Write a useful
product definition

What you will produce

A short product statement, an audience description, and a bounded first-release scope. You need a text editor and one project idea.

1. State the problem

Describe what someone struggles to do today. Focus on the person and the task before choosing a framework.

People exploring my projects need one place to understand their purpose, status, and supporting work.

2. Identify the visitor

Choose a primary audience. Add secondary audiences only when their needs are distinct.

3. Describe the useful outcome

Write what the person should be able to do. For OrbitalTech: find a project, understand its status, inspect the work, or start a conversation.

4. Bound the first release

List the minimum pages and actions needed for that outcome. Keep future capabilities in a separate list.

5. Make it reviewable

Write an acceptance criterion for each important action. For example: every product card opens a detail page that clearly states its development status.

Check your result

Ask someone to identify the audience, purpose, first-release scope, and open decisions from your draft. If they cannot, simplify the wording or narrow the scope.

If you get stuck

If the definition becomes a technology list, return to the visitor’s task. If it describes several unrelated products, define each separately.