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What are the three lenses of product analysis?
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Function — what it is for and what each part contributes. Performance — how well it does it, in numbers. Features — what it has, who each one serves, and which are never used.
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Why is the performance lens the important one?
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It is the only one that produces baseline numbers. Without them, "better than the existing product" cannot be claimed or tested.
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What does an unused feature tell a designer?
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Either it is not needed — so it can go, freeing cost and weight — or it is not understood, which is a usability failure. Both are findings.
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How do you use product analysis to inspire rather than copy?
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State the problem abstractly, find any product that solves it, and borrow the principle rather than the shape — then name the constraint that stops you copying it outright.
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