Coach with DAC

Turn your scores into a personalized improvement plan, grounded in your data.

DAC is your sidekick, not a chatbot. When you ask DAC something, DAC has your full scoring data, your gaps, your patterns, and the next moves we’d take. Ask specific questions; get specific moves back.

Coach with DAC

DAC, your decision sidekick. When you’re viewing a scored product, we have your full read: every dimension score, every pattern, every recommended next move. Ask us something specific and we’ll come back with something specific.

What we know about you

When you’re on a scored product, we have:

• Your full scoring data across all 27 dimensions
• Your maturity placement and cluster read
• Your strengths, gaps, and cross-dimension patterns
• The next-move recommendations for every dimension
• Established product practice across discovery, growth, DevOps, and operations

Start a coaching session

1. Open a scored product

   Pick any product you’ve scored. We need scoring data to coach you specifically.

2. Hit Ask DAC

   The floating Ask DAC button opens the coaching rail on the right side of every page.

3. Ask something specific

   The more specific the question, the sharper our answer. Conversation starters below.

Conversation starters for ICs

Improvement planning

• “What should I move on first based on my scores?”
• “How do I move my data flywheel score from 2 to 3?”
• “Build me a 90-day plan for my Development function.”
• “What are the top 3 moves my team should make this cycle?”

Understanding gaps

• “Explain my biggest gap in plain language.”
• “Why is my feedback loop quality score low?”
• “What cross-dimension pattern is holding us back?”
• “How does my Operations maturity compare to my Development maturity?”

Framework guidance

• “What does continuous discovery look like at our stage?”
• “How do our scores map to Cagan’s product operating model?”
• “What does a Scaling-stage team look like for Design?”
• “What anti-patterns should I watch for at our stage?”

Benchmarking

• “Is a score of 52 good for a Series A company?”
• “How does our Intelligence function compare to teams at our stage?”
• “What score do top teams typically carry on delivery velocity?”

Get the most out of us

Be specific about dimensions

Instead of “how do I improve?”, ask “how do I move customer signal synthesis from 1 to 2?” We get much sharper when we know the exact dimension and your current score.

Ask for frameworks and models

We can apply specific frameworks: “what does good prioritization look like at our stage?” or “what growth levers should we focus on given our GTM scores?”

Request structured output

Ask for a specific format: “give me a 3-cycle plan,” “create a RICE-scored list of moves,” or “write a one-pager I can share with my manager.”

Move us around the app

We adjust our read based on where you are. On the Operations report we lean on team workflows. On the Lifecycle report we lean on build process. Switch report views to get different coaching angles.

Our focus by page

Page	What we focus on
Score results	Dimension-level read, gap priorities, next moves
Dashboard	Cross-product patterns, portfolio trajectory
Operations report	Team workflow maturity, function-level coaching
Lifecycle report	Build process read, stage progression
Sources	Adapter health, signal coverage recommendations

Teach DAC

Every response carries Teach DAC controls. Your input shapes how we coach you next time. If a response misses the mark, hit Teach DAC and tell us what was off; we’ll adjust.

Each exchange with DAC costs 1 credit. Your remaining credits live in the rail meter.

What’s next

Map your lifecycle

Complement coaching with a structured lifecycle read.

Read your report

Go deeper on what each dimension and pattern means.

Share with stakeholders

Turn coaching into stakeholder-ready summaries.

Wire up adapters

Better data in means sharper coaching out. Connect your tools.