our upcoming product?

48. What are some effective strategies for planning and sequencing the development of our product?

49. What factors should we consider when prioritizing features on our product roadmap?

50. Share best practices for aligning our product roadmap with our customers' needs and our business goals

51. What are some recommended methods for estimating the time and resources required for each phase of product development?

52. Share insights on how to create a realistic and achievable timeline for our product launch.

Conduct usability testing

53. How to conduct usability testing for a remote audience.

54. What are our main goals and questions for user testing and research on tech product?

55. How to motivate participants to join our usability testing program?

56. How do we design, conduct and capture results of our usability study

57. How will we identify, interpret and report insights?

58. In our usability testing we noticed that user [insight]. How can we use this behaviour to improve feature adoption.

Develop product feature requests

59. How do we prioritize feature requests?

60. How to make user requested features are part of our on-going sprint

61. How to launch a requested feature for user segment that requested it.

62. How do we collect and analyze, feedback and data for requested features.

Go to market or launch stage

Develop go-to-market strategy

63. Draft a go to market plan with time line and owner for [product_name], a [product_category] tool. Share data in a table

Example: ChatGPT prompt - Draft a go to market plan with time line and owner for Zipy, a digital experience tool. share data in a table

Develop go-to-market strategy
Develop go-to-market strategy

64. How to do a beta launch for [your_product]. Assume we have no organic traffic, or any social media presence. Our competitors are - [competitor_1] and [competitor_2 ]. Draft a detailed plan.

65. What are the best practices and standards for [product_category]?

66. How do we leverage our existing customers and partners to bring the idea to market?

67. What are the best tools and platforms for implementing and managing our marketing strategy for [Industry]?

68. How can we be certain that our products will work?

Create product launch plan and press releases

69. We are launching [product_feature] for [product_name]. Create a need a launch plan that targets [target_audience].

Example: We are launching session replay for Zipy. Create a need a launch plan that targets product managers.

70. Create a list of key value propositions and benefits for [product_feature]

71. Write a PR announcing [product_name] launches [product_feature], targeting the US market. Include feature benefits, relevant industry stats, and this [quote_by_founder].

72. Write a blog about our new [product_feature] and its benefits.

73. Create email marketing for [your_ product] that announces the launch of [product_feature]

74. What are the best practices and tips for the success of our [your_ product]?

Generate product related social media posts and campaigns

75. Share popular topics on [channel_name] about [product_value]

Example: Share popular topics on LinkedIn about digital experience

76. Share [Industry] influencers on [channel_name]

77. Share how to build a social media calendar for product launch

78. We want to Introduce [your_ product] on [channel_name] with a teaser video that showcases its design, features, and benefits. Use this [video transcript] for reference. Also suggest hashtags

79. Create social post for [channel_name] post, that includes customer testimonial for [your_ product]. Refer this [testimonial_content].

80. Pull key points from this [case_study] and create a [channel_name] social post. Add hashtags

81. Create a contest or giveaway that encourages followers to tag people in their network. The content should attract [target_audience] and be related to [your_product]. Also suggest how to spread the word about it.

82. These are some of the stories behind our product and development team. Write 3 posts to be published on LinkedIn.

Product related emails and presentations for sales enablement

83. How can we write clear and concise emails that communicate our value proposition of [product_feature] to [target_audience]?

84. What are the best practices for creating engaging and persuasive presentations that showcase our [your_ product] features and functionalities?

85. How can we tailor our [your_ product] emails to different audiences, such as [target_audience_1], [target_audience_2], and [target_audience_3]. Share examples

86. Share an outline for a sales presentation for [your_ product].

87. What are the common mistakes and pitfalls to avoid when drafting product-related emails and presentations?

88. How can we measure and improve the effectiveness of our [your_ product] emails and presentations using feedback and analytics?

Analysis stage

Define product success metrics

89. What key performance indicators (KPIs) should we monitor to measure our product quality?

90. What metrics should we use to evaluate the conversion rate and sales performance of our product?

91. What are the most important customer satisfaction metrics we should monitor?

92. How can we track and analyze user behavior and interactions within our product?

93. How can you use user monitoring tools to measure and improve the performance, usability and reliability of your product?

94. What financial metrics should we track to evaluate the profitability and revenue growth of our product?

95. How can we use error monitoring to measure and reduce the number and severity of errors that occur in our [your_product] and how they affect the user experience and satisfaction?

96. How can we monitor and analyze the performance of our product's marketing campaigns?

97. Discuss the importance of quantitative and qualitative data in product management and provide examples of collecting and analyzing user feedback, surveys, interviews, and empirical validation.

98. How can we use error debugging tools and techniques to identify and fix the errors that occur in our [your_product] and improve the user experience and satisfaction?

99. What metrics should we consider to assess the performance and efficiency of our product development process?

100. Explain how segmentation and personalization techniques can be used to understand user behavior and preferences of different groups and segments.

101. Explain how to use retention metrics to measure customer loyalty and satisfaction and provide strategies for increasing retention and reducing customer churn.

Track key performance indicators

102. How can we measure user engagement and retention for our product?

103. How to create a dashboard in [product_analysis_tool_name] to monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) such as users, retention, revenue, and referrals.

104. Create a survey to measure customer satisfaction and loyalty with our [your_ product], including questions about usability, value, and recommendations.

105. What metrics should we use to measure the performance and impact of new feature releases or updates?

106. Identify the difference between negative and positive measurements and discuss how to avoid biases when interpreting [your_ product].

Track and analyze product performance metrics

For all the following prompts you will need to share relevant data with ChatGPT.

107. Check user feedback and ratings for [your_ product] to check the strengths and weaknesses of product usability.

108. What are the benefits of API performance monitoring for your product and how can you implement it using best practices and tools?

109. Analyze usage data and patterns of our [your_ product] to identify patterns and insights that may influence future product decisions.

110. Generate a report on the results of A/B testing of feature for [your_ product], including the impact on user behavior and satisfaction.

111. Establish relationship between product performance indicators and customer satisfaction scores for [your_ product] .

112. Evaluate the return on investment (ROI) on [your_ product], including costs, benefits and associated risks.

113. Analyze the impact of marketing campaigns such as conversion rate, average order price and loss on [your_ product] performance.

Conduct product reviews and retrospectives

114. How to identify our customers, stakeholders, and team members feeling about [your_product] and what do they want us to improve or change?

115. How can we identify and prioritize the most critical issues and improvements for [your_ product] based on the feedback and data?

116. What are the key learnings and takeaways from our [your_ product] review and retrospective process?

117. How can we communicate and document our [your_ product] review and retrospective outcomes and recommendations to relevant parties?

Conclusion

Until now, we have covered a wide range of topics and scenarios that can help you in every stage of your product development cycle, from ideation to analysis. Whether you need to generate ideas, create mockups, test features, launch campaigns, or measure metrics, this blog has all the ChatGPT prompts you need.

But ChatGPT is not only useful for product managers. To create engaging content, optimize campaigns, and provide better customer service there are ChatGPT prompts for marketing, customer service teams respectively.

ChatGPT is also transforming the field of development. Thanks to the latest ChatGPT integrations, developers can use ChatGPT plugins to boost their efficiency and performance. That’s why many developers are switching to these ChatGPT plugins for developers.

We hope you enjoyed reading our blog on ChatGPT prompts for product managers.

Thank you for reading and happy chatting! 😊

This blog was originally published at Zipy

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