Data Product Discovery Checklist

Great data products start with ruthless prioritisation. I keep a simple checklist at hand whenever kicking off a new engagement.

Frame the opportunity

1. Capture the business question in one sentence.
2. List the signals that already exist across teams.
3. Document the decision cadence: who needs answers and when.

Score the data

Checkpoint	Question	Confidence
Source	Do we trust the provenance of this data?	medium
Freshness	Can we keep it current without heroics?	low
Privacy	Will legal and security be comfortable?	high

Plan the narrative

• Prototype the insight communication with fake data.
• Bake success metrics into the first dashboard iteration.
• Schedule the �demo rehearsal� with the people who matter most.

This checklist keeps discovery biased toward outcomes instead of endless exploration.