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What key activities do you do to validate problem statements?

Bruno Gobbis
Nuvemshop Director, Product Growth | Formerly Superhuman, RD Station, IBM, Bosch10mo
When I have a hypothesis about a customer problem, which is where I believe we all should start, I treat validating that problem as a mini-project.User interviews: Basic,...
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Puja Hait
Google Group Product Manager3y
I recommend thinking about these questions: 1) Is this worth solving? What is the problem statement? Who are the users? Is this a real problem? What is the TAM? What can...
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Gautham Chundi
The Walt Disney Company Director of Product Management10mo
It's critical to stress-test if the problem is even worth solving - and if it’s urgent enough for someone to pay (in time or money) to fix it.Some dimensions I'd use to e...
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Advaita Nigudkar
BILL Director Product ManagementApr 14
Validating a problem statement isn't a single activity, it's a combination of signals that together tell you whether the problem is real, widespread, and worth solving.He...
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Tom Alterman
Notable Head of Product2y
It really depends on what the problem statement is and the hypothesis is. If it's about learning from existing needs and behaviors I conduct interviews, surveys, and some...
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Ashka Vakil
strongDM Sr. Director, Product Management3y
Validating problem statements requires a user-centered approach that involves collecting data through user research, defining the problem statement, prioritizing the prob...
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Deepti Srivastava
Head of Product, VP3y
In general, the main thing I look for when validating any problem or solution is data. As a PM, it is important for you to figure out where to get the right data for what...
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Julie Lam
Zoom Head of Product Operations1y
Key activities for validating problem statements:Ask customers / potential buyers about the current problem they are experiencingDocument the problem and root causesEnsur...
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Hiral Shah
DocuSign Director of Product Management3y
When you are thinking about problem statements, you need to first rephrase the problem as a hypothesis, then try to gather as much as data as possible quantitative (usage...
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Preethy Vaidyanathan
Matterport VP of Product1y
Embrace prototyping. Especially for a 0 to 1 offering, asking customer and market feedback is hard because they have to envision the problem, your solution and on top of ...
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