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← Day 02: Map and Validate DAY 02 · BRIEFING AND GATE

Is there a real problem, and for whom?

Today you test your problem with a real person, see what they use instead, and size a build objective for the next two days.

Problem Statement v1One real conversationAlternativesValue propositionBuild objective
Present slides Full screen, one slide at a time · 7 slides
TODAY 01

What you will leave with today

  • A Claude Project with your working agreement, and Problem Statement v1
  • Notes from one real conversation, with the evidence labelled and counted
  • Alternatives with sources, a value proposition and a hypothesis
  • A first value moment and a build objective sized for Days 3 and 4

OUTPUT · Product Proposition v1 + build objective in product/02-proposition.md

RECAP · DAY 1 02

Today’s route: four steps in one day

  1. 01 PROBLEMUser, situation, struggle, consequence, evidence, without naming a product
  2. 02 IDEA“We believe [solution] for [user] will [outcome], shown by [metric]”
  3. 03 IDEATIONIs your first idea the best way? Note at least one other way to solve it
  4. 04 ALTERNATIVESWhat they use today, including doing nothing, with sources
  5. BUILD OBJECTIVEOne value moment and at most three capabilities

Evidence over opinion: label every claim assumed, heard or observed, with a count.

WORKED EXAMPLE · TASKBRIDGE 03

TaskBridge: from a wish list to a build objective

Starting point

“Build TaskBridge: handovers, rotas, a team chat, photos, manager reports and reminders.”

Reframed

Value moment: the incoming lead sees every unfinished job and accepts it. Capabilities: log a job with a next step; see my team’s open jobs; accept a job. Evidence: heard, 1 of 1 shift lead (illustrative).

Ask

  • Which items on the wish list lead to the value moment?
  • What did the conversation tell us, and what could it not?
  • Could this be built and tested in two days?

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