How we think

Move from a good intention to a product decision a team can examine.

Jovemuraki treats planning as a way to make choices visible. The goal is not a perfect prediction; it is a useful, revisable picture of the task ahead.

Principle one

Start in a real situation.

An audience label cannot explain what a person is trying to do when their attention is limited, their information is incomplete, or their environment is noisy. A shared situation can.

Collect examples of the current path, including the workaround. This is a practical way to surface the invisible steps, misplaced expectations and language that a mobile product might need to respect.

A developer working beside a computer in an office

Name the moment

Describe the trigger, setting and consequence before deciding what screen should exist.

Map the loop

Show the beginning, action and outcome so the first release has a coherent product shape.

Learn deliberately

Use a prototype to challenge one assumption at a time and carry the observation back into the plan.

A planning rhythm

Observe, express, test, revise.

This rhythm encourages teams to keep the product close to the problem it intends to solve. Each pass should result in a clearer decision or a better question—not simply a larger set of screens.

  • Observation protects the team from mistaking an assumption for a fact.
  • Expression gives the group something specific to respond to.
  • Testing makes room for a person’s interpretation of the proposed flow.

The planning artefact

Choose the lightest artefact that helps the decision.

A short written scenario may be enough to align an early conversation. A sketch can expose a flow. A clickable prototype can show whether the wording and sequence make sense. The fidelity should serve the question, not create a performance of certainty.

Read the field guides

Questions a good artefact can hold

Meaning

What does the person think is happening?

Choice

What does the product invite them to decide?

Evidence

What will help the group change its mind?