altitude-horizon-framework
Understand the PM-to-Director transition through altitude and horizon thinking. Use when diagnosing scope, time-horizon, or leadership-level gaps.
Install
With your agent
Install OMGSkills skill "deanpeters/product-manager-skills:altitude-horizon-framework" into this agent's normal skills directory: call the OMGSkills MCP get_install_plan tool for your agent and run the script it returns (it installs only the pinned commit and verifies SKILL.md), and stop if MCP or the pin is unavailable. Do not overwrite or change existing skills without asking me.
Manual command
git clone https://github.com/deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills /tmp/Product-Manager-Skills && ln -s /tmp/Product-Manager-Skills/skills/altitude-horizon-framework ~/.claude/skills/altitude-horizon-frameworkFrom README
Purpose Defines the two-axis mental model that distinguishes Director-level thinking from PM thinking: Altitude (how wide you zoom out) and Horizon (how far ahead you look). Use this to understand what actually changes in the transition, diagnose which transition zone is creating friction, and apply the Cascading Context Map when organizational direction is vague or absent. This is not a seniority hierarchy. A PM operating at the right altitude for their role is doing excellent work. A Director operating at PM altitude is leaving their actual job undone. Input Nothing required — this is a reference framework you can read start to finish. Also useful: Your current situation (role, the transition friction you're feeling, a decision you're weighing). With that, the framework can be applied directly to diagnose which transition zone you're in.
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