Agile practitioners talk about the customer but who do they really mean? This presentation argues that the customer is not the person who is sponsoring the project - the 'product owner', the customer is the person whose life is touched by the product. It concludes with some recommendations for engaging the real customer in the process. It was presented at Qcon a couple of years ago, I narrate it here - http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=-8408360027459704260

1. Who are YOU building for? Marc McNeill

2. I’m going to talk about…

3. The person who has asked you to build a product is probably not the customer

4. You are (not usually) the customer.

5. What you think is cool might not be so cool for the customer

6. I’m going to suggest

7. observe your customers

8. model your customers

9. think like your customers

10. draw your ideas on paper

11. test test test

12. <start>

13. John

14. Goal

15. Install MSN messenger

16. download

17. Nothing happens

18. Download (2)

19. Nothing happens

20. Download (3)

21. Nothing happens

22. On his desktop

23. John didn’t know

24. Did you know John did this?

25. Skpe did

26. Skpe did

27. John visits a site that gives him an address book

28. John’s got a list

29. Select and action?

30. Let the user use their mouse!

31. Right click to select

32. To get options…

33. But the web doesn’t work like this…

34. John’s desktop?

35. John’s browser?

36. Drag this out of the browser?

37. Now John is confused

38. John likes Flickr

39. He doesn’t know about contacts

40. How did he know that clicking on Neville’s face

41. Would give him a button

42. That would give him all this functionality

43. How would John know?

45. Your scientists are so preoccupied with whether or not they could

46. that they didn't stop to think if they should

47. Just because

48. you can

49. Doesn’t mean that

50. you should

51. Remember boo.com?

52. Who were they building for?

53. Poorly designed for target audience going against many usability conventions

54. Think

55. About who you are building for

57. We are building for the customer

58. Who is the customer?

59. Meet Jim…

61. Hello. I’m CTO of Acme Bank

62. I’ve got a problem.

63. {He’s got a PROBLEM}

64. Meet Jane

65. Hi! I’m Jane!

66. I’ve got big brains

67. I’ll solve your problem.

68. {Jim Says…}

69. Great! Ease my pain.

70. {And Jane asks}

71. So what are your requirements?

72. ?

73. Our system is old...

74. And crap.

75. Oh!.

76. We want to migrate it

77. To a nice shiny box!.

78. We can do that!

79. {Jim Says…}

80. Jane, meet Freddy…

81. He’s the business

82. No, he’s the business

83. (He represents the business as well.)

84. Hello Jane. I’m the business.

85. {says Freddy}

86. Grrrrrr.

87. {Jane and Freddy Talk}

88. yada yada yada

89. {Sometime later}

90. {Jane says to the team…}

91. Hi team.

92. Hello Jane…

93. {say the team}

94. {And Jane says}

95. … the customer is pretty cool…

96. … There’s Jim. He’s got the solution vision

97. … And Freddy is the business. He’s got the requirements.

98. {… And the team say}

99. Let’s write that down…

101. {Sometime later}

102. Jim…

103. (That’s Jim the customer right?)

104. has given the project the go-ahead

105. And the team jump in and start planning

106. And come up with a plan

107. And the project starts

108. Hurray!

109. Hi Jane

110. (Says Freddy)

111. We’re moving from this box

112. To this box.

113. What’s the business value? ?

114. {She’s on the ball is Jane.}

115. The old box costs lots to maintain

116. And we’d like things to get a bit faster

117. To make our users faster.

118. Arrrr

119. Thinks Jane

120. {She’s got a big brain has Jane}

121. Who are our users?.

122. Oh, they are bank staff.

123. What do they do?

124. Oh you know. Bank stuff.

125. Like?.

126. Opening accounts.

127. Arrr. Tell me more.

128. Well right now it takes them a long time to complete the application…

129. because the box is slow

130. So you guys are going to fix it

131. With the new box

132. To make the application quicker.

133. OK

134. {says Jane.}

135. {And the developers say}

136. Install Subversion…

137. {Sometime later}

138. Tada!

139. The team

140. Have moved the functionality from one box to the other

141. It’s performance…

142. … is performant

143. They’ve delivered what the customer wanted

144. Gee you’re good.

145. {Meanwhile}

146. Meet Carol

147. She works in a branch

148. She uses the account opening application

149. It took her three months to learn to use it

150. It takes an hour to set up a new customer with an account.

151. The computer says no!

152. It sits on a new shiny box does it?

153. {Says Carol}

154. And head office thinks that’s good?

155. No one asked me

156. (Cheers head office)

