Understanding product risk

Failing to understand product risk is one of the greatest threats to successful digital product development.

What are the most common product risks?

Many organisations can fall into 3 main corporate product traps which often result in product initiatives in large organisations failing. These traps are the build trap, the feasibility trap and the business viability trap. Each represents a different area of product risk covering utilisation or take-up, usability, technical feasibility and deliverability of your digital product or service. 


“I’ve built a product but nobody uses it..”

Build or Value Trap

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“I designed a product and it took longer than I thought to deliver it, or it we failed to deliver at all”

Feasibility Trap

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“We’ve designed or built a product but my stakeholders don’t support it, legal won’t approve it and sales say they can’t sell it.”

Business Viability Trap

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Get started with product risk

Would you like to learn more about product risk and how to avoid the common product traps? Watch our short video which explains  the 3 corporate product traps and what to do to avoid falling into them (5:10 watch).

We help organisations understand and manage their product risk, contact us if you'd like to find out more.

Benefits of understanding and managing product risk?

Increased revenue

Decrease time to market, reduce wasted cost developing products which fail.

Increased growth

Increase user satisfaction and product uptake resulting in growth and competitive advantage.

Drive innovation

Reduce the risk of competition in your market and quickly develop new products in your portfolio.

Free consultation & digital product health check report

To help you on your journey developing your digital product, we offer the following absolutely free:

  • 30 minute video consultation to discuss your product
  • Health Check report with high level assessment of areas where you can improve your product development

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