Deep in the Target Markets branch of the Decision Driven® Strategy decision pattern, we eventually reach the Product Concept decision. For each product that you identify within your product portfolio, you face a network of design decisions.
Every product should start with the user in mind. So beneath the Product Concept decision, you’ll find a branch, Use Cases to Support, that addresses what the product will enable the user to do (which missions it will help him accomplish). For each use case (mission, usage scenario), you should think through the Value Proposition that your product offers, i.e. how will your product uniquely help the user in this situation?
Once you’ve clarified what the product will do and how well it will do it, you’re ready to dive into the remaining engineering-focused decisions in the model. The sum of all the functionality required to deliver the use cases and their value propositions sets the bar for the remaining decisions to clear. I’ll explore these product design decisions in some detail in future posts.
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