Building a product people actually want requires more than a great idea � it requires a disciplined process for discovering and validating the right market. This course introduces the Customer Development framework, a proven approach to testing assumptions, understanding what customers truly need, and identifying the most effective tactics for reaching and converting them. You’ll come away with a practical, customer-first mindset that reduces costly guesswork and significantly improves your chances of bringing the right product to market.
Skills you will learn:
Business Sense
Learning Objectives
Define budget estimation by understanding how it forecasts the costs and resources needed to deliver a project or plan.
Explain why budget estimation matters by reducing financial surprises, improving decision-making, and protecting timelines and scope.
Use budget estimates to drive control and accountability by supporting approvals, resource planning, tracking variances, and guiding trade-off decisions.
Apply generally accepted good practices by using clear assumptions, realistic contingencies, updated estimates, documented sources, and regular review against actuals.