CAPABILITIES
Find out what your focus community loves. Discover what would make your product relevant and helpful.
Usability/Adoption
Varies
Individual/group
Find the favorites! The ‘Capabilities’ activity is a great way to get input from everyone in the room about which features of an app or tool are relevant for them and/or their community. Discover favorites by asking participants to rate capabilities on a scale or with emojis!
MAterials Needed
List of tool capabilities
Writing utensils
Sticky notes or colored dots
For a remote deployment option, see facilitator guide.
How It’s Useful
For Development Teams
Prioritize features
Discover the importance of your product’s capabilities
For Product Teams
Understand which capabilities are relevant for a community
Prioritize features
For Organizations & Trainers
Identify community needs and desires
Example Outcome
Why We Love It
It can be hard to narrow down the capabilities of a product. This activity allows focus communities to choose their favorites according to what they want or need. We use variations of capabilities often in the concept development stages of a project when we’re defining or optimizing the experience for particular communities. It’s a great way to surface the most important features and help mitigate scope creep.
Get It Here!
In the facilitator guide, you’ll find all the instructions you need to deploy this activity. You can choose to print the activities, run them digitally, or go paperless. Have fun!
View ‘Our Research Principles’ for insight into what we consider when planning an engagement.
