S2E26 – Jobs to be done

What is a problem statement really, and is it really nessecary? (Yes it is 😉 )

“Job to be done” is a tool to help you really understand the problem and stay focused on the problem rather than on the solution.

Thinking of the good old phrase “Fall in love with the problem, not the solution”, job to be done is here to help you keep your love for the problem strong.

This episode is the first episode where we take a specific tool for doing and understanding design and investigate and try to explain it. The jobs to be done tool, have 3 elements

  1. Its stable, and does not change over time.
  2. It have no geographical boundaries. 
  3. It is solution agnostic.

Anyways, listen to the episode, where we explain what this actually means.

Resources

The free book – Job to be done

Episode about Intuitive Design

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