Solution States And Terms Alternative

Editorial note: This proposal depends on solution-as-central-object.md. Its state names are not part of the current model.

Discovery and Delivery can be presented as activities, while the transformations apply to the solution.

ACTIVITIES                         STATES OF THE SOLUTION

Discovery ───────────────┐         idea
                         │         prototype
Delivery ────────────────┘         discovered solution
                                   production solution
                                   live product

Discovery moves from an idea that could solve a problem to a prototype of an effective solution; once there is a solution worth building, the team proceeds to production-quality delivery.

Concept	Meaning
Problem	Condition the team has been asked to change
Outcome	A measurable change showing that the problem has been meaningfully improved
Solution idea	One possible approach to solving the problem
Prototype	Cheap representation/implementation used to learn about that solution
Effective solution	A solution with enough evidence on value, usability, feasibility, and viability to justify building it
Production solution/product	Commercial-quality implementation created through delivery
Capability	An ability the live product now provides to a user or system
Feature	A concrete piece of product output that implements some part of the solution/capability

But “effective solution” needs care

There’s a subtle issue in SVPG’s language.

At the end of discovery, they call it an effective solution: valuable, usable, feasible, and viable.

Discovery has not actually proved the business outcome.

Cagan explicitly says the ultimate test of whether the problem was solved and the necessary outcome achieved can only happen once the product is live.

Solution As Central Object

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But “effective solution” needs care

But “effective solution” needs care#

But “effective solution” needs care