Keywords
#product discovery
#product thinking
#ideation framework
#outcome over output
Timeline
Apr - May 2023
Team
Me as designer
1 product manager
1 tech lead
1 supporting user researcher
4 developers
My role
Discovery coaching
Research synthesis
Workshop facilitation
Concept explorations
Opportunity-solution tree in practice
One of Mydoh’s FY’23 business objectives is to increase monthly youth engagement on Mydoh platform.
Mydoh youth engagement definition
Previously, Mydoh’s product development followed a top-down feature-team structure with an annual feature-driven roadmap. However, three months in, our pod had to pivot due to budget constraints on a top-priority feature initially planned for the year.
The product manager and tech lead I worked with had limited experience in outcome-driven product discovery. This article highlights how I guided the team and facilitated a collaborative product discovery process to drive the target business outcome in a short time frame.
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Launched high-impact features ideated and validated through product discovery
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Established a repeatable product discovery framework
Building on the success of this framework, we adopted it for organization-wide annual product roadmap ideation for FY’24.
Inspired by Teresa Torres’ Opportunity-Solution Tree framework, I adopted this approach, coached the product trio (product lead, design lead—my role, and tech lead), and led our product discovery process.
Opportunity-solution tree framework