Who This Helps
Founder operators who see a KPI drop and need to act fast. You don't have time for long reports or endless meetings. You want a clear diagnosis in one session.
Mini Case
Sara runs a SaaS product. Her weekly active users dropped 12% in 7 days. She used the Product Portfolio Strategy course's Kill Criteria mission to check if a feature was dragging down engagement. She found one feature causing 80% of the drop. She paused it. Within 3 days, the metric recovered.
Do This Now (5 Steps)
- Grab your KPI data for the last 30 days. Look for the exact day the drop started. Circle it.
- List every active feature or bet. Use the Portfolio Map mission from the course. Write down what each feature does and its recent usage.
- Check each feature against the drop. Ask: Did this feature change last week? Did we launch something new? Did we remove something?
- Find the one culprit. If a feature shows a 20% drop in usage, that's your suspect. Dig into its logs or user feedback.
- Decide in 30 minutes. Pause, fix, or kill the feature. Use the Kill Criteria from the course to make it simple.
Avoid These Traps
- Don't blame the whole portfolio. One bad bet can drag everything down.
- Don't wait for more data. A 12% drop is enough to act.
- Don't fix everything at once. Focus on the one root cause.
- Don't ignore user feedback. Sometimes the drop is a feature nobody uses.
Your Win by Friday
By Friday, you will know exactly which feature caused the drop. You will have a decision: pause, fix, or kill it. Your team will have a clear next step. No more guessing. Just one focused session and a faster path to recovery.