Derisk Measurement Advisor

Purpose

Guide product managers through identifying the most important things to measure, test, or track across 10 risk dimensions, 4 internal and 6 external, then triage each into act on immediately or start tracking. The output is a prioritized risk register that tells you what to do first, not just what could go wrong.

This is not a generic risk list. It's a guided scan tied to your specific product, customer, and market context. The question it answers: is the orange worth the squeeze?

Input

Works best with: The product or AI idea you want to stress-test. Also useful: Its stage (concept, prototype, in-market), what you've already validated, and any dimensions you already know are risky.

Anything supplied with the invocation itself, text after the skill name, a pasted context dump, or an appended ARGUMENTS: line, counts as answers already given. Use it and skip whatever it covers; don't re-ask.

Arriving empty-handed? That works too. The advisor opens by asking for the idea in a sentence or two, then scans the 10 risk dimensions against it.

Example invocation: De-risk this: an AI agent that auto-drafts insurance claim responses for adjusters, prototype stage, no compliance review yet.

Key Concepts

Two Lenses, One Question

Every product idea carries two kinds of risk. Most PMs check one and ignore the other.

Internal risks ask whether the product itself will work:

• Product Outcome Metrics (Desirability + Usability) = "What's in it for the customer/user?"
• Business Outcome Metrics (Feasibility + Viability) = "What's in it for our business/organization?"

External risks ask whether the world will let it work:

• PESTEL forces (Political, Economic, Social, Technological, Environmental, Legal) = "What could blindside us?"

The single triage question that applies to both sides: Do I act on this now, or start tracking it?

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The Internal Risk Framework (DUFV)