opportunity-solution-trees

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Use the Opportunity Solution Tree (OST) to connect a business outcome to the customer opportunities that drive it, then compare solutions and tests. The tree forces you to separate needs from ideas and keeps discovery tied to delivery.

Detailed examples showing how to apply OST correctly. Each pattern shows a common mistake and the correct approach.

| opportunities-are-solutions | "Add a search bar" is a solution -- the opportunity is what's hard about finding things | | starting-with-solutions | Work backward from outcomes, not forward from feature ideas | | skipping-outcome | Without a clear outcome, you can't evaluate which opportunities matter most |

Use when asked to "opportunity solution tree", "OST", "Teresa Torres", "map customer opportunities to outcomes", "structure discovery around opportunities", or "compare solutions for a customer need". Helps product teams connect outcomes to customer opportunities and test solutions with Opportunity Solution Trees (created by Teresa Torres). Source: wdavidturner/product-skills.

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