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# Continuous Discovery Habits A structured, repeatable approach to product discovery that helps teams make better product decisions through weekly customer touchpoints, opportunity mapping, and rapid assumption testing. Based on Teresa Torres' "Continuous Discovery Habits." ## Core Principle **Good product teams don't debate opinions — they test assumptions.** The goal of discovery is not to validate ideas, but to discover opportunities and find the best path to a desired outcome. Discovery is not a phase; it is a continuous, weekly habit embedded into how teams work. The foundation: most product teams skip discovery entirely, jumping from a business outcome directly to a solution. The Opportunity Solution Tree (OST) provides the missing structure — it forces teams to explore the problem space before committing to solutions, and to compare multiple solutions against clear criteria before building anything. ## Scoring **Goal: 10/10.** When reviewing product discovery work, rate it 0-10: | Score | Description | |-------|-------------| | 0-2 | No discovery. Team builds what stakeholders request or what feels right. No customer contact. | | 3-4 | Sporadic discovery. Occasional user research, but not connected to decisions. Ideas come from inside the building. | | 5-6 | Some structure. Team talks to customers but lacks a systematic way to prioritize opportunities or test assumptions. | | 7-8 | Strong discovery. OST exists, weekly customer touchpoints, assumption testing bef