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No. 051

Strategy

Jobs to Be Done

Jobs to Be Done (JTBD) is a framework that frames products around the underlying 'job' a customer is hiring them to accomplish.

Why it matters

Focusing on the job, not the features, keeps teams solving real motivations and reveals competitors you might otherwise miss.

In depth

JTBD shifts attention from demographics and features to the progress a customer is trying to make in a given situation. Understanding the functional, emotional, and social dimensions of that job helps teams design solutions people actually reach for.

Real-world example

People don't want a quarter-inch drill — they want a quarter-inch hole. They 'hire' a milkshake for a boring morning commute.

Visual

Job to be done

When a project wraps, I want to send a clean invoice in seconds, so I can get back to the work I love.

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