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

Product Talk

We covered how to manage messy opportunity solution trees , the most common challenges teams face when getting started with the discovery habits, what Im working on next, and so much more. Discovery is a team sport. I did classic web development before there were frameworks back in the ’90s. It is an absolute requirement.

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Product in Practice: Making Customer Interviewing a Habit in an Early-Stage Startup

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Sometimes it’s because they’ve personally experienced a pain point and want to address it. ThoughtFlow combines the visual flow of a whiteboard with the data modeling of a spreadsheet so that teams can shape their journey from an idea to its outcome without creating silos and losing context across multiple tools.

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Ask Teresa: What Do You Do with Atypical Customer Stories?

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When we interview customers , our goal is to learn as much as we can about their context. This will help us understand their specific needs, pain points, and desires (otherwise known as opportunities) which will inform our product decisions. ‘Atypical’ is not necessarily a bad thing when it comes to customer stories.

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Common Usability Issues with Web APIs: And How Discovery Can Help

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Last week, I shared that we often get asked, Do API teams need to do discovery ? Today, Ill be covering the most common usability issues that arise when developers start working with a new API. Customer-facing APIs are products. You want customers to get value from your product as quickly as possible.

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Don’t Use Generative AI to Replace Discovery with Real Humans

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But when we use generative AI to replace customer interviews , to generate opportunity solution trees , or to do our thinking for us, we fundamentally misunderstand the purpose of discovery. Discovering unmet customer needs, pain points, and desires—AKA opportunities. The opportunities represent customer value.

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Story-Based Customer Interviews Uncover Much-Needed Context

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Customer interviews are one of the most impactful activities a product team can do. Customer interviews are one of the most impactful activities a product team can do. Tweet This An early customer interviewing mistake is to spend your interview time exploring your solution ideas. Let’s dive into why.

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Ask the Community: What’s a Mistake You Made Early in Your Continuous Discovery Journey?

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Because discovery involves changing the way you work on an individual, team, and even company level, it’s all too easy to make mistakes and missteps. If you’ve already begun to develop continuous discovery habits, maybe one of these stories will remind you of something you’ve experienced somewhere in your journey.