This guide outlines how to use Castspells.io throughout your product management lifecycle, from initial discovery through delivery and optimization using the available features.
Overview
Castspells.io supports a structured approach to product management that emphasizes evidence-based decision making, systematic validation, and continuous learning. The platform is organized around these key phases:
Discovery - Understanding your market, users, and validating Assumptions
Delivery - Building and shipping solutions based on validated insights
The Discovery Phase
Discovery is about reducing uncertainty before you build. Use these tools to understand your market, validate Assumptions, and identify the right problems to solve.
Begin by understanding your competitive landscape and market opportunity:
Research market size, growth trends, and key segments
Identify direct and indirect competitors
Analyze market gaps and opportunities
Use spells to accelerate market analysis
Pro Tip
Strong Market Research provides the foundation for all other discovery activities. Invest time here to ensure you're solving problems in markets worth pursuing.
Transform research into actionable development work:
Break down validated insights into specific features
Write user stories that connect to validated Personas and needs
Prioritize development work based on research findings
Link stories back to the research and validation that supports them
Link to Process: Research-backed user stories ensure development work solves real user problems.
Workflow Integration
Linking Research to Decisions
Every feature and strategic decision should connect back to:
Market Research showing the opportunity exists
Customer Voice confirming user needs and problems through Personas and interviews
Validated Assumptions about user behavior and preferences
Data and Insights supporting your decisions
Using References Throughout
The platform's reference system helps you maintain traceability:
Link Personas to Market Research and customer interviews
Connect Assumptions to specific user insights and market data
Tie Tasks to the research and Assumptions that support them
Associate Data and Insights with the Assumptions they validate
Spell-Powered Acceleration
Use spells strategically throughout the process:
Early Discovery: Generate initial Personas and market insights
Validation: Analyze interview transcripts and survey data
Problem Understanding: Extract jobs-to-be-done from customer conversations
Delivery: Create user stories from validated insights
Best Practices
1. Start with Assumptions
Before diving into research, document what you already believe. This helps you design focused validation experiments.
2. Validate Riskiest Assumptions First
Use the Assumption prioritization tools to focus on beliefs that, if wrong, would most impact your success.
3. Maintain Traceability
Keep clear links between research, insights, decisions, and delivered features. This helps you learn from both successes and failures.
4. Iterate Based on Learning
Use each cycle of research and delivery to inform the next. Product management is an iterative process of learning and improvement.
5. Collaborate with Context
Share research and insights across your team. The platform's reference system helps everyone understand the "why" behind decisions.
Process Success
The most successful product teams use this process iteratively - cycling through discovery and delivery multiple times as they learn and grow their products.
Common Workflow Patterns
New Product Development
Market Research → Customer Voice → Assumptions → Data & Insights → Interviews → Tasks
Market Research → Assumptions → Data & Insights → Customer Voice → Interviews
Each pattern emphasizes different aspects of the discovery process while maintaining the core principle of evidence-based decision making using only the available features in Castspells.io.
