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Pain point

Meaning in product management, with examples

nounCore term

In product management, pain point means: A specific problem, frustration or difficulty that users experience, which a product can solve or reduce.

In Turkish: sıkıntı noktası, acı noktası, temel sorun

How it is used

Heard in research findings, sales calls and strategy discussions. You identify, uncover, address and solve pain points. The strongest products usually solve a pain point that users already try to fix with workarounds such as spreadsheets.

Example sentences

  1. The biggest pain point for our drivers is waiting at the warehouse.

  2. Every interview mentioned the same pain point: invoices take too long to approve.

Common collocations

  • customer pain point
  • address a pain point
  • biggest pain point
  • solve a pain point
  • identify pain points
  • user researchThe study of how real users behave, what they need and what problems they have, through methods such as interviews, surveys and usability tests.
  • customer interviewA one-to-one conversation with a current or potential customer to understand their needs, habits and problems, usually as part of product discovery.
  • problem statementA short, clear description of the user problem a team is trying to solve, who has it and why it matters, written before discussing solutions.
  • value propositionA clear statement of the main benefit a product gives its customers and why they should choose it over other options.
  • jobs to be doneA way of understanding customers by focusing on the progress they are trying to make in a given situation, their “job”, rather than on their profile or the features they ask for.

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