Process or best practices behind the templates provided (idea, opportunity, solution, ...)

Sebastian Wramba_bcy6ho

I have started with JPD but quite some experience with product discover itself. I was wondering whether the there's some examples or documentation given the four templates that are provided when starting with JPD.

For example, an idea is "a user problem, an opportunity, or a solution." To my understanding, a solution is when you start delivery, so I would create a Jira Epic for it instead of keeping it in discovery.

The solution definition template's description says to use it after the problem definition template. In the same idea? In a new idea connected to the previous one?

I'd love to hear your thoughts!

Nick Haller

Hi @Sebastian Wramba ,

I believe you are referring to JPD views when mentioning the "four templates that are provided when starting with JPD."

Here's more documentation on JPD views in general as well: Capture ideas, visualize and share views

Ideas could be a user problem, an opportunity, a solution, etc. While views provide an easy way of capturing your ideas, filtering on them, visualizing which could have a greater impact for your team / customers, etc. Ideally you will use JPD to gather and quantify why an idea should be considered, and views make this process easier.

 

Once an idea has gathered enough weight or validation to be added into production, you can use the delivery feature to push the idea directly to Jira and have your development team work on implementing it. 

I think this page covers a lot of the topics you mentioned, and might be worth reviewing as well: Jira Product Discovery delivery overview

 

An idea's lifecycle is typically transitioned through a number of statuses (Parking lot, Discovery, Ready for delivery, etc.) before the delivery is created, and provides insight into whether or not it will be considered as something pursued:

It’s important to remember that while it’s easiest to explain discovery and delivery as phases in a cycle, they are often not concrete moments in time, or perfectly linear. They are continuous and require constant listening and iterating.

 

Hope that makes sense! Let us know if you have any questions about what's mentioned above.