The 10x Impact Filter: A Framework for Deciding What to Automate (and What to Protect)
Decide which product management tasks are worth automating and which require human judgment, taste, or relationship context.
Outcome
A ranked automation backlog that protects high-judgment work.
Workflow steps
List repeated work
Identify recurring tasks, handoffs, documents, summaries, and reviews.
Score automation fit
Evaluate frequency, time cost, error cost, context stability, and judgment sensitivity.
Protect what matters
Mark work that should stay human-led because trust, taste, or strategic judgment matters.
Why this workflow matters
Not every task should be automated. The goal is leverage, not removing judgment from the work that most needs it.
How to run it
Create an inventory of repeated work and score each item by potential time savings, quality improvement, risk, and judgment sensitivity.
What good looks like
You should end with a practical automation backlog and a clear list of decisions that should remain human-owned.