157. It was poo last week

158. And it is poo this week

159. {Carol’s not impressed}

160. Hey!

161. Jim

162. Freddy

163. Jane

164. developers

165. Why didn’t you talk to Carol?.

166. Why didn’t you talk to Sarah?

167. Or Sheila?

168. Or Elsie?

169. (They work in the branches you know)

170. Or Aeron or Sue?

171. Or Chris?

172. Or Claudia?

173. Or Tara?

174. Or Doris or George?

175. Or this lot 1. Earline Hay 2. King Clarke 3. Janey Beals 4. Huey Churchill 5. Mort Groah 6. Chuck Rogers 7. Ludmilla Mildred 8. Keisha Crom 9. Maitland Benford 10. Leeann Anderson 11. Zola Yeskey 12. Lorin Powers 13. Ginny Sherlock 14. Amelia Albright 15. Ellis Howe 16. Alexa Kifer 17. Dane Ruhl 18. Mattie Countryman 19. Yaron Schuck 20. Griselda Hastings 21. Denholm Yates 22. Ruthie Gronko 23. Wenda Townsend 24. Mya Hatfield 25. Lakisha Hunter 26. Reina Buck 27. Isador Hayhurst 28. Felicity Moberly 29. Clyde Erschoff 30. Euphemia Swain 31. Adela Dugger 32. Ben Elliott 33. Ireland Hawker 34. Lovell Wise 35. Rosanne Berkheimer 36. Harper Yonkie 37. Cooper Pycroft 38. Zillah Billimek 39. Daren James 40. Madelyn Toyley 41. Alyson Throckmorton 42. Austen Laurenzi 43. Robertina Bousum 44. Stu Bagley 45. Malcolm Johnson 46. Oralie Herrold 47. Deforest Osteen 48. Kolour Busk 49. Reynold Henley 50. Sammie Wortman 51. Jalen Williamson 52. Syd Bowchiew 53. Yasmin Compton 54. Alaina Milne 55. Lynnette Teagarden 56. Tilly Fiscina 57. Juniper Baumgartner 58. Kathleen Children 59. Randy Cattley 60. Hettie Conrad 61. Ettie Swink 62. Dulcie Tedrow 63. Genesis Braun 64. Fern Warren 65. Wilmot Adams 66. Porsche Shupe 67. Petronella Handyside 68. Rosalind Roberts 69. Pia Pyle 70. Thomasina Mcelroy 71. Prudence Eggbert 72. Carine Buttermore 73. Cicely Hill 74. Tristand Fylbrigg 75. Clark Rosensteel 76. Chet Errett 77. Simonette Cady 78. Trudi Ewing 79. Marshall Gongaware 80. Delaney Whishaw 81. Kay Mathews 82. Jake Baldwin 83. Willy Poley 84. Placid Cable 85. Evie Hice 86. Faye Frankenberger 87. Lindsay Prechtl 88. Pamella Knisely 89. Rosaline Leichter 90. Livia Hynes 91. Eglantine Morland 92. Amias Best 93. Daffodil Gregory 94. Loretta Black 95. Bobbie Schmidt 96. Roderick Appleby 97. Kate Richter 98. Mason Williams 99. Caedmon Newman 100. Tamika Cass 101. Jaylen Pratt 102. Oscar Whitten 103. Romy Crawford 104. Abner Wade 105. Peta Kadel 106. Francis Sandford 107. Maybelline Reed 108. Ainsley Holtzer 109. Ellen Mcfall 110. Mathew Christman 111. Evangeline Jackson 112. Krystal Schere 113. Frank Mcindoe 114. Tad Hardie 115. Tanner Pinney 116. Barrie Wyatt 117. Chrysanta Foster 118. Lindsey Mortland 119. Denys Stanfield 120. Camron Miller 121. Bobby Rhinehart 122. Roydon Pery 123. Michaela Knight 124. Alix Woolery 125. Jaqueline Cribbs 126. Janet Fonblanque 127. Bindy Cowher 128. Collyn Sayre 129. Sabina Robertson 130. Delmar Pullman 131. Dewayne Echard 132. Cassian Hegarty 133. Anise Hall 134. Jaycob Zeal 135. Josephina Jowers 136. Bryan Mccune 137. Liane Herndon 138. Trixie Bunten 139. Shirlee Ruch 140. Jetta Powell 141. China Steiner 142. Korrine Candles 143. Constance Geddinge 144. Omega Otis 145. Desmond Baxter 146. Kaylyn Jackson 147. Fannie Holdeman 148. Hillary Brindle 149. Oz Jerome 150. Britney Lotherington 151. Dawn Poehl 152. Herbert Wynter 153. Amabel Hildyard 154. Marquis Butt 155. John Kuster 156. Lindsie Pennington 157. Kara Murray 158. Corine Myers 159. Gresham Weldy 160. Juliana Fields 161. Jericho Kooser 162. Sachie Hahn 163. Sharmaine Gibson 164. Jaquelyn Kight 165. Isaiah Werner 166. Temperance Prevatt 167. Darcy Sell 168. Lynwood Hughes 169. Landon Faast 170. Harvie Law 171. Marius Orbell 172. Derrick Hawkins 173. Petunia Noton 174. Tatiana Keister 175. Elenora Ward 176. Sanford Wile 177. Lilly Linton 178. Kellie Wiggins 179. Deena Sanborn 180. Xylia Carmichael 181. Herb Strickland 182. Alberta Foster 183. Ariana Reese 184. Gertie Maugham 185. Pat Newton 186. Chloe Haynes 187. Hebe Stewart 188. Sheldon Elder 189. Draven Eliza 190. Mercia Garland 191. Perlie Van 192. Scot Kline 193. Lizbeth Barnes 194. Joandra Blaine 195. Candy Tavoularis 196. Kian Mccullough 197. Alyce Patton 198. Ulysses Arthur 199. Dorothea Marjorie 200. Nena Pearsall 201. Christina Shea 202. Linette Dean 203. Tess Ehret 204. Judah Winton 205. Rheanna Beard 206. Nathanael Fischer 207. Tim Mckinnon 208. Katelynn Garratt 209. Laurie Dimsdale 210. Keefe Hair 211. Miles Buzzard 212. Julia Bellinger 213. Enola Lane 214. Mckenna Rockwell 215. Damian Knapenberger 216. Hattie Alington 217. Hunter Cram 218. Shauna Rader 219. Kezia Dugmore 220. Walker Osterweis 221. Quincy Philips 222. Wynter Burnett 223. Breana Isaman 224. Gomer Wheeler 225. Bea Tripp

