<!-- Operating cadence calendar (detailed) · from Chapter 28 of The Product 360 Handbook -->

# Operating cadence calendar · [Product or portfolio] · [Quarter]

**Owner:** [Product ops lead]   **Sponsor:** [Product leader]   **Last reviewed:** [Date]

| Ritual | Frequency and slot | Runs it | Product ops prep | Attendees | Inputs | Decision output | Recorded in | Harness pre-work |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metrics review | Weekly, [day, time], 30 min | Product leader or PM | Glossary check on every number; dashboard refreshed | PMs, eng leads, analyst | Dashboard, risk register | Variances explained; actions; escalations | Decision log | Draft variance notes against expected ranges |
| Team sync | Weekly, [slot] | PM | Decision log and risk register linked | Product team | Decision log, discovery log | Decisions logged | Decision log | Summarize open decisions and new evidence |
| Sprint review and planning | Biweekly, [slot] | Eng lead and PM | None | Product team | Backlog, release plan | Sprint commitment | Tracker | Draft release notes from closed work |
| Product review | Monthly, [slot], 60 min | Product leader | Standard update pack per team | Leadership, PMs, eng, design, PMM | Roadmap, OKRs, competitive changes, insight summary | Roadmap changes; asks for help | Decision log | Assemble team updates into the standard pack |
| Voice-of-the-customer readout | Monthly, [slot], 45 min | Product ops | Themes by segment from the repository | PMs, CS, support, sales | Feedback repository, win-loss | Themes assigned to owners | Feedback repository | Cluster the month's signals with linked quotes and accounts |
| AI quality and cost review | Monthly, [slot], 60 min | Product leader | Eval scorecard; cost distribution; margin view | PMs, applied AI, eng, finance partner | Eval results, usage and cost reports | Quality and cost actions; model or routing changes | Decision log | Draft scorecard and flag regressions and cost outliers |
| Quarterly business review | Quarterly, week 13 | Product leader | Results pack; OKR grades | Leadership, finance, sales, CS | Business model, OKRs, lifecycle stage | Lessons; staffing and pricing asks | QBR record | Draft the results narrative from the quarter's data |
| Planning or betting table | Quarterly, week −3 | Product leader | Insight pack; ranked bets; capacity | Product and eng leadership | Draft bets, capacity estimate | Next quarter's bets | Roadmap | Summarize each bet against OKRs and evidence |
| Roadmap publication | Quarterly, week −1 | Product ops with PMM | Field-safe roadmap version | Field, partners | Approved bets | Published roadmap | Roadmap | Draft the field version and FAQ |
| Strategy refresh | Annually, [month] | Product leader | Durable artifacts audited for staleness | Leadership | Vision, strategy, personas, positioning | Strategy for the year | Strategy one-pager | Flag contradictions between durable artifacts |
| Annual planning | Annually, aligned to fiscal year | Product leader with Finance | Budget template; planning calendar | Leadership, finance | Strategy, business case | Plan of record; budget | Annual plan | Draft the plan narrative from the strategy and results |

## Rules
1. Every ritual produces a decision or is cancelled.
2. Every decision is recorded where the table says.
3. Two-way-door decisions are made in the team rituals. One-way-door decisions follow the decision-rights register.