Stanford Seminar - The What and Why of Continuous Discovery, Teresa Torres

Explore the concept of Continuous Discovery in product development through this Stanford seminar featuring Teresa Torres. Dive into the distinction between Product Discovery and Product Delivery, and learn why engaging with customers on a weekly basis is crucial for making informed product decisions. Discover the importance of a product trio consisting of a Product Manager, Design Lead, and Tech Lead. Gain insights into practical tools like the opportunity solution tree, automated recruiting processes, and effective support team triggers. Learn how to ask the right questions, avoid speculation, and collect meaningful stories. Understand the value of compare and contrast decisions, story mapping, and prototyping in uncovering assumptions. Explore the use of research spikes for addressing feasibility assumptions. Conclude with a Q&A session addressing audience inquiries on Continuous Discovery practices.

Product Discovery: deciding what to build, Product Delivery: building it.
Continuous Discovery process.
We make product decisions every day.
We need to engage with customers every week.
The product team/trio: Product Manager, Design Lead, Tech Lead.
The opportunity solution tree.
Automate the recruiting process.
Define triggers for your support teams.
Ask the right questions.
Avoid speculation.
Collect stories.
Avoid whether or not ideas.
Set up compare and contrast decisions.
Story maps help us see our assumptions, and prototype.
Feasibility assumptions: research spikes.
Questions from the audience.