176. (They are real customers you know)

177. All these people 1. Earline Hay 2. King Clarke 3. Janey Beals 4. Huey Churchill 5. Mort Groah 6. Chuck Rogers 7. Ludmilla Mildred 8. Keisha Crom 9. Maitland Benford 10. Leeann Anderson 11. Zola Yeskey 12. Lorin Powers 13. Ginny Sherlock 14. Amelia Albright 15. Ellis Howe 16. Alexa Kifer 17. Dane Ruhl 18. Mattie Countryman 19. Yaron Schuck 20. Griselda Hastings 21. Denholm Yates 22. Ruthie Gronko 23. Wenda Townsend 24. Mya Hatfield 25. Lakisha Hunter 26. Reina Buck 27. Isador Hayhurst 28. Felicity Moberly 29. Clyde Erschoff 30. Euphemia Swain 31. Adela Dugger 32. Ben Elliott 33. Ireland Hawker 34. Lovell Wise 35. Rosanne Berkheimer 36. Harper Yonkie 37. Cooper Pycroft 38. Zillah Billimek 39. Daren James 40. Madelyn Toyley 41. Alyson Throckmorton 42. Austen Laurenzi 43. Robertina Bousum 44. Stu Bagley 45. Malcolm Johnson 46. Oralie Herrold 47. Deforest Osteen 48. Kolour Busk 49. Reynold Henley 50. Sammie Wortman 51. Jalen Williamson 52. Syd Bowchiew 53. Yasmin Compton 54. Alaina Milne 55. Lynnette Teagarden 56. Tilly Fiscina 57. Juniper Baumgartner 58. Kathleen Children 59. Randy Cattley 60. Hettie Conrad 61. Ettie Swink 62. Dulcie Tedrow 63. Genesis Braun 64. Fern Warren 65. Wilmot Adams 66. Porsche Shupe 67. Petronella Handyside 68. Rosalind Roberts 69. Pia Pyle 70. Thomasina Mcelroy 71. Prudence Eggbert 72. Carine Buttermore 73. Cicely Hill 74. Tristand Fylbrigg 75. Clark Rosensteel 76. Chet Errett 77. Simonette Cady 78. Trudi Ewing 79. Marshall Gongaware 80. Delaney Whishaw 81. Kay Mathews 82. Jake Baldwin 83. Willy Poley 84. Placid Cable 85. Evie Hice 86. Faye Frankenberger 87. Lindsay Prechtl 88. Pamella Knisely 89. Rosaline Leichter 90. Livia Hynes 91. Eglantine Morland 92. Amias Best 93. Daffodil Gregory 94. Loretta Black 95. Bobbie Schmidt 96. Roderick Appleby 97. Kate Richter 98. Mason Williams 99. Caedmon Newman 100. Tamika Cass 101. Jaylen Pratt 102. Oscar Whitten 103. Romy Crawford 104. Abner Wade 105. Peta Kadel 106. Francis Sandford 107. Maybelline Reed 108. Ainsley Holtzer 109. Ellen Mcfall 110. Mathew Christman 111. Evangeline Jackson 112. Krystal Schere 113. Frank Mcindoe 114. Tad Hardie 115. Tanner Pinney 116. Barrie Wyatt 117. Chrysanta Foster 118. Lindsey Mortland 119. Denys Stanfield 120. Camron Miller 121. Bobby Rhinehart 122. Roydon Pery 123. Michaela Knight 124. Alix Woolery 125. Jaqueline Cribbs 126. Janet Fonblanque 127. Bindy Cowher 128. Collyn Sayre 129. Sabina Robertson 130. Delmar Pullman 131. Dewayne Echard 132. Cassian Hegarty 133. Anise Hall 134. Jaycob Zeal 135. Josephina Jowers 136. Bryan Mccune 137. Liane Herndon 138. Trixie Bunten 139. Shirlee Ruch 140. Jetta Powell 141. China Steiner 142. Korrine Candles 143. Constance Geddinge 144. Omega Otis 145. Desmond Baxter 146. Kaylyn Jackson 147. Fannie Holdeman 148. Hillary Brindle 149. Oz Jerome 150. Britney Lotherington 151. Dawn Poehl 152. Herbert Wynter 153. Amabel Hildyard 154. Marquis Butt 155. John Kuster 156. Lindsie Pennington 157. Kara Murray 158. Corine Myers 159. Gresham Weldy 160. Juliana Fields 161. Jericho Kooser 162. Sachie Hahn 163. Sharmaine Gibson 164. Jaquelyn Kight 165. Isaiah Werner 166. Temperance Prevatt 167. Darcy Sell 168. Lynwood Hughes 169. Landon Faast 170. Harvie Law 171. Marius Orbell 172. Derrick Hawkins 173. Petunia Noton 174. Tatiana Keister 175. Elenora Ward 176. Sanford Wile 177. Lilly Linton 178. Kellie Wiggins 179. Deena Sanborn 180. Xylia Carmichael 181. Herb Strickland 182. Alberta Foster 183. Ariana Reese 184. Gertie Maugham 185. Pat Newton 186. Chloe Haynes 187. Hebe Stewart 188. Sheldon Elder 189. Draven Eliza 190. Mercia Garland 191. Perlie Van 192. Scot Kline 193. Lizbeth Barnes 194. Joandra Blaine 195. Candy Tavoularis 196. Kian Mccullough 197. Alyce Patton 198. Ulysses Arthur 199. Dorothea Marjorie 200. Nena Pearsall 201. Christina Shea 202. Linette Dean 203. Tess Ehret 204. Judah Winton 205. Rheanna Beard 206. Nathanael Fischer 207. Tim Mckinnon 208. Katelynn Garratt 209. Laurie Dimsdale 210. Keefe Hair 211. Miles Buzzard 212. Julia Bellinger 213. Enola Lane 214. Mckenna Rockwell 215. Damian Knapenberger 216. Hattie Alington 217. Hunter Cram 218. Shauna Rader 219. Kezia Dugmore 220. Walker Osterweis 221. Quincy Philips 222. Wynter Burnett 223. Breana Isaman 224. Gomer Wheeler 225. Bea Tripp

178. Their lives are touched by the system.

179. Jim’s isn’t

180. Nor is Freddy’s

181. The people

182. Who you

183. And you

184. Called the customer.

185. To you

186. (She’s just a user)

