Field notes / 03

A little structure.
A better bet.

Take the framework into your next product conversation. Start with one uncertainty worth resolving.

Your next week,
with intention.

01 / Choose a friction point.

Talk to a user. Watch a session. Look at where people leave. Find an important problem with evidence behind it, rather than choosing the most exciting feature in the backlog.

02 / Write one honest prediction.

Choose an audience, a change, and an outcome you can observe. Explain why you expect the change to help. Write down what would make you change your mind.

03 / Make the learning visible.

Give the experiment an owner and a review date. When you meet, discuss the outcome and the decision. If the evidence is inconclusive, document what’s missing and when you’ll look again.

Make your first bet.

Fill in the blanks. Keep it small, specific, and possible to disprove. Your draft stays in this browser; nothing is submitted.

At your next review,
ask better questions.

What did we expect to happen?

Read the original hypothesis before reviewing the result. Keep the goalposts where you put them.

What did people actually do?

Look at the primary outcome, guardrails, and relevant user observations. Separate a reliable finding from a signal that needs more evidence.

What will we do differently now?

Make the call: scale, iterate, stop, or gather a specific missing piece of evidence. Name an owner and a next step.

The framework is yours. The team can be, too.

A little less guesswork.
A lot more direction.

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