# Value Realization

> Check whether users can discover, understand, believe, and experience product value. Use when evaluating concepts, activation, onboarding, adoption, messaging, time-to-value, or unclear product direction; avoid for business-model economics, JTBD motivation research, or CTA-level optimization.

- Skill: `flpbalada/value-realization` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 5 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add flpbalada/value-realization`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/flpbalada/value-realization/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: AI & ML
- Author: flpbalada (https://skillmd.com/u/flpbalada)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/flpbalada/value-realization

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# Value Realization

## Goal

Determine whether users can discover, understand, believe, and experience product value.

## Rules

- Analyze end-user value, not only buyer value.
- Separate value clarity from value delivery.
- Check the time needed to feel value.
- Look for invisible value that users cannot notice.
- Tie recommendations to evidence or assumptions.
- Do not fix messaging when the product value is missing.

## Four Dimensions

- Clarity: users understand what value is offered.
- Timeline: users know when value appears and can reach it soon enough.
- Perception: users believe the value matters and is credible.
- Discovery: users can find the path to value.

## Flow

1. Define target user and job.
2. State promised value.
3. Score clarity, timeline, perception, and discovery.
4. Identify where users drop off or misunderstand.
5. Map value moments in the product journey.
6. Recommend highest-impact fixes.
7. Define metrics.

## Signals

- Users cannot explain product value.
- First useful outcome takes too long.
- Messaging describes features, not outcomes.
- Users miss key actions.
- Value appears only after setup.
- Buyer value differs from daily user value.

## Metrics

- Activation rate.
- Time to first value.
- Feature adoption.
- Retention by first value reached.
- Qualitative value recall.
- Conversion from onboarding step to core action.

## Progressive Disclosure

This skill provides detailed examples through context files. Load them when needed:

| Context File                    | When to Load                                    |
| ------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
| `context/decision-flow.md`      | Scoring trade-offs, journey stage analysis, ready-to-ship criteria |
| `context/enterprise-guide.md`   | B2B/B2E products with separate buyer/end-user analysis |
| `context/examples.md`           | Real-world success/failure case studies |
| `references/real-cases.md`      | Optional deeper product case studies |

## Output

```md
## Value Realization Analysis
- Target user:
- Promised value:
- Clarity score:
- Timeline score:
- Perception score:
- Discovery score:
- Main gaps:
- Recommended fixes:
- Metrics:
```