187. (Sorry)

188. A user.

189. And these people 1. Earline Hay 2. King Clarke 3. Janey Beals 4. Huey Churchill 5. Mort Groah 6. Chuck Rogers 7. Ludmilla Mildred 8. Keisha Crom 9. Maitland Benford 10. Leeann Anderson 11. Zola Yeskey 12. Lorin Powers 13. Ginny Sherlock 14. Amelia Albright 15. Ellis Howe 16. Alexa Kifer 17. Dane Ruhl 18. Mattie Countryman 19. Yaron Schuck 20. Griselda Hastings 21. Denholm Yates 22. Ruthie Gronko 23. Wenda Townsend 24. Mya Hatfield 25. Lakisha Hunter 26. Reina Buck 27. Isador Hayhurst 28. Felicity Moberly 29. Clyde Erschoff 30. Euphemia Swain 31. Adela Dugger 32. Ben Elliott 33. Ireland Hawker 34. Lovell Wise 35. Rosanne Berkheimer 36. Harper Yonkie 37. Cooper Pycroft 38. Zillah Billimek 39. Daren James 40. Madelyn Toyley 41. Alyson Throckmorton 42. Austen Laurenzi 43. Robertina Bousum 44. Stu Bagley 45. Malcolm Johnson 46. Oralie Herrold 47. Deforest Osteen 48. Kolour Busk 49. Reynold Henley 50. Sammie Wortman 51. Jalen Williamson 52. Syd Bowchiew 53. Yasmin Compton 54. Alaina Milne 55. Lynnette Teagarden 56. Tilly Fiscina 57. Juniper Baumgartner 58. Kathleen Children 59. Randy Cattley 60. Hettie Conrad 61. Ettie Swink 62. Dulcie Tedrow 63. Genesis Braun 64. Fern Warren 65. Wilmot Adams 66. Porsche Shupe 67. Petronella Handyside 68. Rosalind Roberts 69. Pia Pyle 70. Thomasina Mcelroy 71. Prudence Eggbert 72. Carine Buttermore 73. Cicely Hill 74. Tristand Fylbrigg 75. Clark Rosensteel 76. Chet Errett 77. Simonette Cady 78. Trudi Ewing 79. Marshall Gongaware 80. Delaney Whishaw 81. Kay Mathews 82. Jake Baldwin 83. Willy Poley 84. Placid Cable 85. Evie Hice 86. Faye Frankenberger 87. Lindsay Prechtl 88. Pamella Knisely 89. Rosaline Leichter 90. Livia Hynes 91. Eglantine Morland 92. Amias Best 93. Daffodil Gregory 94. Loretta Black 95. Bobbie Schmidt 96. Roderick Appleby 97. Kate Richter 98. Mason Williams 99. Caedmon Newman 100. Tamika Cass 101. Jaylen Pratt 102. Oscar Whitten 103. Romy Crawford 104. Abner Wade 105. Peta Kadel 106. Francis Sandford 107. Maybelline Reed 108. Ainsley Holtzer 109. Ellen Mcfall 110. Mathew Christman 111. Evangeline Jackson 112. Krystal Schere 113. Frank Mcindoe 114. Tad Hardie 115. Tanner Pinney 116. Barrie Wyatt 117. Chrysanta Foster 118. Lindsey Mortland 119. Denys Stanfield 120. Camron Miller 121. Bobby Rhinehart 122. Roydon Pery 123. Michaela Knight 124. Alix Woolery 125. Jaqueline Cribbs 126. Janet Fonblanque 127. Bindy Cowher 128. Collyn Sayre 129. Sabina Robertson 130. Delmar Pullman 131. Dewayne Echard 132. Cassian Hegarty 133. Anise Hall 134. Jaycob Zeal 135. Josephina Jowers 136. Bryan Mccune 137. Liane Herndon 138. Trixie Bunten 139. Shirlee Ruch 140. Jetta Powell 141. China Steiner 142. Korrine Candles 143. Constance Geddinge 144. Omega Otis 145. Desmond Baxter 146. Kaylyn Jackson 147. Fannie Holdeman 148. Hillary Brindle 149. Oz Jerome 150. Britney Lotherington 151. Dawn Poehl 152. Herbert Wynter 153. Amabel Hildyard 154. Marquis Butt 155. John Kuster 156. Lindsie Pennington 157. Kara Murray 158. Corine Myers 159. Gresham Weldy 160. Juliana Fields 161. Jericho Kooser 162. Sachie Hahn 163. Sharmaine Gibson 164. Jaquelyn Kight 165. Isaiah Werner 166. Temperance Prevatt 167. Darcy Sell 168. Lynwood Hughes 169. Landon Faast 170. Harvie Law 171. Marius Orbell 172. Derrick Hawkins 173. Petunia Noton 174. Tatiana Keister 175. Elenora Ward 176. Sanford Wile 177. Lilly Linton 178. Kellie Wiggins 179. Deena Sanborn 180. Xylia Carmichael 181. Herb Strickland 182. Alberta Foster 183. Ariana Reese 184. Gertie Maugham 185. Pat Newton 186. Chloe Haynes 187. Hebe Stewart 188. Sheldon Elder 189. Draven Eliza 190. Mercia Garland 191. Perlie Van 192. Scot Kline 193. Lizbeth Barnes 194. Joandra Blaine 195. Candy Tavoularis 196. Kian Mccullough 197. Alyce Patton 198. Ulysses Arthur 199. Dorothea Marjorie 200. Nena Pearsall 201. Christina Shea 202. Linette Dean 203. Tess Ehret 204. Judah Winton 205. Rheanna Beard 206. Nathanael Fischer 207. Tim Mckinnon 208. Katelynn Garratt 209. Laurie Dimsdale 210. Keefe Hair 211. Miles Buzzard 212. Julia Bellinger 213. Enola Lane 214. Mckenna Rockwell 215. Damian Knapenberger 216. Hattie Alington 217. Hunter Cram 218. Shauna Rader 219. Kezia Dugmore 220. Walker Osterweis 221. Quincy Philips 222. Wynter Burnett 223. Breana Isaman 224. Gomer Wheeler 225. Bea Tripp

