Dogfooding is the practice of using one's own products or services within the organization that created them, replicating the experience of actual users. It is a method to test the product in a real-world environment to ensure its quality and improve user empathy.
- Dogfooding allows product managers to experience their product firsthand, leading to informed decisions based on personal experience rather than assumptions.
- It integrates seamlessly into workflows, promoting collaboration and feedback among team members, leading to faster iterations and improvements.
- Using feedback obtained from dogfooding sessions to prioritize features and fixes.
-Teams can discuss directly their experiences and suggest improvements.
- Testing AI models in internal scenarios to validate performance before public release.
- Feature Rollout
- User Experience (UX)
- Usability Testing
- Dogfooding: A simple practice to help you build better products
- Product Dogfooding in Software Development: A Guide
- The importance of dogfooding - Why product managers should use their products