Product discovery & research · Working
Value hypothesis
Also called: value assumption
ELI5
A guess that customers will care enough to act.
Used in conversation
“The value hypothesis is stronger for compliance teams.”
Definition
A testable belief that customers will perceive, adopt or pay for the proposed value.
Here “Value hypothesis” means: A testable belief that customers will perceive, adopt or pay for the proposed value.
Pitch context
You will see “Value hypothesis” in product strategy decks, roadmaps, experiments and architecture reviews when the discussion reaches product discovery & research.
Why it matters: It helps a reader interpret product discovery & research without confusing the measure, decision, role or evidence being discussed.
Sources & evidence · 2
Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.
- Scrum Guides — The Scrum Guide — official current versionSupporting source family · primary · checked 2026-08-16
- National Institute of Standards and Technology — Computer Security Resource Center GlossarySupporting source family · primary · checked 2026-08-16