Phase 3 · User Research & Discovery
TopicsProblem Validation
Part of the Product Management Roadmap.
Summary
Confirming a problem is real, common and painful enough to solve before investing in a solution — the step most commonly skipped by teams eager to start building.
How to Learn This
- 1Practice separating a 'problem statement' from a 'solution disguised as a problem'.
- 2List 3 ways to validate a problem cheaply before writing a line of code.
- 3Learn to recognize when a stakeholder is pitching a feature, not a validated problem.
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