opportunity-solution-tree
Builds an Opportunity Solution Tree after Teresa Torres: a desired outcome mapped to opportunities, solutions and experiments.
- Kind
- Skill
- Works with
- Claude Code, Cursor
- Source
- PM Skills (Pawel Huryn) @ 2a12295a7717
- Path
- pm-product-discovery/skills/opportunity-solution-tree/SKILL.md
- Jobs
- Planning
- Topics
- Product management
Credit
- Made by
- phuryn
- Original
- github.com/phuryn/pm-skills/blob/2a12295a7717569baa7be181b4cf…
- License
- MIT
Listed by Skill Manifest; not made by us.
InstallInstall it from a plugin marketplace.
claude plugin install pm-product-discovery@pm-skills
Install factsScanned 2 Nov 2026
- Adds
- .claude/skills/opportunity-solution-tree/ (the skill folder)
- Runs scripts
- None found
- Uses the network
- None found
- Needs secrets
- None found
- Source revision
- 2a12295a7717
- Licence
- MIT
- Last activity
- 29 Oct 2026
- Review
- Reviewed
Found by a static scan of the stored text; nothing is run. “None found” is not a guarantee, so read what you install before you run it.
- Only the main file is read; other files in the folder are not scanned
## Opportunity Solution Tree (OST) A visual framework for structuring continuous product discovery. Connects a desired **outcome** to customer **opportunities**, possible **solutions**, and **experiments** to validate them. ### Domain Context The **Opportunity Solution Tree** (Teresa Torres, *Continuous Discovery Habits*) is the backbone of modern product discovery. It prevents teams from jumping to solutions by forcing them to first map the opportunity space. **Structure (4 levels):** 1. **Desired Outcome** (top) — The measurable business or product outcome the team is pursuing. Should be a single, clear metric (e.g., "increase 7-day retention to 40%"). This comes from your OKRs or product strategy. 2. **Opportunities** (second level) — Customer needs, pain points, or desires discovered through research. These are problems worth solving — not features. Frame them from the customer's perspective: "I struggle to..." or "I wish I could..." Prioritize using Opportunity Score: **Importance × (1 − Satisfaction)** (Dan Olsen, *The Lean Product Playbook*). Normalize Importance and Satisfaction to 0–1. …