Core Concepts
Vistaly bridges the gap between strategy and execution – with operational tools for aligning business objectives with day-to-day work.
What Vistaly IS:
- A unified system for translating business strategy into actionable work
- A collaborative environment where Builders can discover, prioritize, and execute on opportunities with GTM Teams
- Designed to maintain alignment between strategy and execution as the business and market evolve
What Vistaly IS NOT:
- A standalone goal-setting framework that sits separate from daily work
- Another task management tool
- A static documentation system
Key Insight 💡: Vistaly’s power comes from maintaining a living and networked strategy that evolves as teams learn, rather than becoming outdated documentation.
The Two Spaces
Vistaly features two interconnected spaces that address different aspects of product development while maintaining a coherent workflow.
The Strategy Space
The Strategy Space transforms abstract business objectives into structured, actionable guidance for teams. It serves as the foundation for all discovery and execution work.
The Discovery Space
The Discovery Space enables Builders to learn from customers, explore solutions, validate assumptions, and make informed decisions about what to build and how to build it.
Five Core Workflows
Vistaly supports five fundamental workflows that form a continuous cycle of strategy development, discovery, prioritization, execution, and learning.
1. Continuous Strategy (Strategy Space)
Develop and maintain a living strategy that evolves with changes to the business and market.
Key Activities:
- Articulate a vision or mission that gives purpose to your product
- Establish clear strategic constraints that guide decision-making
- Define metrics that measure business impact
- Set outcomes that teams rally around
2. Continuous Discovery (Discovery Space)
Systematically explore customer needs and market opportunities that are aligned with your strategic outcomes.
Key Activities:
- Conduct and document customer interviews
- Capture feedback from users and GTM teams
- Organize discovered opportunities by outcomes
- Identify patterns across multiple insights
3. Prioritization (Discovery Space)
Make informed decisions about where to invest limited resources for maximum impact.
Key Activities:
- Size opportunities using Vistaly’s built-in evaluation tools
- Communicate priorities clearly to stakeholders
- Align team efforts around high-value work
4. Ideation & Testing (Discovery Space)
Generate solution approaches and validate assumptions before committing significant resources.
Key Activities:
- Brainstorm diverse solutions for prioritized opportunities
- Identify critical assumptions underlying proposed solutions
- Design experiments to test assumptions with minimal investment
- Track experiment results and extract learnings
5. Communicating Progress (Strategy Space)
Maintain alignment by sharing learnings, decisions, and progress against strategic outcomes.
Key Activities:
- Generate automated reports showing progress against outcomes
- Showcase key insights driving product decisions
- Provide visibility into upcoming priorities