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Product

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    A/B Test

    An A/B Test randomly assigns eligible people or items to versions. It compares a chosen measure to estimate cause and effect.

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    Acceptance Criteria

    Acceptance Criteria are results people can see and test. They say when a feature works well enough to accept.

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    Conversion Funnel

    A Conversion Funnel is a set of steps you can measure. It shows where people move forward or leave before reaching a goal.

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    Feature Prioritization

    Feature Prioritization is a steady way to order work by value, proof, cost, and risk.

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    Gantt Chart

    A Gantt Chart shows scheduled work as bars across time. It can show duration, dependencies, dates, owners, and progress.

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    Jobs to Be Done

    Jobs to Be Done describes the progress a person wants in a real situation. The product is the tool they choose for that job.

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    Key Performance Indicator

    A Key Performance Indicator, or KPI, measures an important result over a set time. It must help someone make a decision.

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    Minimum Viable Product

    A Minimum Viable Product (MVP) is the smallest complete product that tests the biggest value risk. Real users must be able to use it.

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    Onboarding Checklist

    An onboarding checklist lists the first useful tasks for a new person. Clear status shows what is done and what comes next.

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    Persona

    A Persona is a research-based user type. It sums up goals, habits, and limits that appear again and again.

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    Problem Statement

    A Problem Statement says who has a problem, when it happens, and why solving it matters.

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    Product Backlog

    A Product Backlog is an ordered list of changing work. It can hold ideas, fixes, learning, and technical duties.

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    Product Goal

    A Product Goal states the useful result a product should create for users or the business.

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    Product Requirements Document

    A PRD records key choices for a product change. It covers the problem, users, goals, scope, limits, risks, and success proof.

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    Product–Market Fit

    Product–Market Fit means a clear market keeps choosing, valuing, and paying enough for the product.

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    Retention

    Retention is the share of a group that returns for useful activity after a set time.

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    Roadmap

    A Roadmap is an updated view of product goals, planned bets, and their order. It's not a promise of exact dates.

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    Scope

    Scope marks what a project will deliver now and what it will leave out.

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    Target User

    A Target User is the clear group whose needs and limits guide the first product choices.

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    Use Case

    A Use Case shows how an actor reaches a goal with a system. It includes main, alternate, and failed paths.

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    User Flow

    A User Flow maps the screens, choices, and replies on the way to a result.

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    User Story

    A User Story is a short sentence. It names a user, a needed task, and why it helps.