Product Sense Warm-Up: Make the Case for a Product You Love

Pick your favorite product, either a digital product or a piece of hardware, and make the case for why it has earned that spot. ```hint Explain the mechanism Liking a product is not an answer. Name who it serves and the problem it solves, then point to two or three specific design or business decisions that explain why it beats the alternatives. ``` ### Clarifying Questions - Should it be a product I use regularly, or can it be one I mostly admire from a design or business standpoint? - Do you want me to stop at why it works, or also say what I would change as its product manager? - May I pick a single feature inside a larger product, or should it be a whole product? ### What a Strong Answer Covers - A specific product, its target user and the problem it solves for them - Two or three design or business decisions that explain its success, compared with the alternatives - How the product sustains itself: its business model and what keeps users coming back - A credible weakness, an improvement and a way to measure the improvement - Signs of first-hand use and product judgment rather than generic praise ### Follow-up Questions - If you became this product's PM tomorrow, what would you change first, and how would you test it? - Which single metric would tell you the product still delivers the thing you value most about it? - Which widely loved product do you think is overrated, and why?