190. Don’t exist.

191. Here’s a story.

192. Hello

193. Carol

194. Let’s watch what you do

195. (That’s carol)

196. (That’s me)

197. (That’s a real customer)

198. (That’s ethnogaphy)

199. (That’s a crap photo)

200. So Carol

201. I said

202. Tell me about it

203. And Carol said

204. Grrrrr It’s $$**@@!!

205. {And I said}

206. Interesting…

207. Ouch! Nasty process CUSTOMER PB EP Ask for documents I want to open an account! Show documents Photocopy documents Customer leaves 00:00 03:00 05:00 10:00 20:00 28:00 33:00 37:00 45:00 50:00* Complete sig. card Sign application form Sign application form Sign application form Send to CSU Recommend Credit card Change of name Change of name Set up customer Change of name Change of name ID&V / DICE info Change of name Change of name Current account application Change of name Change of name Connect card application Change of name Change of name Credit card application Change of name Change of name On-Line banking application Change of name Change of name Letters

208. Let’s do some surgery on it

209. And build a prototype

210. And test our ideas

211. With Carol

212. And the result?

213. From this CUSTOMER PB EP Ask for documents I want to open an account! Show documents Photocopy documents Customer leaves 00:00 03:00 05:00 10:00 20:00 28:00 33:00 37:00 45:00 50:00* Complete sig. card Sign application form Sign application form Sign application form Send to CSU Recommend Credit card Change of name Change of name Set up customer Change of name Change of name ID&V / DICE info Change of name Change of name Current account application Change of name Change of name Connect card application Change of name Change of name Credit card application Change of name Change of name On-Line banking application Change of name Change of name Letters

214. To this CUSTOMER PB EP Ask for documents I want to open an account! Show documents Photocopy documents Select products Customer leaves 00:00 03:00 05:00 08:00 11:00 16:00 20:00* Complete sig. card Sign application form Customer receives letter Send to CSU Recommend Products Credit check 18:00 Change of name Change of name Set up customer Change of name Change of name Consolidated product application

215. Faster with no training! 60%

216. {So what?} ?

