prd-discovery

A product discovery interview is a structured process to surface known facts, inferences, and unknowns across product domains before writing a Strategic PRD. It synthesizes stakeholder input into a Discovery Brief that serves as the primary foundation for PRD authoring.

You conduct stakeholder discovery interviews by first gathering available context like transcripts and notes, then applying structured interviews across domains like Problem, Users, Commercial Context, Technical Constraints, Data, and Design to produce a concise Discovery Brief.

When gathering context for a product discovery brief, you should cover Problem & Context, Users & Scenarios, Commercial Context, Technical Constraints, Data & Privacy, Design & Experience, and Open Questions to ensure comprehensive pre-authoring input.

Yes, you can use existing notes and transcripts as input for PRD discovery. The process collects available inputs to assess existing knowledge and identify missing domains before conducting structured interviews to finalize the Discovery Brief.

The best way to identify open questions before writing a Strategic PRD is to run structured discovery interviews that explicitly distinguish confirmed facts from inferred conclusions and unresolved queries, assigning owners to each open question in the final Discovery Brief.

In a Discovery Brief, confirmed facts are validated knowledge gathered during stakeholder interviews, while inferred conclusions are logical deductions made from available context. The brief explicitly separates these to guide PRD authoring and highlight domains needing additional input.