Google Docs no longer cuts it for Product Documentation
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Google Docs no longer cuts it for Product Documentation
Greg just joined a mid-sized company as a Product Manager last week & has spent hours in getting up to speed but things are going slow.
He scrolled through pages of documents on Google Docs hoping dearly that this prep will help him score points with his manager.
Finally after a few hours he decided to setup a call with his manager. A few minutes into the call, he realised that the PRDs he went through were not relevant to his team.
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Sound familiar?
Well, this is how things work in generic document systems like Google docs & Microsoft. And they are wonderfully flexible- these systems.
But with AI, we can do much better with Product Documentation.
Product Managers are a lot like homemakers of most families. They have to cater to everybody else’s needs. One needs their pasta cooked al dente, the other likes it mushy, another might not want pasta at all.
Product folks are now working on tools that other team members are comfortable with & find themselves limited to tools that aren’t really customised to product needs.
So what is frustrating about Google docs for product documentation?
❌ Documents are silos of product information with no transparency
❌ Hours wasted on formatting of product requirements & other docs
❌ Errors because of non-standardisation of Product Documents
❌ Rework of product data on different tools like Roadmaps, Launch Planners, Metric trackers because of the 1-dimensionality of a document.
❌ Has anybody read your document?
❌ Difficult for stakeholders to read because all PMs write different.
So do things get better?
Boggl.ai is a AI Powered Product Document Tool customised to Product Manager needs
✔️ Laser Sharp Requirements with Curated Sections
✔️ Autogenerate accurate Product Documents using AI from PRDs:
- Release Notes
- Customer facing Product Document
- Market Strategy Plan
- Test cases for QA
✔️ AI Generation of Product Documents:
- Competitor analysis
- User Research Document
✔️ Convert User Stories / Features into Task links share-able on any Task Tool
✔️ Track Metrics & Feature Launches directly from PRDs
✔️ Easy Discoverability of Features & Documents
✔️ Create Persona cards
Product Managers finally have a AI Powered document Suite customised to their needs.
Product Managers & Founders can save 70% time by using Boggl.ai to create & autogenerate documents & track product data through our smart dashboards -& focus that time on what matters- Strategy.
And if it is tough to convince your team to start using another tool, you can always export all Boggl Documents in a Google Docs Format ;)
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