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14.8 (2022-02-22)

Changes

• Editing verbiage and removing repetitions
• Remove newline that shouldn't be there in the dogfooding process page
• Adds "Spikes" to iteration strategies
• Add section on Product Group OKRs
• Update Removals process in Release Post page
• Update Product Onboarding to reflect templates

14.7 (2022-01-22)

Changes

• Remove specific dates from OKR sessions
• Add product GC hosts for Jan-Mar 2022
• Update times to be UTC-centric
• Clarify when to start final reviews
• Update Session 2 date
• Improve comparative discovery track activities
• Add image overview to OKR process
• Add upcoming quarter link to product okr page
• Remove the list of Ally links
• Add FY23 Q1 planning and feedback issue links
• Add links to general GC page and automated issue

14.6 (2021-12-22)

Changes

• Add HC Table for Investment Grades
• Reorganize & consolidate content product OKR page
• Add breaking changes comms plan to release post workflow
• Abbreviate and move OKR overview till it can be visualized
• Fixes link for updating ZD orgs
• Make the features list in the table easier to read
• Clarify when to kickoff first 100 days issue
• Add link to Product Group Covernsation prep info
• add phase 1 dates for Q1 shared R&D OKR rampup
• Add @brhea to product sections of the handbook
• Add MNPI guidance to product handbook legal page
• Modify product handbook change management section title
• Update the Milestone heading in the Change Product Handbook template
• Updates to the Product Handbook MR Template
• Add process on how to engage specific accounts
• Product OKRs Structure and Editing
• Update Product OKR page with daft 1 FY23 Q1 Process
• Exclude core features from Premium section
• Update Product Handbook to reference new MR template when making changes to the Product Handbook
• Adding a Merge Request description template when suggesting a change to the Product Handbook
• Add retro process to Product OKR timeline

14.5 (2021-11-22)

Changes

• Add link to the internal handbook
• Add sample MR for category maturity changes
• Update current and past quarter OKR links
• Prod ops releases pages - fix prod ops board link and add release post TA board
• Add a step for tech writers to update doc metadata
• Update links to better demonstrate flow of product planning
• Downgrading product maturity process
• Link to new Borrow Request template
• Define the time horizon for Borrow
• Clarify purpose of the two PM onboarding issues
• Better align terminology and labels in prioritization table with handbook guidance
• Category Health Page: Clarify not available vs not applicable data
• What is a stage?
• Add quick link to PM onboarding
• Update specifics and links to general onboarding in product handbook
• Clarify final reviews of OKRs by product team
• Add Q4 overview video and link to OKRs in Ally
• Fixes path to internal product KPIs
• Add video to handbook not just Slack
• Make agreements around borrows a requirement
• Strengthen when to apply direction label to epics
• Align terminology and labels in prioritization table with agreed upon guidance for customer commitments
• Add OKR content to L&D page
• Remove Product Groups at the Stage
• Add info about async RICE prioritization

14.4 (2021-10-22)

Changes

• Move personas to product handbook
• Introduce Product Leadership Rotation for Product Group Conversation
• Update to opp canvas process
• Add pricing themes addition for primary features
• Better highlight deprecation issue template
• Update global prioritization
• Removes Product KPIs
• SAFE clarify potential PI discussions
• Clarify legal guidance regarding product PIs
• Change references from Hive to Product Group
• Prod Ops Releases page: add link to templates updates page
• add Shared R&D OKR agenda for reference
• Updates product user requested issue template
• Add SAFE legal guidance link to product handbook quick links
• update reference to legal Slack channels
• Add change management instructions to Legal guidance page
• add scoring details to Q4 product OKR process
• Q4 OKR process: add note to record for Youtube Unfiltered
• add feedback issue link to Q4
• Address CProdO Feedback on OKR Page

14.3 (2021-09-22)

Changes

• Include information about canvas review process
• Update dashboard links in total operational costs section
• Mention the TW in the category change template
• Highlight pm responsibilities page
• Update PNPS process to include tracking improvement issues
• Retro item stop having release-post-prep channel
• Add Q4 Shared R&D OKR and Product Org OKR process/timeline to Product Handbook
• update key review slide sample title
• Add scoring details to product OKR page
• add Ally OKR Public Dashboard to product handbook
• Product handbook - add legal guidance
• Multi-group Swarm for global prioritization

14.2 (2021-08-22)

Changes

• Add definition of done to the problem validation template
• Add 100 days template for onboarding PMs
• add combined onboarding template example
• Add PLG resources to L&D page
• Update link to production readiness review template
• add links to Hive references
• Add a Product-Led Growth Principle
• Add Content Marketing to the Product Process HB
• Removed link to an older issue that is closed.
• Clarify capacity planning for product designers
• Add link to video for adding KRs to Ally
• Split devops_tools into its own file
• Add instruction for PM onboarding to product handbook
• Add use of Reviewer feature for MR collaboration for PHB
• Fix links to feature templates

14.1 (2021-07-22)

