What problem does it solve? Teams often jump into building products before validating whether the problem is real, who has it, or what already exists. This Skill turns ambiguous business asks and scattered research into grounded strategic briefs, preventing wasted effort on non-problems, wrong audiences, and bloated feature sets. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Five Foundational Questions: Pressure-tests any project against problem validation, audience definition, solution fit, feature validation, and competitive landscape before resources are committed. - Design Brief Synthesis: Converts vague requests and research findings into structured briefs covering context, gap, opportunity, goals, constraints, and scope. - Opportunity Sizing & Hypotheses: Quantifies problem scope and defines testable hypotheses with explicit assumptions. - Journey Mapping & Competitive Framing: Maps current user experience and plots direct and indirect competitors to find white space. - Use Case: A stakeholder says "we should build a mobile app for field technicians." Use this Skill to validate the problem severity, define the actual audience segments, question the form factor, and produce a phased strategic brief before any design work begins. ## Quick Start Ask the strategist to frame a new product idea into a structured brief using the five foundational questions and the output template.
