Product Design Practice Cases

41 practice cases

• Design a Travel Planning App for Users with Physical Disabilities

  Design a travel planning application specifically tailored for people with physical disabilities. Consider their unique challenges and how existing solutions might fall short. What features would you include, and how would you ensure the app’s usability for this user group?

• Design a Sustainable Fashion Platform for Resale: Compete with Depop

  Design a sustainable fashion platform that focuses on resale and differentiates from existing players like Depop. Consider user segments, pain points, and unique features to stand out in the market.

• Spotify-style Playlist Sharing for Online Learning Platforms

  How would you apply Spotify's curated playlist concept to an online learning platform like Coursera?

• Cross-Industry Design: TikTok Features for Real Estate Listings

  How would you integrate TikTok-style short video features into a real estate listing platform like Zillow to enhance user engagement and conversion?

• Design a News App for Illiterate Users in Developing Regions

  How would you design a news application specifically for illiterate users in developing regions, considering constraints like low internet connectivity and limited smartphone features? Consider a company like BBC aiming to increase reach and engagement.

• Predictive Maintenance for Legacy Industrial Machines (Siemens)

  You're the Lead PM at Siemens Industrial, tasked with improving Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) across factories still using 30-year-old CNC machines. Your mandate is to design a digital solution that provides real-time machine monitoring and predictive maintenance alerts for these legacy syst

• NASA Deep-Space Mission Resource Planner

  You're the Lead Product Manager for Mission Operations at NASA. Design a novel software tool to assist deep-space mission planners in optimizing resource allocation (power, bandwidth, crew time) for long-duration missions, where communication latency is a primary constraint. How would you approach i

• Designing an Endangered Language Preservation App

  Imagine you're a PM at a non-profit dedicated to preserving endangered languages. How would you design a mobile application that empowers the last 50 speakers of a critically endangered language to record and contribute their oral histories and unique vocabulary, considering they may have limited di

• Chewy Pet Parent Companion Design

  As a Product Manager at Chewy, you've identified a significant unmet need among first-time pet owners who struggle with the overwhelming initial months of bringing a new pet home. How would you design a brand-new digital product or feature to support them, focusing on increasing their confidence and

• Designing for Remote-Living Digital Nomads on Airbnb

  You're a PM at Airbnb. The platform sees a growing segment of users seeking long-term stays in extremely remote, off-grid locations for months at a time. How would you design a new product or enhance existing features to better serve these 'remote-living' digital nomads, and what key metric would yo

• Coursera vs. MasterClass: Designing for Professional Skill Development

  MasterClass has successfully cornered the market for premium, celebrity-led online courses focused on inspiration. Imagine you're a PM at Coursera. How would you design a new product offering to compete with MasterClass, specifically targeting professionals seeking tangible skills development, and w

• Designing Agri-Tech for Offline Smallholders

  You're the Lead PM at AgriSense, a startup building agricultural technology. Your team needs to design a crop monitoring solution for smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa. The key constraints are: zero internet connectivity in fields, devices must withstand extreme heat and dust for years on a

• Redesigning Complex Grocery Delivery Checkout

  How would you redesign the checkout process for a grocery delivery app (like Instacart or Amazon Fresh) to minimize cognitive load for users managing large, complex orders, while also ensuring high conversion rates?

• Indoor Navigation for Visually Impaired Users on Google Maps

  Imagine you are the Head of Product for Google Maps. Design a new feature that enables visually impaired users to confidently navigate complex, unfamiliar indoor spaces, such as large international airports or multi-story convention centers.

• Design a 'Local Gems' feature for Google Maps

  Imagine you're a PM at Google Maps. Design a new feature to help users discover hidden gems – like unique local cafes, boutiques, or quiet park spots – in their immediate neighborhood.