Discovery Track
The parallel workstream where a team investigates problems before committing to delivery.
Definition
Introduced by Marty Cagan and Jeff Patton, the discovery track runs in parallel to the delivery track, a team is always discovering what to build next while delivering what was decided. Product Ops often owns the ritual that moves items from discovery to delivery (e.g. a weekly 'ready to commit' review) and the artifacts (opportunity briefs, bet docs) that make discovery outputs legible.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Introduced by Marty Cagan and Jeff Patton, the discovery track runs in parallel to the delivery track, a team is always discovering what to build next while delivering what was decided. Product Ops often owns the ritual that moves items from discovery to delivery (e.g. a weekly 'ready to commit' review) and the artifacts (opportunity briefs, bet docs) that make discovery outputs legible.
Discovery Track is also commonly called Dual-Track Agile, Discovery-Delivery. The terms are used interchangeably in most Product Operations contexts.
Discovery Track is part of the Product Operations vocabulary under the process category. Product Ops leaders use this concept when running planning rituals, setting operating standards, and aligning cross-functional stakeholders.