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Product discovery & research · Core

Solution hypothesis

Also called: solution assumption

ELI5

A guess about what solution will work.

Used in conversation

“The solution hypothesis needs a behavioural test.”

Definition

A testable belief that a proposed solution will create a desired outcome.

Here “Solution hypothesis” means: A testable belief that a proposed solution will create a desired outcome.

Pitch context

You will see “Solution 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.