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Strategy & DiscoverySD-06
User interviews — synthesis & distribution
Synthesise across participants without counting repeated mentions as independent evidence; communicate decisions with their support.
Product statusAvailable now
Input3 required inputsCompleted interview records and debrief notes · Research question · Initiative focus and approved Product Brain guidance
SkillsSynthesise supplied evidence · Record decisions and follow-up · Prepare task contextResearcher + Product Researcher Agent
OutcomeFindings recap: themes with participant references, insight → recommendation → evidence, open questions and next decisions.Result only
Owner
Researcher
Human + Agent
Participants · Agents
Product ManagerDesignerProduct Researcher Agent
Trigger
A bounded set of interview records is complete.
Required context
Customer evidenceCompleted interview records and debrief notesProduct BrainResearch questionProduct BrainInitiative focus and approved Product Brain guidance
Optional context
FilesTranscriptsConfluenceExisting research and conflicting findings
Skills
Synthesise supplied evidenceRecord decisions and follow-upPrepare task context
Suggested conversation arc
- 1Establish research coverageConfirm included sessions, missing records and the participant mix. Preserve provenance and avoid treating an incomplete sample as complete.Skills: Prepare task context
- 2Cluster evidence into themesGroup observations by underlying pattern, retaining participant references, counterexamples and uncertainty. Separate repeated independent evidence from many mentions by one person.Skills: Synthesise supplied evidence
- 3Agree product implicationsCompare the strongest findings with the original question and select recommendations. Distinguish supported decisions from new hypotheses needing research.
- 4Prepare the findings recapCreate a scannable insight → recommendation → evidence recap with unresolved questions and agreed next decisions. Retain source links instead of distributing a transcript dump.Skills: Record decisions and follow-up
Output
Findings recap: themes with participant references, insight → recommendation → evidence, open questions and next decisions.
Artifacts
Result only
What good looks like
- Material findings point to supplied evidence.
- Contradictions and incomplete coverage remain visible.
- No manufactured testimony, statistics or causal certainty.
Quality gate
The Researcher and the Product Manager agree which findings are supported decisions and which stay hypotheses.
Destination
Product BrainConfluence
Usually next
People and agents work from the same Product Brain. The owner stays accountable. Assigned agents prepare and check. A named person approves at the gate.
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