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Why is it important for product managers to understand their customer's ideal outcome/JTBD?

JTBD = Job to be Done
Kara Gillis
Cortex VP of Product | Formerly Splunk, Deloitte1y
Clayton Christensen wrote a book about understanding what motivates consumers to buy products. He explains:"Jobs to Be Done is a lens that reveals the circumstances—or fo...
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Manjeet Singh
Salesforce Senior Director of Product Management1y
Understanding a customer’s ideal outcome or JTBD is crucial for product managers because it aligns product development with what truly matters to users. When you grasp th...
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Abhiroop Basu
Square Product Lead, Payments2y
Customers don’t care about your solution — they care about their problems.Dave McClure's most famous quote is essential to build products people will actually use. I hat...
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Sheila Hara
Barracuda Networks Sr. Director, Product Management2y
Understanding the customer's ideal outcome and the "Jobs to Be Done" (JTBD) framework is crucial for product managers because it directly influences the effectiveness and...
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Derek Ferguson
GitLab Group Product Manager1y
Understanding your customer's ideal outcome or Jobs to be Done (JTBD) is always crucial for product managers. It keeps your focus sharp and aligned with what truly matter...
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Melissa Ushakov
GitLab Group Manager, Product Management2y
Understanding your users is critical to building a product that will effectively solve their problems, and they will be excited to use. The JTBD framework is effective be...
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Jacqueline Porter
IBM Product Management2y
Whether you are using CUJs or JTBDS or PRDs the entire purpose of these artifacts is for product leaders to better understand the goals of the end user with tools in the ...
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