Product Discovery & User Research
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Correct answer: D. Whether the engineers can build it with the time, skills and technology available
Explanation
The principle — feasibility is a question about capability, and the people with the answer are the ones who would build it.
Why the key is correct — Cagan's feasibility risk asks whether our engineers can build what we need with the time, skills and technology we have The constraint is what this team has now, not what some team could do in principle.
Why the others are wrong — a product manager's read on the calendar is not the same evidence, and substituting it is how build estimates go wrong. Business viability is a separate risk about the rest of the organisation, and usability is answered by watching someone try the task.
Remember this — feasibility is answered by the engineers, against the time, skills and technology in the room.
Sources — Marty Cagan on the four big risks, Silicon Valley Product Group.
Sources
“whether our engineers can build what we need with the time, skills and technology we have”
“whether this solution also works for the various aspects of our business”
“whether users can figure out how to use it”
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