Opportunity Solution Tree
Skill Verified ActiveBuild an Opportunity Solution Tree from outcomes to opportunities, solutions, and tests. Use when a stakeholder request needs problem framing before you decide what to build.
Guide product managers through structured discovery, moving from vague requests to validated opportunities and testable solutions, ensuring teams solve the right problems before committing to features.
Features
- Builds Opportunity Solution Trees (OST)
- Extracts desired outcomes from stakeholder requests
- Identifies customer problems (opportunities)
- Generates solution ideas for each opportunity
- Evaluates solutions based on feasibility, impact, and market fit
- Recommends the best Proof-of-Concept (POC) to test
Use Cases
- Use when a stakeholder request needs problem framing before deciding what to build.
- Use when starting discovery for a new product area.
- Use when clarifying vague OKRs or strategic goals.
- Use when aligning the team on which problems to solve first.
Non-Goals
- Not a feature list; opportunities are problems, not solutions.
- Not solution-first; start with problems, not pre-defined solutions.
- Not waterfall planning; it's a discovery tool, not a project plan.
- Not a one-time exercise; OSTs evolve with learning from experiments.
Installation
First, add the marketplace
/plugin marketplace add deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills/plugin install opportunity-solution-tree@pm-skillsQuality Score
VerifiedTrust Signals
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