Although I wasn't present for the initial launch, I agree that testing upfront would have been ideal.
In my case, the company I worked with was a rapidly growing startup that focused on adding new features over everything else before I came on. Having product folks in there early could have helped them with a ton - especially situations like this.
Would you agree you could have tested your assumptions up front, and thus avoided deploying a premature solution?
Although I wasn't present for the initial launch, I agree that testing upfront would have been ideal.
In my case, the company I worked with was a rapidly growing startup that focused on adding new features over everything else before I came on. Having product folks in there early could have helped them with a ton - especially situations like this.
Thank you for your candid answer!
great article. this happens waaaay too often.
We can break the loop!
Best quote: Don't let detective work become procrastination.
Great reminder about iterating and taking action to fix your product!
100%!