Improving Your Product Sense by Shreyas Doshi on Maven
Developing Taste
When the first car came out, consumers didn't care about its color, or silhouette, because the competition was a horse.1 But now that cars have been commoditized, quality and details have become more important than ever.
The same applies to software. Simply shipping a product that works is no longer enough, everyone can do that, espe... See more
When the first car came out, consumers didn't care about its color, or silhouette, because the competition was a horse.1 But now that cars have been commoditized, quality and details have become more important than ever.
The same applies to software. Simply shipping a product that works is no longer enough, everyone can do that, espe... See more
Emil Kowalski • Developing Taste
Product discovery is a key piece of preventing these mistakes. During product discovery, you validate that users actually have the problems you think they do, and that they would actually value the solutions your team came up with.
Gayle McDowell • Cracking the PM Career: The Skills, Frameworks, and Practices To Become a Great Product Manager (Cracking the Interview & Career)
@shreyas You need have the skills and go beyond what customers tell you (better vision of the future).
Just listening and building what people tell you in mediocre level won’t make products that win.
This technique encourages the product teams to keep their focus on big learnings and not on minor experimentation that doesn't have a real customer or business impact one way or the other.