Who This Helps
This is for Product Managers drowning in manual report updates. If you're answering the same product questions every week, the Executive Strategy Mission Pack shows you how to automate that flow. You'll turn vague queries into clear, data-backed decisions without the grunt work.
Mini Case
Sam's team asked about user onboarding drop-off every single week. Sam spent 3 hours each Friday pulling the same numbers. After setting up one automated report, those questions now get answered instantly. Sam saved 12 hours a month and the team's decisions got 40% faster. That's time you can use for actual strategy.
Do This Now (5 Steps)
- List your top 5 recurring product questions from stakeholders.
- Identify the single data source for each question (e.g., analytics dashboard, database).
- Pick one question to automate first—start small.
- Use a tool (like the ones covered in the Executive Strategy Mission Pack) to connect that data source.
- Schedule a daily or weekly snapshot to be generated and sent automatically. Seriously, the first one takes 20 minutes.
Avoid These Traps
- Don't try to automate everything at once. You'll get overwhelmed.
- Don't use messy, unverified data sources. Garbage in, garbage out.
- Don't forget to tell your team the report exists! A silent report helps no one.
- Don't set it and forget it. Check the automated output for accuracy the first few times.
- Avoid building a 'perfect' dashboard. Aim for 'good enough' to answer the question.
- Don't skip defining what a 'good' metric looks like before you automate.
- Never automate a decision process you don't yet understand manually.
- Avoid sharing raw data dumps. Always add the one-sentence 'so what' insight.
Your Win by Friday
Your win is simple: one less manual update on your to-do list. By Friday, have one key product question—like 'What was our feature adoption this week?'—answered automatically. You'll get your 3 hours back, your stakeholders get instant answers, and you look like the organized pro who focuses on the big picture. Go be that person.