217. So you are starting a new project

218. Do ethonographic research

219. (its just like pairing)

220. (but with the customer)

221. Be De Niro

222. (Method acting)

223. Credit card company?

224. Go borrow some money

225. How did it feel? What did you learn? ?

226. Travel agency?

227. Go book a holiday

228. Off-line

229. As well as on-line

230. What did you learn? What can you bring to the project? ?

231. Realise people are different 188cm 145cm 5th percentile Japanese Female 95th percentile British Pilot

232. Create personas About Ron age 58 | Customer service rep | been with company six months | part time job after being made redundant |ex-insurance salesman | hates computers | About Maggie age 34 | Customer service rep | been with company four years | enjoys her job |drives Volkswagen Polo | heavy internet user | loves eBay | hates company computer system ‘it’s difficult to use |

233. To build a picture of the customer Biographic Where does she live? Demographic How old is she? Psychographic Social factors, attitudes motivation Technographic Internet/ computer usage and comfort Relationship to the business - Role, status, perception Business relationship to persona – brand, attitude Sally, 24, lives in Leeds, Single mother, 1 CSE, no computer experience “programming the video is hard enough for me” Kelly, works part time at Saver Supermarket as Cashier, usually on Kiosk Knowledge and experience Subject matter, computer proficiency, employment history Novice, beginner, intermediary, expert goals, needs, desires, attitudes, motivations Emotional, motivational, big picture, needs, frustrations, attitude to job John, content expert, holds information in his head, uses pen and paper to make records, uncomfortable with PC Danni, works for money. Wants ‘easy life’. Work goal is to service customers quickly with a smile

234. {Whoaaaa. Busy slide}

235. To understand how different people will use the product

236. I want to buy a mobile phone

237. What’s the spec?

238. Teach me about it

239. Help me to decide

240. I just want it

241. All users, same goals… different journeys and interaction styles

242. By getting to know the real customer

243. You can challenge what you think is required

244. With new ideas

245. So rather than recycling the old

246. You can build innovative solutions

247. That drives value for the customer…

248. (not them)

