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• Discovering that nobody used our main feature was a real [eye-opener / pivot / guesswork] for the design team.
• The terrible quarterly review served as a much-needed [wake-up call / false start / validation] for the product managers in Boston.
• After looking at the survey data, we decided to [pivot / overlook / assume] toward a simpler mobile experience.
• The sudden direction [change / gap / bias] surprised everyone in the Seattle office.
• We found a major research [gap / guesswork / pivot] because nobody had interviewed casual users.
• Before writing any code, we need to [validate / misread / start over] these wireframes with real customers.
• User [validation / guesswork / bias] proved that our new navigation bar actually works.
• We should base our design decisions on analytics, not pure [guesswork / wake-up call / eye-opener] .
• Confirmation [bias / gap / pivot] made us ignore the negative feedback from our power users.
• Since the prototype failed all tests, we have to [start over / validate / pivot] with new user personas.
• Building the wrong prototype was a frustrating false [start / lead / step] for our agency in Chicago.

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