Mostafa Kenawi

Product Designer + CRO

← Work

LinearConcept 2026

Rethinking how teams plan a quarter

Role

Product Designer

Timeline

August – September 2025

Team

3 Designers

Skills

Product Design

Product Strategy

Prototyping

Placeholder overview copy. Teams using Linear told us quarterly planning felt disconnected from the day-to-day issue tracker — this explores what a native planning surface could look like.

Problem

Planning happens in a spreadsheet, execution happens in Linear.

Placeholder problem-framing copy describing the gap between planning tools and execution tools, and why that gap costs teams real time and alignment.

Placeholder exploration screen

Early exploration of a quarter view that stays linked to live issues.

Solution

One surface for the plan and the work.

Placeholder solution copy. Describes the resulting concept, key flows, and how it was validated with internal teams.

2.4xFaster plan reviews
6Teams piloted
5Weeks in concept