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Tools of the Trade: A Look at the Discovery Tech Stack at 99designs

Tools of the Trade: A Look at the Discovery Tech Stack at 99designs

In case you missed it, Tools of the Trade is a new series on Product Talk. In each edition, we talk with a continuous discovery champion (or group of champions) from one organization. We learn about where they are in their continuous discovery journey, which tools they’re using to

Discovery Hand-Offs Kill Momentum: Here’s What to Do Instead

Discovery Hand-Offs Kill Momentum: Here’s What to Do Instead

One of the primary benefits of working in a product trio is we reduce the hand-offs between functional roles. In the old way of working, a business stakeholder communicated a need to a product manager, the product manager wrote requirements, handed them off to a designer, who then created designs,

2022 Product Conference List

2022 Product Conference List

We are starting to pull together our list of 2022 product conferences. This list is by no means exhaustive. If you know of product conferences that are not on the list and you think they should be, please send an email to conferences@producttalk.org. We’ll also keep updating

Tools of the Trade: A Look at Optimal Workshop’s Discovery Tech Stack

Tools of the Trade: A Look at Optimal Workshop’s Discovery Tech Stack

Continuous discovery is about changing your behavior. That’s why Teresa named her book Continuous Discovery Habits. You don’t just think your way into continuous discovery. Sure, it’s important to understand the underlying concepts. But the concepts don’t mean much if you’re not making real changes

Representing Customer Segments on Your Opportunity Solution Tree (Teresa’s Take)

Representing Customer Segments on Your Opportunity Solution Tree (Teresa’s Take)

There is no single right way to do continuous discovery. I can’t emphasize this enough. Recently, Hope Gurion walked through three scenarios where she argued teams might benefit from including customer segments on their opportunity solution trees. In that post, she wrote: Opportunities are written as first-person statements like

Representing Customer Segments on Your Opportunity Solution Tree (Hope’s Take)

Representing Customer Segments on Your Opportunity Solution Tree (Hope’s Take)

Just like many aspects of continuous discovery, there’s no single right way to use the opportunity solution tree. As a fellow Product Talk coach, Hope Gurion uses opportunity solution trees with customers on a regular basis. And Hope continues to refine and adapt the tree to help product teams

Product in Practice: Finding the Best Way to Communicate with Different Stakeholders

Product in Practice: Finding the Best Way to Communicate with Different Stakeholders

Continuous discovery is more of a journey than a destination. You can pick up the habits and fold them into your daily practice, but there will always be room for improvement. Plus, your work environment is always changing, so you’ll constantly need to adapt to your current settings and