Build an Opportunity Solution Tree in One Click.
Use AI to define an Opportunity Solution Tree and craft a visual diagram
TL;DR - In a nutshell ✨
✅ Aligning discovery efforts and strategic goals is a challenge for Product Teams
✅ Opportunity Solution Trees are a good aid to structure and clarify the priorities
✅ They help align product development with user needs and business goals
✅ Use AI to draft and structure quickly an Opportunity Solution Tree
✅ Leverage AI assistant plugins to generate visual diagrams easily
Product teams often struggle to align discovery efforts with Strategic business goals.
It leads to inefficient resource allocation and suboptimal outcomes.
It’s important to identify the most impactful opportunities and subsequent solutions to achieve a desired outcome.
But how do you organize those to promote alignment?
Teresa Torres’ “opportunity solution trees” framework provides a structured and clear approach to prioritize discovery efforts and ensure every action contributes to the reach the objectives.
This week, I will show you how you can simply build a visual opportunity solution tree with the help of AI.
What is an Opportunity Solution Tree? 🎯
The Opportunity Solution Tree is a concept developed by
in her book "Continuous Discovery Habits".
It is a visual representation of the different paths the Product teams can take to reach a defined outcome. It helps them to:
🎯 Set a clear desired outcome
🔍 Identify opportunities (user needs) that ladder up to that outcome
💡 Brainstorm multiple solutions for each opportunity
🔬 Define experiments to validate each solution
It's a collaborative process that keeps the team aligned and focused on delivering user value.
How it works ⚙️
Start with a clear, measurable desired outcome at the top of the tree
Branch out with opportunities that would significantly impact that outcome
For each opportunity, brainstorm diverse solutions
For each solution, plan a lean experiment to validate it with users
Prioritize solutions based on experiment results and business viability
What are the benefits for Product Development 🏆
The opportunity solution tree is a visual aid to boost :
🧭 Alignment: Keeps the team focused on a shared, user-centric goal
🔀 Diversity: Encourages exploring multiple solutions vs. jumping to one
📊 Validation: Emphasizes validating ideas with evidence before building
🌀 Iteration: Enables rapid iteration based on user feedback and data
By focusing on opportunities and solution validation, PMs can improve the decision making focused on business outcomes while pursuing evidence based initiatives
Craft an opportunity solution tree with AI 🧠
Building the tree can be time consuming and confusing when you are not used to working with visual diagrams, mindmaps…
That’s where AI comes in handy and can help you streamline the process :
1. Instruct your AI assistant (ChatGPT4) 📝
Use our curated prompt and insert your inputs :
[PRODUCT TYPE]
for [TARGET AUDIENCE],
designed to address their specific need to [PROBLEM SOLVED BY THE PRODUCT].
Your current goal is to achieve [SPECIFIC, MEASURABLE DESIRED OUTCOME]
within [TIMEFRAME],
with a focus on impacting [2-3 KEY METRICS].
Here is an example of input for the BeReal app :
Imagine you are a Product Manager overseeing the development of
a B2C photo sharing app for millenials
where users can spontaneously share life updates with their friends, once 1 day only. ,
designed to address their specific need to social sharing without wasting hours on it .
Your current goal is to achieve 1000000 new paying customers within 1 year,
with a focus on growth on the french market.
👉🏻 Get the complete prompt from our library :