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Product Discovery to MVP

Move from an initial product opportunity to evidence-based decisions, an MVP story map and an outcome-oriented roadmap.

Advanced6 steps90 min

Target roles

  • Product Manager
  • Product Owner
  • Business Analyst
  • UX Researcher
  1. Step 1 of 6

    Step 1 of 6: Frame the Discovery Opportunity

    Define the product opportunity, desired customer and business outcomes, risky assumptions, evidence gaps and recommended discovery activities.

    Expected output

    Prioritized Product Discovery Plan

    Product Discovery Assistant

    Advanced

    Structure product discovery around problems, assumptions, evidence and experiments.

    Open prompt
  2. Step 2 of 6

    Step 2 of 6: Synthesize Customer Evidence

    Analyze customer interview notes and organize observed behaviors, pain points, needs, contradictions and product opportunities into actionable research themes.

    Expected output

    Customer Insight and Opportunity Report

    Customer Interview Analyzer

    Intermediate

    Extract customer insights, pain points, needs and opportunities from interview notes.

    Open prompt
  3. Step 3 of 6

    Step 3 of 6: Connect Goals to Behavioral Impact

    Create an Impact Map that links the desired business goal to relevant actors, behavioral impacts, assumptions and candidate deliverables.

    Expected output

    Prioritized Impact Map

    Impact Mapping Facilitator

    Advanced

    Create strategic Impact Maps that connect goals, actors, impacts and deliverables.

    Open prompt
  4. Step 4 of 6

    Step 4 of 6: Explore Opportunities and Solutions

    Structure the desired outcome, customer opportunities, solution alternatives, risky assumptions and experiments in an Opportunity Solution Tree.

    Expected output

    Opportunity Solution Tree and Experiment Plan

    Opportunity Solution Tree Builder

    Advanced

    Create an Opportunity Solution Tree with outcomes, opportunities, solutions and experiments.

    Open prompt
  5. Step 5 of 6

    Step 5 of 6: Define the MVP Journey

    Transform validated opportunities and solution ideas into a user story map with activities, tasks, user stories and coherent MVP release slices.

    Expected output

    User Story Map and MVP Release Slice

    Story Mapping Workshop Facilitator

    Advanced

    Create a user story map with activities, tasks, release slices and a clearly defined MVP.

    Open prompt
  6. Step 6 of 6

    Step 6 of 6: Build the Product Roadmap

    Convert the discovery outcomes and MVP scope into an outcome-oriented roadmap with strategic themes, initiatives, dependencies and success measures.

    Expected output

    Outcome-Oriented Product Roadmap

    Product Roadmap Generator

    Intermediate

    Build an outcome-oriented product roadmap with themes, milestones, dependencies and measures.

    Open prompt