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This template is designed to guide product managers in socializing & articulating a problem statement that effectively communicates the core issues to be addressed.
# framing-the-problem-statement.md --- ```markdown ## Problem Framing Canvas Template ### Problem Framing Narrative **I am**: [Describe the key persona experiencing the problem, highlighting 3 to 4 key points about their interaction with the problem] - [Key pain point or characteristic about the persona's underserved need 1]. - [Key pain point or characteristic about the persona's underserved need 2]. - [Key pain point or characteristic about the persona's underserved need 3]. **Trying to**: - [A single sentence that lists the desired outcomes the key persona cares most about]. **But**: - [Describe the barriers preventing the persona from achieving the desired outcomes] - [Job-to-be-done or outcome obstruction 1]. - [Job-to-be-done or outcome obstruction 2]. - [Job-to-be-done or outcome obstruction 3]. **Because**: - [Seek to describe the root cause of the problem or barrier empathetically]. **Which makes me feel**: - [Describe the emotions felt from the key persona's perspective]. ### Context & Constraints - [Enumerate the context and constraints facing the persona(s), including geographic, technological, time-based, or demographic factors.] ### Final Problem Statement - [Create a single, concise statement that provides a powerful and empathetic summary narrative of the problem to be shared with stakeholders, customers, engineering, UX, etc.] --- *This prompt is adapted from [Product Manager Prompts](https://github.com/deanpeters/product-manager-prompts) by Dean Peters (MIT License).*
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