Assumption Based Development vs Customer Research
Developers should use Assumption Based Development when working on projects with high uncertainty, such as new product development, innovative features, or complex systems where requirements are unclear meets developers should learn customer research to build user-centric products, reduce development waste by avoiding features users don't need, and improve product-market fit. Here's our take.
Assumption Based Development
Developers should use Assumption Based Development when working on projects with high uncertainty, such as new product development, innovative features, or complex systems where requirements are unclear
Assumption Based Development
Nice PickDevelopers should use Assumption Based Development when working on projects with high uncertainty, such as new product development, innovative features, or complex systems where requirements are unclear
Pros
- +It's particularly valuable in agile and lean environments to prevent wasted effort on invalid assumptions, enabling faster pivots and more reliable delivery
- +Related to: agile-methodology, lean-software-development
Cons
- -Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case
Customer Research
Developers should learn customer research to build user-centric products, reduce development waste by avoiding features users don't need, and improve product-market fit
Pros
- +It's crucial during the discovery phase of a project, when prioritizing features, or when iterating on an existing product based on user feedback
- +Related to: user-experience-design, product-management
Cons
- -Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case
The Verdict
Use Assumption Based Development if: You want it's particularly valuable in agile and lean environments to prevent wasted effort on invalid assumptions, enabling faster pivots and more reliable delivery and can live with specific tradeoffs depend on your use case.
Use Customer Research if: You prioritize it's crucial during the discovery phase of a project, when prioritizing features, or when iterating on an existing product based on user feedback over what Assumption Based Development offers.
Developers should use Assumption Based Development when working on projects with high uncertainty, such as new product development, innovative features, or complex systems where requirements are unclear
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