249. For Carol…

250. And this lot… 1. Earline Hay 2. King Clarke 3. Janey Beals 4. Huey Churchill 5. Mort Groah 6. Chuck Rogers 7. Ludmilla Mildred 8. Keisha Crom 9. Maitland Benford 10. Leeann Anderson 11. Zola Yeskey 12. Lorin Powers 13. Ginny Sherlock 14. Amelia Albright 15. Ellis Howe 16. Alexa Kifer 17. Dane Ruhl 18. Mattie Countryman 19. Yaron Schuck 20. Griselda Hastings 21. Denholm Yates 22. Ruthie Gronko 23. Wenda Townsend 24. Mya Hatfield 25. Lakisha Hunter 26. Reina Buck 27. Isador Hayhurst 28. Felicity Moberly 29. Clyde Erschoff 30. Euphemia Swain 31. Adela Dugger 32. Ben Elliott 33. Ireland Hawker 34. Lovell Wise 35. Rosanne Berkheimer 36. Harper Yonkie 37. Cooper Pycroft 38. Zillah Billimek 39. Daren James 40. Madelyn Toyley 41. Alyson Throckmorton 42. Austen Laurenzi 43. Robertina Bousum 44. Stu Bagley 45. Malcolm Johnson 46. Oralie Herrold 47. Deforest Osteen 48. Kolour Busk 49. Reynold Henley 50. Sammie Wortman 51. Jalen Williamson 52. Syd Bowchiew 53. Yasmin Compton 54. Alaina Milne 55. Lynnette Teagarden 56. Tilly Fiscina 57. Juniper Baumgartner 58. Kathleen Children 59. Randy Cattley 60. Hettie Conrad 61. Ettie Swink 62. Dulcie Tedrow 63. Genesis Braun 64. Fern Warren 65. Wilmot Adams 66. Porsche Shupe 67. Petronella Handyside 68. Rosalind Roberts 69. Pia Pyle 70. Thomasina Mcelroy 71. Prudence Eggbert 72. Carine Buttermore 73. Cicely Hill 74. Tristand Fylbrigg 75. Clark Rosensteel 76. Chet Errett 77. Simonette Cady 78. Trudi Ewing 79. Marshall Gongaware 80. Delaney Whishaw 81. Kay Mathews 82. Jake Baldwin 83. Willy Poley 84. Placid Cable 85. Evie Hice 86. Faye Frankenberger 87. Lindsay Prechtl 88. Pamella Knisely 89. Rosaline Leichter 90. Livia Hynes 91. Eglantine Morland 92. Amias Best 93. Daffodil Gregory 94. Loretta Black 95. Bobbie Schmidt 96. Roderick Appleby 97. Kate Richter 98. Mason Williams 99. Caedmon Newman 100. Tamika Cass 101. Jaylen Pratt 102. Oscar Whitten 103. Romy Crawford 104. Abner Wade 105. Peta Kadel 106. Francis Sandford 107. Maybelline Reed 108. Ainsley Holtzer 109. Ellen Mcfall 110. Mathew Christman 111. Evangeline Jackson 112. Krystal Schere 113. Frank Mcindoe 114. Tad Hardie 115. Tanner Pinney 116. Barrie Wyatt 117. Chrysanta Foster 118. Lindsey Mortland 119. Denys Stanfield 120. Camron Miller 121. Bobby Rhinehart 122. Roydon Pery 123. Michaela Knight 124. Alix Woolery 125. Jaqueline Cribbs 126. Janet Fonblanque 127. Bindy Cowher 128. Collyn Sayre 129. Sabina Robertson 130. Delmar Pullman 131. Dewayne Echard 132. Cassian Hegarty 133. Anise Hall 134. Jaycob Zeal 135. Josephina Jowers 136. Bryan Mccune 137. Liane Herndon 138. Trixie Bunten 139. Shirlee Ruch 140. Jetta