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Note that while doing product discovery, certain tools and techniques serve both to facilitate collaboration as well as to provide an artifact as an output of that collaboration. Two very popular examples of that are prototypes and story maps.
Empowered
Marty Cagan and Chris Jones
The verbs associated with data have three distinct modalities:
Change—We need to change who we are or what we are doing.
Continue—We need to keep going in the same direction.
Finish—We need to complete this.
As you formulate your DataPOV, identify which verbs solve the problem or exploit the opportunity most effectively.
Here’s what you need to look for in a North Star Metric: As close as possible to the core value experience ... Aggregate number, not a rate or ratio—We’re looking for a number that will sum up the value across the entire market and potentially grow up-and-to-right over time... Simple and memorable—No North Star Metric is perfect. Some messages sent via WhatsApp may be spam, some items purchased on eBay may not be fully satisfactory to the buyer. That’s fine as long as the number is still generally indicative of total value.
Evidence-Guided
Itamar Gilad
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