How to frame a problem statement from your awesome Idea

You had that awesome idea that could change people’s lives ? or your friend comes running to you with his amazing idea. How many of those ideas were forgotten with time ?

This article tells you how to make those moments into reality. If you can pull off when people keep telling you your idea is shit and end up being right, that’s great. But our goal is not to depend on chance. Our job is to diminish the role luck plays. Working on a problem statement is a better way to success than working on an idea. Luckily, framing a problem statement from an idea is not that hard. Let us see how we can build a problem statement from an idea with an example scenario.

What if we could learn a new language from listening to songs ?

we can come up with problem statement using ….. is hard. How Might We …. template.

“Many listen to songs every day. Learning a new language is hard. How might we simplify learning language via songs”.

Once we identify the problem, we can brainstorm solutions. We can design a good solution that enables the users to learn a new language better and faster.

A good problem statement is free from any assumptions. In our problem statement, there are assumptions that we need to confirm through testing. The fundamental assumption is, people listen to foreign language songs.

“ Learning a new language is hard. How can we help users understand native speakers ’’.

This problem statement helps us drive decisions when picking on features.

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