Understand the User’s Work before Running a Small Pilot
Before building, investigate the work people struggle with and how they currently respond. Use actual experiences to define a pilot.
Selling first alone does not establish product demand. Specify a small deliverable and what the trial should teach you.
Ask about Recent Experiences
Ask about recent steps, time spent, and difficulties. GOV.UK distinguishes user problems from proposed solutions. (GOV.UK: User needs)
Investigate the task to accomplish alongside feature requests.
Recruit a Pilot You Can Deliver
Choose something deliverable, such as one week of manual support. State scope, period, price, and pilot status.
Describe the work delivered without presenting unbuilt features as available.
Use Trial Results to Decide What to Build
Record signups separately from completed tasks. Ask completers where the service helped and why they would use it again.
Compare delivery effort with the parts users needed to decide what to develop.
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