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What is Jobs to be Done (JTBD)?
What is Jobs to be Done (JTBD)?
Upgrade your user, not your product. Don’t build better cameras — build better photographers.
Alan Klement
Oct 9, 2016
Know the Two — Very — Different Interpretations of Jobs to be Done
Know the Two — Very — Different Interpretations of Jobs to be Done
The popularity of Jobs to be Done has exploded in recent years. This has been both good and bad.
Alan Klement
Jan 15
5 Mistakes to Avoid When First Learning Jobs to be Done
5 Mistakes to Avoid When First Learning Jobs to be Done
Common mistakes to avoid and some takeaways to remember
Alan Klement
Sep 7
Concepts
Progress: The Core of Jobs to be Done
Progress: The Core of Jobs to be Done
What do we mean by “progress”? How is it different than goals? How does Progress thinking help us?
Alan Klement
Sep 21
Great Innovators Start with Customer Struggles (Not Customer Needs)
Great Innovators Start with Customer Struggles (Not Customer Needs)
Teams create the most value for customers when they know the difference between customer needs and struggles
Josh Furnas
Nov 30, 2017
Get out of your product bubble: defining competitive markets
Get out of your product bubble: defining competitive markets
If you are defining competitive markets as a certain type of products you are limiting your growth and innovation potential. Even worse, it…
Tor L. Bollingmo
Jul 21, 2015
Finding Jobs To Be Done
The JTBD Research Process We Used To Build Our MVP for Userlist.io
The JTBD Research Process We Used To Build Our MVP for Userlist.io
When Jane Portman, Benedikt Deicke and I decided to join forces on Userlist.io, none of us wanted to start a company based on our personal…
Claire Suellentrop
Apr 27
My life through a Jobs to be done lens: why I hire music
My life through a Jobs to be done lens: why I hire music
As a UX researcher who has been practicing over the past ten years I am always looking for innovative ways to conduct studies. Whether I’m…
Michael Morgan
Mar 27
Asking why is not always the best strategy
Asking why is not always the best strategy
Pushing toward a deeper need is good, but you need to know when and how to draw the line at productive questioning.
Dan(iel) Ritz(enthaler)
Aug 7, 2014
Designing for Jobs to be Done
Advances in Job Stories (Video)
Advances in Job Stories (Video)
How to use Jobs Stories to design new product concepts and new experiences
Alan Klement
Jul 24
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