CEO & Founder, Fygurs
Saad is the CEO and founder of Fygurs, the strategy-to-execution platform for data and digital transformation. With experience in data strategy, AI, and digital transformation across enterprise and consulting environments, he built Fygurs to solve the prioritization challenge that every transformation leader faces: too many initiatives, not enough clarity on what to do first. He writes about data maturity assessment, initiative prioritization, and evidence-based transformation.
32 articles published
How product operations bridges the gap between product teams and transformation programs. Learn why product ops is essential for scaling product management in complex organizations.
How to build a product roadmap grounded in maturity data, user evidence, and strategic alignment. Move beyond opinion-driven planning to evidence-based roadmapping.
How continuous maturity assessment transforms product discovery. Learn to use organizational data to identify opportunities, validate assumptions, and make better product decisions.
A step-by-step guide to implementing OKRs in product teams. Includes real examples, common pitfalls, and a framework for connecting OKRs to product strategy and prioritization.
A comprehensive guide to Product-Led Growth metrics. Learn which PLG metrics matter most, how to benchmark them, and how to build a measurement framework for your product team.
Practical conflict resolution techniques for product managers dealing with stakeholder disagreements during feature prioritization. Turn political battles into structured decisions.
Understand the critical difference between product strategy and product roadmap. Learn how they connect, common mistakes teams make, and how to build both effectively.
A comprehensive comparison of RICE, WSJF, ICE, and MoSCoW prioritization frameworks with real examples, scoring tables, and guidance on choosing the right one for your team.
A deep comparison of data mesh and data lake architectures. Learn when to use each, transition paths, and maturity prerequisites for making the right choice.
A practical digital transformation roadmap template with phase-by-phase guidance, milestones, governance structures, and real-world examples for turning strategy into execution.
A practical framework for measuring data ROI across four dimensions: direct value, efficiency gains, risk reduction, and strategic enablement. Includes worked examples and board-level communication tips.
A practical guide to building stakeholder alignment on transformation priorities. Covers why alignment fails, techniques for consensus, using data to resolve conflicts, and governance structures.
A comprehensive guide to data quality management covering the 6 dimensions of quality, measurement frameworks, building a quality program, and organizational ownership.
A practical guide to scaling digital transformation from successful pilots to enterprise-wide impact. Covers why pilots fail to scale, the scaling playbook, organizational readiness, and measuring success.
A practical AI readiness checklist with 20 critical questions across data, infrastructure, talent, governance, and culture. Assess your organization before investing in machine learning.
A week-by-week playbook for new Chief Data Officers covering assessment, stakeholder mapping, quick wins, team building, and strategy articulation in your first 90 days.
A step-by-step guide to building a data governance framework that actually works. Define scope, identify stakeholders, establish policies, implement tools, and measure success.
A practical guide to managing large transformation portfolios at scale. Structured metadata, prioritization frameworks, living roadmaps, and the tooling that makes it work.
Understand the 5 levels of data maturity — from Initial to Optimized — with behaviors, characteristics, and examples to assess where your organization stands.
Why 70% of digital transformations fail and what to do about it. Practical change management techniques that go beyond Kotter and ADKAR to drive real adoption.
Learn how to frame your data strategy for board-level audiences. Structure the narrative, quantify ROI, avoid jargon, and use roadmaps that drive investment decisions.
Cut through the noise with 7 transformation KPIs that actually drive decisions. Each metric includes formulas, targets, and real-world examples.
Annual maturity assessments are too slow, too expensive, and too stale. Learn why continuous maturity monitoring is the new standard and how to implement it.
A practical step-by-step guide to building and using the value vs feasibility matrix for initiative prioritization, with worked examples and framework comparisons.
Learn what a data maturity assessment is, why it matters, and how to run one. Covers the 6 key dimensions, common pitfalls, and actionable frameworks.
Learn how to prioritize transformation initiatives using RICE scoring, value vs feasibility matrices, and MoSCoW. A practical guide for leaders.
Learn how to build a data transformation roadmap that moves beyond PowerPoint. 5 steps to create a living, executable strategic roadmap.
Learn how to adapt the RICE scoring model for digital transformation. A practical initiative scoring framework with worked examples and comparisons.
Learn how to assess organizational AI readiness across 6 dimensions. A practical data AI readiness framework guide for transformation leaders.
AI won't replace product managers. But product managers who use AI will replace those who don't. Here's how AI is transforming product strategy and prioritization.
Traditional product strategy is broken. It’s too slow, too political, and too disconnected from execution. Here are 5 principles for a better approach.
Product management is often misunderstood. It's not about managing products — it's about creating value at the intersection of business, technology, and user needs. Here's what it really means.