Discovery Framing Technique Selection

When to Use

Apply this skill at the start of any product discovery effort, specifically when:

• Value risk is High and the problem is ambiguous or handed to you as a solution without a clear problem statement
• The team lacks a shared understanding of what problem they are solving
• You are about to assign discovery tasks and need a common frame first

This skill produces a framing document — not a solution, not a prototype. Framing clarifies the problem space so all subsequent discovery work is aimed at the right target.

Do NOT skip framing. Teams that skip directly to prototyping or building are, by definition, solving a problem they have not clearly defined.

Context and Input Gathering

Before selecting a technique, collect: