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Product Discovery Basics: Everything You Need to Know

Product Talk

At the end of the project, we might do some validation research to validate the design (through usability testing) or the final delivery (through A/B testing ). Good product discovery teams engage in two key activities week over week: customer interviewing and assumption testing. The Need for Continuous Discovery. Tweet This.

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Discovery Hand-Offs Kill Momentum: Here’s What to Do Instead

Product Talk

This means that by the time it gets to the engineers, the message is unrecognizable. It’s no wonder we end up with software that doesn’t work for our customers. However, not everyone on the team can take part in every interview or every assumption test. These visual exercises facilitate the work of discovery. Tweet This.

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Product in Practice: Why Ramsey Solutions Rotates Engineers in Their Product Trios

Product Talk

Putting this all together, Sergio Cruz , Senior Director of Software Engineering, says, “We create experiences that connect our fans with our pros, taking into account our fans’ desires and our pros’ constraints.” However, this wasn’t the only reason why engineers were hesitant to step into the role.

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Y Oslo 2024: When It Comes to Discovery, Something is Better Than Nothing

Product Talk

I started my career as a software engineer. When I say product team, I mean product managers, designers, software engineers. We can actually test our designs. Assumption Tests Help Us Discover the Right Solutions This is where our second small research activity is going to come into play.

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6 Guiding Principles for Effective Product Discovery

Product Talk

After exploring the distinct perspectives on your team, use the exercise described in this video to create a shared map. This is one of the most powerful exercises I’ve come across for quickly getting to a shared understanding. Surface and Test Underlying Assumptions. We build our idea to test it. Map at different scopes.

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Product in Practice: Introducing Opportunity Solution Trees at Texthelp

Product Talk

Based on the information she provided, she tasked the participants with creating opportunity solution trees, drawing experience maps, enriching their trees with opportunities and solutions, and mapping assumptions to test. For example, in a field test with users, they saw that there was some confusion with icons in their product.

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How 12 Top Tech Companies Interview Software Engineers

PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

It is no secret that software engineering interviews are rigorous and extensive today. Nevertheless, there are some general trends you can expect in many of your software engineering interviews. Nevertheless, there are some general trends you can expect in many of your software engineering interviews.