The AI Product Management Lab
Analysis, frameworks and interactive tools for product managers in the AI era. Every piece opens with the TL;DR, backs its claims with evidence and ends with an interactive tool and matching use cases – anchored in the cycle Discover, Define, Build, Operate.
Four phases. One system for AI product work.
Every post feeds one phase of the cycle Discover, Define, Build, Operate – together they form a system instead of scattered posts.
Discover · Context Engine
The Context Engine connects scattered signals into a living product context – the foundation for every decision that follows.
Define · Prioritisation
The Impact & Feasibility Matrix prioritises by value, effort and risk – the blueprint that humans and agents implement without follow-up questions.
Build · Live View
Live View shows real-time progress with code context – shipped, reviewed software without sprint-end surprises.
Operate · Auto-Resolve
Auto-Resolve resolves support and bugs with code context – knowledge flows back into discover, and the cycle starts again.
The best AI product management books in 2026
33 AI product management books, consolidated into one list: eight core titles in depth with verdicts and review patterns, the rest compact on themed shelves – from technical foundations through agentic AI to German-language titles. Filter: at least 4.0 stars and ten Amazon ratings.
Marc Gasser · Software Entrepreneur · GTM & Marketing
Skill files: the next AI skill after prompting
Skill files are one-page operating manuals for a recurring task – an AI follows them without you in the room. Why they are the next skill after prompting, how to build one in an afternoon, and why every file needs an owner.
Marc Gasser · Software Entrepreneur · GTM & Marketing
The anatomy of a Jira ticket for AI product management in agentic engineering
A good Jira ticket is a prompt in 2026 – context-complete enough for human and AI agent alike. The anatomy, with BMAD, context engineering and honest evidence.
Marc Gasser · Software Entrepreneur · GTM & Marketing
Model dependency: why model-agnostic workflows are becoming a boardroom issue
On 12 June 2026 a US agency pulled a three-day-old frontier model offline worldwide – by directive, overnight, without warning. The case shows what product teams long suppressed: dependence on a single AI provider is a strategic risk. How model-agnostic workflows defuse it.
Marc Gasser · Software Entrepreneur · GTM & Marketing
Discovery stays human, execution becomes the spec: how product managers work with AI in brownfield
Discovery and strategy stay human; execution belongs to AI agents working against an agreed spec. Why gates don't cost speed but save it – with evidence from METR, GitClear, DORA and Anthropic.
Marc Gasser · Software Entrepreneur · GTM & Marketing
The AI roadmap: how to unify feature requests and GenAI initiatives in one plan
An AI roadmap has to unify two logics: predictable feature delivery and experimental GenAI initiatives. A framework that brings both into one plan – with RICE scoring and code reality as the corrective.
Marc Gasser · Software Entrepreneur · GTM & Marketing
AI product discovery: finding problems AI should actually solve
AI product discovery means finding problems AI should actually solve – because most failed AI features were solutions in search of a problem. Four questions every AI initiative must answer before the first prompt.
Marc Gasser · Software Entrepreneur · GTM & Marketing
The EU AI Act for product managers: compliance as a design principle, not a brake
The EU AI Act regulates AI by risk class – with fines up to 35 million euros and deadlines shifted by the Digital Omnibus. What the law concretely means for product teams in DACH, and which five building blocks belong in the product now.
Marc Gasser · Software Entrepreneur · GTM & Marketing
GTM strategy for AI products: convincing sceptical B2B buyers
A GTM strategy for AI products starts from an uncomfortable number: only 46 per cent of people worldwide trust AI systems – fewer still in wealthy countries. How to rebuild positioning, pricing and launch around trust in DACH B2B.
Marc Gasser · Software Entrepreneur · GTM & Marketing
Agile for AI: sprints that survive model training
Agile software development with AI breaks a Scrum assumption: that effort and outcome are coupled. How to adapt sprints, definition of done and reviews without losing delivery discipline – with CRISP-ML(Q) and CD4ML as the map.
Marc Gasser · Software Entrepreneur · GTM & Marketing
The MVP for AI: test the wizard before you build the machine
An MVP for AI answers a behaviour question, not a model problem – custom models are the most expensive way to refute a wrong hypothesis. How Wizard-of-Oz tests and foundation models validate AI ideas in days – and when custom ML is worth it at all.
Marc Gasser · Software Entrepreneur · GTM & Marketing
Model drift: when your product quietly degrades
Model drift means 91 per cent of ML models degrade over time – without a single line of code changing. What data drift, concept drift and AI ageing mean for product teams, and what monitoring looks like that PMs can understand and steer.
Marc Gasser · Software Entrepreneur · GTM & Marketing
PM, data scientist, ML engineer: who does what in the AI product team?
In the AI product team, features rarely fail at the model and often at the hand-off: responsibility seeps away between product, data science and engineering. The role boundaries that work – and the two questions every team must answer.
Marc Gasser · Software Entrepreneur · GTM & Marketing
Why Spotify's product management won't work for your business – even less so with AI agents
Published on pedalix.com in February 2023, more relevant than ever in 2026: why copied squad autonomy fails – and why the very same lessons now decide whether AI agents bring your team speed or chaos. Substantially revised.
Marc Gasser · Software Entrepreneur · GTM & Marketing
KPIs for AI products: prompt success beats MAU
KPIs for AI products need more than MAU and churn – those only see a dying AI feature once it is dead. The four measurement layers from acceptance rate to unit economics, and feedback loops that make quality measurable.
Marc Gasser · Software Entrepreneur · GTM & Marketing
Customer journey mapping for AI: onboarding that builds trust
Customer journey mapping for AI starts from distrust: 54 per cent of people are wary of AI – your onboarding decides whether your feature is one of them. The four moments of the AI journey and Microsoft's human-AI guidelines in practice.
Marc Gasser · Software Entrepreneur · GTM & Marketing
Product-led growth for AI SaaS: adoption that carries itself
Product-led growth means the product is the sales channel. AI features can power that engine – or eat the margin. How time to value, freemium dosing and upgrade triggers work for AI products.
Marc Gasser · Software Entrepreneur · GTM & Marketing
Product management glossary: Jira & Linear terms explained
The most common product-management terms in software development, explained briefly – with a direct mapping of Jira and Linear terminology.
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