What different approaches are there to help stakeholders focus on their needs I.e. things they would use for MVP vs a later version of the product

Stakeholders often conflate “what I want” with “what users need,” and they would expect some things in the immediately too. A few approaches that can be used effectively...

When you’re talking to potential users, the key is steering the conversation away from their ideal vision and toward what would actually change their behavior. Start by g...

Great question! It's easy to fall into "i'm sure a user would want to ABC and then they would XYZ . . " and expand the scope of your first iteration. The process I have f...

It's hard to focus stakeholders on what's truly necessary vs nice-to-have and to complicate things even more, everyone's going to have a different list. Give your stakeh...

The first step in helping stakeholders focus on their needs is alignment on what you’re building. The “why” is critical—everyone should have a clear understanding of the ...

Depending on the complexity of the product being built, and the investment needed initially to get to the MVP phase, I have used several different methods - each having i...