5-step validation questionnaire
Answer the questions a good product strategist would ask — before you write a line of code.
Most projects stall because the thinking never gets written down. Ideon replaces the blank page with a structured interview: five steps that walk you from the problem you are solving through to the technical constraints you have to live with.
Each step groups a small set of questions. You write your answers in plain language — no templates, no jargon required. Everything is saved as you type, so you can stop halfway through, close the tab and pick up exactly where you left off.
The answers you give here are the input to everything else Ideon produces. A sharper questionnaire produces a sharper mindmap, a tighter PRD and a task list you can actually sequence.
Why structure beats a blank page
A blank document invites you to write down what you already believe. A structured interview forces you to answer the parts you have been avoiding — who exactly feels this problem, and what happens if nobody solves it. Ideon asks those questions in a fixed order so the gaps surface early, while changing the plan is still cheap.
Your answers are the only input
Nothing Ideon produces comes from a generic template. The mindmap, the PRD, the feature specs and the task list are all derived from the five sets of answers you give, plus the project title and description. Improve the answers and every downstream document improves with them.
Built for interrupted work
Each step is persisted to your project as you move forward. Close the tab mid-thought, come back tomorrow, or jump back to step one after a conversation changes your mind — your progress is always where you left it.
What you get
Five focused steps
Problem and target user, solution and differentiation, MVP scope, business model, then technical constraints — the same ground a product strategist would cover in a kick-off.
Autosaved as you type
Every step is persisted to your project the moment you move on, so nothing is lost if you step away.
Jump between steps freely
The stepper is clickable. Go back and refine your problem statement after you have thought through scope — the later documents are regenerated from your latest answers.
Works from scratch or from code
In idea mode the questions assume a blank slate. In codebase mode they adapt so the plan reflects what already exists.
How it works
- 1
Problem & target user
Describe the problem, who feels it most acutely and how severe it is for them.
- 2
Solution & differentiation
Explain your approach, what people use today instead, and why they would switch.
- 3
Scope & MVP
Separate the few features that must exist in v1 from the ones that can wait.
- 4
Business model
How the product sustains itself, and the single metric that defines success.
- 5
Technical constraints
Preferred stack, timeline, team size and anything the plan has to respect.
Good for
- Founders who have an idea but no written plan
- Teams kicking off a new product or a major feature
- Anyone about to hand work to an AI coding agent