Brainstorm Experiments Existing
Skill Verified ActiveDesign experiments to test assumptions for an existing product — prototypes, A/B tests, spikes, and other low-effort validation methods. Use when validating assumptions, testing feature ideas cheaply, or planning product experiments.
Design effective experiments to validate product assumptions and test feature ideas cheaply before committing to full implementation.
Features
- Guides experiment design for existing products
- Suggests methods like prototypes, A/B tests, and spikes
- Focuses on validating assumptions and testing ideas
- Specifies experiment components: assumption, experiment, metric, success threshold
- Emphasizes measuring behavior and testing responsibly
Use Cases
- Validating assumptions for a new feature idea
- Testing hypotheses for improving an existing product's performance
- Planning low-effort product validation methods
- Designing experiments to gather behavioral data over opinions
Non-Goals
- Designing experiments for entirely new products without prior assumptions
- Conducting full-scale market research or user interviews
- Implementing the experiments themselves
Workflow
- Clarify the idea and assumptions
- Suggest experiments for each assumption
- Follow key principles for experiment design
- Specify assumption, experiment, metric, and success threshold for each experiment
Practices
- Experiment Design
- Assumption Validation
- Product Discovery
Installation
First, add the marketplace
/plugin marketplace add phuryn/pm-skills/plugin install pm-product-discovery@pm-skillsQuality Score
VerifiedSimilar Extensions
Design Sprint
100Test big ideas in just 5 days. Apply Google Ventures' proven methodology to go from problem to validated prototype without months of development. Use when: **New product concepts** that need validation before building; **Big feature decisions** with significant investment required; **Stuck teams** needing to break through analysis paralysis; **Startup pivots** when direction is uncertain; **High-risk bets** where failure is expensive
Discovery Interview Prep
100Plan customer discovery interviews with the right goal, segment, constraints, and method. Use when preparing interviews for problem validation, churn research, or new product ideas.
Drive Motivation
100Design motivation systems using Autonomy, Mastery, and Purpose (AMP) for products and teams. Use when the user mentions "intrinsic motivation", "gamification isnt working", "team incentives", "autonomy", "mastery", "purpose-driven", "employee engagement", or "reward systems". Also trigger when designing onboarding progression systems, fixing broken gamification, or building team structures that sustain high performance. Covers why carrot-and-stick fails and how to build progress systems. For habit-forming product loops, see hooked-ux. For retention behavior design, see improve-retention.
Pricing Strategy
100Analyze and design pricing strategies including pricing models, competitive pricing analysis, willingness-to-pay estimation, and price elasticity. Use when setting prices, evaluating pricing models, preparing for a pricing change, or comparing freemium vs paid approaches.
Measure Experiment Design
100Designs an A/B test or experiment with clear hypothesis, variants, success metrics, sample size, and duration. Use when planning experiments to validate product changes or test hypotheses.
Measure Dashboard Requirements
100Specifies requirements for an analytics dashboard including metrics, visualizations, filters, and data sources. Use when requesting dashboards from data teams, defining KPI tracking, or documenting reporting needs.