02. Identifying Opportunities

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Identifying Opportunities

ND036 C1 L2 02 Finding The Right Problem To Solve

Recap

Finding the right problem to solve is critical for the success of your product! If you aren’t focusing on the right problems, your product will fail. This is something that both big and small companies struggle with. You’ll have to work through constraints and tradeoffs

Viable Product

The best product opportunities solve user problems and meet business goals

The best product opportunities solve user problems and meet business goals

Quiz

Why is it important to identify the right problems to solve?

SOLUTION:
  • Limited amount of time
  • Different levels of impact

Quiz

What are the things that you have control over when building a product?

SOLUTION:
  • The problem you are solving
  • The product you are building
  • The people on the team

Summary

You can start to identify which problems to solve by looking at:

  • Market Research
  • User Research
  • Product Data
  • Support Data
  • Efficiency gains