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Notes on Product Management craft.
Long-form on critique quality, the loop from idea to proposal, and what makes a PRD actually useful.
The PRD review checklist a senior PM actually runs
A copyable, 11-point PRD review checklist — what each check catches and the standard it maps to. The pass a spec should survive before it reaches engineering.
AI PRD Reviewer vs Writer: What's the Difference
CraftAn AI PRD writer drafts a spec from a prompt. An AI PRD reviewer reads the spec you have and finds where it breaks. Why you need both, not one.
Galang Aulia · 6 min readBest AI PRD Review Tool: An Honest Comparison
CraftA fair, dated comparison of AI PRD review tools (Thinkr, ChatPRD, PMPrompt, Centercode) on the one thing that matters: does it publish its review rubric?
Galang Aulia · 8 min readCan AI Review a PRD? Yes, and What It Catches
CraftCan AI review a PRD? Yes, and it is a different job than writing one. What it catches reliably, what it cannot, and whether it is safe to paste your spec.
Galang Aulia · 5 min readCommon PRD mistakes (and the check that catches each one)
CraftThe seven PRD mistakes that get specs sent back (solution-first framing, unfalsifiable metrics, missing edge cases) and how to catch each before review.
Galang Aulia · 5 min readHow to critique your own PRD before anyone else does
CraftA six-step way to review your own PRD like a skeptic — find the missing sections, pressure-test the metrics, and catch the gaps before your team does.
Galang Aulia · 5 min readNon-functional requirements checklist (ISO 25010)
CraftA non-functional requirements checklist for PMs, built on the ISO/IEC 25010 quality model. Eight attributes, the question to answer, and a measurable NFR example each.
Galang Aulia · 9 min readPRD evaluator score: how to read a 1-5 PRD grade
CraftWhat a PRD evaluator score actually means, what each grade on a 1-5 scale signals, and where the launch-readiness line sits. Stop treating the number as a black box.
Galang Aulia · 7 min readHow to Write Testable Acceptance Criteria
CraftTurn vague acceptance criteria into runnable Gherkin Given-When-Then a tester can verify, plus measurable non-functional criteria like p95 latency under 500ms.
Galang Aulia · 7 min readWhat makes a good PRD (and how to know yours is one)
CraftA good PRD is one your team can act on without you in the room. The qualities that define the bar — framed problem, falsifiable metrics, testable criteria — and how to measure against it.
Galang Aulia · 4 min readFrom research to proposal: the loop that is missing from Product tools
ProductMost Product tooling covers one slice of the workflow. Thinkr covers the chain. That is the actual unlock.
Galang Aulia · 4 min readWhat makes a PRD critique actually useful
CraftThree principles that separate critique that ships better PRDs from critique that wastes the reviewer’s time.
Galang Aulia · 3 min readHow Thinkr critiques a PRD: a worked example
CraftA walkthrough of an 11-pass critique on a real product spec. What it caught, what it missed, why the structure matters more than the model.
Galang Aulia · 5 min read