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Articles and live-event recaps on continuous discovery, Opportunity Solution Trees, and building products that drive outcomes.
Jon Harmer & Scott Sehlhorst - Bridging day-to-day product work with business impact
Recap of our live event with Jon and Scott on how product teams should explicitly state your Solution Hypothesis and Outcome Hypothesis to connect day-to-day product work to business impact
Using OKRs to Align Product Teams with Jeff Gothelf
Recap of our event with Jeff Gothelf on using OKRs to align your Product teams: moving away from planning "seasons", clarifying strategy before setting OKRs, Key Results that measure change in behavior, and changing the plan as you learn more.
Keep all your discovery interviews and customer feedback in Vistaly
You have so many tools you can work with to capture the voice of the customer, but they only add value when insights are used to make decisions. See how Vistaly's interview and feedback Opportunity Solution Tree integration helps you get the most out of what you hear from your customers.
Product Analytics (From Zero To Basic To Best-In-Class) Live Event with Busra Coskuner
Recap of the live event we did with Büşra Coşkuner about how product teams can move from a basic metrics foundation to focusing on outcomes that drive real business impact.
Breaking Business Outcomes down into Product Outcomes with Ant Murphy
Recap of the live event we did with Ant Murphy on how to break Business Outcomes down into Product Outcomes so your team can run more effective discovery.
Taming Opportunity Solution Trees (Part Two)
This is part two of a series on taking control of your Opportunity Solution Trees. In this post, we interview Dr. Else van der Berg (product management, discovery & validation enthusiast) on tactics she uses within her trios to keep noise down and signal high.
Taming Opportunity Solution Trees (Part One)
It's not difficult to become overwhelmed by evaluating a large number of opportunities in your Opportunity Solution Trees. This post looks at several scenarios teams find themselves in and offers tips for getting unstuck.
Opportunity Solution Tree (OST) Patterns
This article is a collection of Opportunity Solution Tree (OST) patterns we at Vistaly have observed teams use in their day-to-day work. Taking advantage of the patterns below does not require Vistaly to get started. While some can easily be applied using free-form tools like Miro or FigJam, others may require some maintenance to gain the benefits.
Get more out of your discovery work (OSTs)
How can you maximize the value of your discovery work using OSTs?
Project Learning Tax
Is there a tax that we pay when starting a new project or begin solving a new problem?
Strategic Prioritization
Strategic prioritization helps answer the question - "What should we focus on now vs next?" But what does this look like in practice?.