Syllabus Lesson 107 of 141 · Past the tenth idea
Past the tenth idea

Studio: pitch it and spar

Why it matters An idea you cannot explain in a paragraph is not ready, and an idea nobody has argued with is not tested.

Studio: this is checked only for being done, not for being good.

Take one idea from your banned-top-ten list or your constraint cards (or the "what changed" feature). Write a one-paragraph pitch: who it is for, what problem it solves that the top ten do not, and how you would know it works. Then ask the tutor to argue against it. Ask for objections, not improvements: "Give me the three strongest reasons this feature should not be built." Write down the ones that land, and what you would test first.

Recap Pitch, then spar, then name the first test. The objections are the useful output.

Your turn

Set pitch to your one-paragraph pitch (at least 40 words), objections to a list of at least 3 objections from sparring (strings), and first_test to the first thing you would check with real users (one sentence).

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