Something that's always bothered me: product validation frameworks (Lean Startup, etc, but mostly Lean Startup) usually talk about the methodology like the methodology is the thing.
But I've often found that product taste is just as important.
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Product taste is tacit, and so it doesn't get talked about as much. Here's a throwaway paragraph in Working Backwards, for instance, on Amazon's PR/FAQ process:
(It *does* seem like it runs on the backs of 'people who've done it before, doesn't it?)
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Corollary: if you attempt to copy the process without putting in place experienced people, the people with good product taste, odds are pretty good that you'll fail.
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