Changes

• Clarify feature basic issue template
• Create deprecations template
• Add task for creating Slack channel in Design Sprint preparation section
• Explain enabling direction epics
• Add compliance example
• Add Q4 placeholder
• Replace Aligned with Shared for better terminology aligment with GitLab OKR process
• Add @mention stable counterparts to deprecation policy
• Add Testing Video to Prioritization
• Add pilot PM mentoring program to handbook
• update to aligned product group
• Update breaking changes section
• Update OKR scoring process in Ally and for Key Reviews for Q2 and Q3
• Update Product ORK page to address feedback from PM weekly
• Update to Aligned Product Group OKRs
• Add guidance on number of OKRs and how to organize the related issues
• add samples of good KRs
• Add sample MR
• PLT feedback on Product OKR page
• Clarify definition and process of deprecation
• Adding PPS data update instructions to handbook

14.0 (2021-06-22)

Changes

• Add clarification between GitLab learn and L&D handbook page
• Add item to complete iteration training to product onboarding
• Update to the Q3 Product OKR Process
• Add Q3 Product group OKR process pilot to handbook
• Add Group Opportunity Assessment Template to handbook
• Move and update existing OKR process to Product OKR page
• Add a Product OKR Section to Product Handbook
• Add Loom collaboration video to Product L&D
• Add comms Customer Success in ProdProcess
• Add due date for feature flagged items
• Add Viktor as an evangelist for product L & D
• Add link to iteration strategies to product L&D
• Add iteration article to product L&D
• Add more content to product L&D
• Tiering Guidance for Features page: add success/failure examples

13.12 (2021-05-22)

Changes

• Replace Core with Free in labels
• GitLab Free is the latest tier name (issue template)
• Update feature proposal template names
• Move Cost profile info to product process
• Add entries for product:engineering relationship to Product L&D
• Rearrange Topics for How to Work as a PM
• Add prioritization content to Product L&D
• Add contribution instructions to the product L & D page
• Update CDF to indicate Principal PMs can report to GPM
• Link to EdCast from Product competencies
• Link to GitLab learn from the product L&D page
• Add VP Product specific review
• Update template paths
• Fix MR throughput link anchor
• Change management for PM responsibilities page
• Update in-app messaging instructions to remove blocker bug mention
• Add Tiering Guidance page to Popular Resources on product handbook landing page
• Add more opp canvas content to Product L&D page
• Add career coaching competency and updated supporting CDF template to product handbook
• Add a tip/recommendation for budgets
• Anchor link HTML is showing up as text in handbook
• Clarify support for alpha and beta features
• Update Product Manager job family page
• Add initial version of the SaaS- first framework

13.11 (2021-04-22)

Changes

• Flow future competencies into existing relevant competency sections
• Consolidate IC PM vs Manager Product CDF sections
• Add quick links to PHB landing page for PM role and CDF pages
• Create separate pages for the product manager role and CDF/ Competencies
• Add links to core responsibilities
• Link competencies to product L&D content
• Add more customer interview content to Product L&D
• Add meta data and update page title for easier discoverability
• Add links to GitLab JTBD content on the Product L&D page
• Embed top videos on product L&D page
• Move career coaching competency section
• Adding Values to CDF Skills
• Clarify purpose of CPO op canvas video
• Add SQL LinkedIn learning course to product L&D page
• Add Scott opp canvas video to Product L&D page
• Add CDF Learning content
• Add a bullet about unique feature labels
• Fix typo in opportunity canvas lite
• Separate IC from Manager PM CDF Content
• Remove duplicative content for PM responsibilities
• Improve Readability of L & D page
• Use our Broadcast messaging feature name when describing method for sourcing customers
• First round of feedback on PM responsibilities page
• add labeling usage instructions for MR updates to product handbook
• Adding a Reference to Opportunity Canvas example
• Add note for PMs and content reviewers to use Reviewers for MRs feature

13.10 (2021-03-22)

Changes

• Review core Product Manager responsibilities
• What are not the PM's responsibilites
• PMs are responsible for product viability
• More L&D resources for Product page
• Introduce Product Ownership Concept
• Add CDF Topics specifically for GMPs
• Update GMP and Director of Product responsibilities to distinguish between the two
• Add coaching and mentoring as a product leader job responsibilities
• More content and tweaks for Product L&D
• Add more content to Product Learning page
• Product handbook: Reduce landing page content to make more concise
• How to build lovable products
• update issue reviews link to pd-flow and change sharing channel to be Slack Product
• L & D: add subtopics
• PM Task - Ensure features are solving problems
• Add more buckets and content to Product L&D page
• Update Product L & D working group page goals, exit criteria and working protocols
• Clarify content types and categories on product L & D page
• Handbook page: What does a pm do?
• Add details about naming collisions internally
• Add link to Interpreting Release Dates page to product process page
• Remove Starter from Features by Group
• remove reference to starter and bronze on tier guidance page
• Add more details to What's New process in Release Post HB Page
• add release page links for RP and PHB
• Automate Product Categories Page and WIP Category Health Page with "scorecard" data
• Add product learning and development content to product handbook
• Minor product investment page update link