Product Management playbook/Module 2 · Discovery

Day 14 / 100 · Discovery · Assumption mapping

Find the assumption that could kill it.

Every idea rests on beliefs about desirability, viability, feasibility and usability. Map them, then test the scariest one.

↑ How Important Is It? · → How Much Evidence Do We Have?

Test First

Important · little evidence

Your riskiest bets. Design an experiment this week.

Monitor

Important · strong evidence

Build on these, but keep an eye out for change.

Park

Less important · little evidence

Not worth testing yet. Revisit later.

Ignore

Less important · strong evidence

Don't spend time here.

Source: Strategyzer ↗

Test the scary one first.