Product & Market

Jobs To Be Done

Evaluates how well each option fulfills the core job the user is hiring it for

Rubric Type

qualitative-impact

Complexity

medium

Extractor

strategy

Required Inputs

SolveRight's AI extractor automatically derives these data points from your decision description:

  • ✓core job
  • ✓functional outcomes
  • ✓emotional outcomes
  • ✓social outcomes

Best For

Product Managers

How Jobs To Be Done Works in SolveRight

When you run a decision through SolveRight, Jobs To Be Done is one of up to 155 frameworks that analyze your options simultaneously. The AI extractor identifies 4 key data points from your decision description, then the qualitative-impact rubric computes a normalized 0-100 score for each option. This score is combined with results from other frameworks to produce your overall ranking, with contradiction detection highlighting where Jobs To Be Donedisagrees with other methodologies.

Jobs To Be Done — Frequently Asked Questions

What is Jobs To Be Done?+
Evaluates how well each option fulfills the core job the user is hiring it for. In SolveRight, Jobs To Be Done uses a qualitative-impact rubric to compute a normalized 0–100 score for each option.
When should I use Jobs To Be Done?+
Jobs To Be Done is best suited for Product & Market decisions. It evaluates factors like core job, functional outcomes, emotional outcomes, making it valuable when you need assessing market fit, positioning, and competitive dynamics.
How does SolveRight use Jobs To Be Done?+
SolveRight runs Jobs To Be Done alongside up to 154 other frameworks simultaneously. The AI extractor identifies 4 key data points from your decision description, then the qualitative-impact rubric computes deterministic scores. If Jobs To Be Done disagrees with other frameworks, contradiction detection highlights the divergence.
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