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Product discovery & research · Core

Problem hypothesis

Also called: problem assumption

ELI5

A guess about the customer problem that can be tested.

Used in conversation

“The problem hypothesis failed in small businesses.”

Definition

A testable belief about a customer's important problem, context or behaviour.

Here “Problem hypothesis” means: A testable belief about a customer's important problem, context or behaviour.

Pitch context

You will see “Problem hypothesis” in product strategy decks, roadmaps, experiments and architecture reviews when the discussion reaches product discovery & research.

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Sources & evidence · 2

Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.