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Sunsetting Software Products

✍️what's going on here?

Every product has a life-cycle, and products reach the end of their usefulness in the markets they compete in. You may choose to refresh it, or you can sunset it.

👋what does it mean?

If you choose to sunset some features or your entire product, don’t just flip the switch, be intentional about it and let your customers know what you’re up to.

💡why should you care?

If you've done it or are thinking of doing it, you might not be considering to apply some human-centered thinking that would improve the process. As in your product development process, you also have to consider what, how and why you're doing what you're doing.

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Running Effective Product Discovery

✍️what's going on here?

I believe I have never seen before such a practical and step-by-step process on how you should run a product discovery process. He dives into a qualitative discovery methodology that he

👋what does it mean?

He not only shows you an 8-week process that goes from "Observations" to "Solutions" but also gives you a guidance how to set it up and stick to the process.

💡why should you care?

This process is a mashup of principles and techniques, and there isn’t a specific name for it. But it is a great way to start off and build your own process by doing it.

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Zoom's Freemium Decision Tree

✍️what's going on here?

While Zoom's quick ascent to market-leader has a lot to do with the quality of their produto, there were still issues of discovery to be solved, like Pricing.

👋what does it mean?

Before going live with a free product, Zoom had some decisions to make, going from its first decision between Freemiun vs Free Trial to picking a usage constraint.

💡why should you care?

It's a paradox. Give away too little value and customers won't be able to use your product sensibly. On the other hand, give away too much value, your risk offering a free plan that will cannibalize revenue from paid tiers.

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