Term Paper Objective:
The paper should describe the steps and methods from product vision to product discovery to product delivery (creation of a product backlog with the highest prioritized user stories) of a fictional product conceptualized by me called uCommit. The product is called “uCommit” (see uCommit.docx & uCommit.pdf for information about this product).
Within each section a brief description of the method or theoretical concept should be given and then describe how the method can be applied to the uCommit product idea.
Product Vision:
* Reasons for a product vision
* Elements of a good product vision
* Brief description of Product Vision Board method by
* Roman Pichler (including pros & cons)
* Product Vision as applied to the product uCommit
Product Discovery:
* What is Product Discovery? What are the goals of Product Discovery
* Description of Design Thinking (https://www.impactweek.net/how-we-work/method/) method in Product Discovery, target audience research via survey, persona creation
* How the Design Thinking method can be applied to uCommit product idea in terms of Product Discovery
– Understanding
– Observation
– Synthesis
– Ideation
– Prototype
– Test
* What is the Lean Canvas & Value Proposition Canvas https://blog.leanstack.com/why-lean-canvas-vs-business-model-canvas/
* Lean Canvas / Value Proposition Canvas for uCommit
Product Evaluation
* Description of the method for creating Objectives and Key Results (OKRs)
* 3 Example Objectives each with 3 Key Results for uCommit
Product Delivery
* Brief Description of Scrum Framework in terms of Product Delivery
* Backlog with 4 top user stories (see uCommit.pdf page 10)
Other links:
Product in Practice: Getting Started with Opportunity Solution Trees at SuperAwesome
https://medium.com/swlh/the-baby-bias-or-how-not-to-start-product-discovery-1a0d79b30b4c
https://medium.com/@jaf_designer/how-to-build-successful-products-in-a-digital-world-9b1e543f2b0a
https://www.valuer.ai/blog/customer-discovery-the-hidden-key-to-a-successful-startup
https://www.pendo.io/pendo-blog/5-habits-for-continuous-product-discovery/
https://www.productboard.com/blog/product-discovery-cycle/
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