“An even bigger issue is what comes next, which is when companies get really excited about their product roadmaps. I've seen countless roadmaps over the years, and the vast majority of them are essentially prioritized lists of features and projects. Marketing needs this feature for a campaign. Sales needs this feature for a new customer. Someone wants a PayPal integration. You get the idea.”
― Inspired: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love
― Inspired: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love
“The purpose of product discovery is to quickly separate the good ideas from the bad. The output of product discovery is a validated product backlog. Specifically, this means getting answers to four critical questions: Will the user buy this (or choose to use it)? Can the user figure out how to use this? Can our engineers build this? Can our stakeholders support this?”
― Inspired: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love
― Inspired: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love
“Good teams get their inspiration and product ideas from their vision and objectives, from observing customers' struggle, from analyzing the data customers generate from using their product, and from constantly seeking to apply new technology to solve real problems. Bad teams gather requirements from sales and customers.”
― Inspired: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love
― Inspired: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love
“I believe the major risk facing most efforts is value risk. On a startup canvas, this shows up under solution risk—discovering a compelling solution to customers. A solution that your customers will choose to buy and use.”
― Inspired: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love
― Inspired: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love
“The purpose of product discovery is to address these critical risks: Will the customer buy this, or choose to use it? (Value risk) Can the user figure out how to use it? (Usability risk) Can we build it? (Feasibility risk) Does this solution work for our business? (Business viability risk)”
― Inspired: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love
― Inspired: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love
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