Powell 141. China Steiner 142. Korrine Candles 143. Constance Geddinge 144. Omega Otis 145. Desmond Baxter 146. Kaylyn Jackson 147. Fannie Holdeman 148. Hillary Brindle 149. Oz Jerome 150. Britney Lotherington 151. Dawn Poehl 152. Herbert Wynter 153. Amabel Hildyard 154. Marquis Butt 155. John Kuster 156. Lindsie Pennington 157. Kara Murray 158. Corine Myers 159. Gresham Weldy 160. Juliana Fields 161. Jericho Kooser 162. Sachie Hahn 163. Sharmaine Gibson 164. Jaquelyn Kight 165. Isaiah Werner 166. Temperance Prevatt 167. Darcy Sell 168. Lynwood Hughes 169. Landon Faast 170. Harvie Law 171. Marius Orbell 172. Derrick Hawkins 173. Petunia Noton 174. Tatiana Keister 175. Elenora Ward 176. Sanford Wile 177. Lilly Linton 178. Kellie Wiggins 179. Deena Sanborn 180. Xylia Carmichael 181. Herb Strickland 182. Alberta Foster 183. Ariana Reese 184. Gertie Maugham 185. Pat Newton 186. Chloe Haynes 187. Hebe Stewart 188. Sheldon Elder 189. Draven Eliza 190. Mercia Garland 191. Perlie Van 192. Scot Kline 193. Lizbeth Barnes 194. Joandra Blaine 195. Candy Tavoularis 196. Kian Mccullough 197. Alyce Patton 198. Ulysses Arthur 199. Dorothea Marjorie 200. Nena Pearsall 201. Christina Shea 202. Linette Dean 203. Tess Ehret 204. Judah Winton 205. Rheanna Beard 206. Nathanael Fischer 207. Tim Mckinnon 208. Katelynn Garratt 209. Laurie Dimsdale 210. Keefe Hair 211. Miles Buzzard 212. Julia Bellinger 213. Enola Lane 214. Mckenna Rockwell 215. Damian Knapenberger 216. Hattie Alington 217. Hunter Cram 218. Shauna Rader 219. Kezia Dugmore 220. Walker Osterweis 221. Quincy Philips 222. Wynter Burnett 223. Breana Isaman 224. Gomer Wheeler 225. Bea Tripp

251. Who make them

252. Money

253. so

254. I want to share this with you…

255. 1

256. Do you know who your customer is?

257. Not the person who is advising you on requirements

258. They are our partner

259. The customer is a person whose life will be touched by your work

260. 2

261. Method acting

262. Put yourself in the shoes of the customer

263. To get emotional insights into the way the product works

264. 3

265. Ethnographic research

266. Spend time watching what the customer does

267. Listening to them

268. To understand what real value is

269. 4

270. Create personas

271. Make-believe pen portraits of our customers

272. To remind you what the customer would think or do

273. 4

274. Share ideas

275. Collaborate

276. Collaborate

277. I’m glad we’re all agreed then

278. Get our mental models on the table

279. Idea convergence

280. I’m glad we’re all agreed then

281. Don’t hide behind documentation

282. Information radiators

283. 5

284. Visualise

285. Visual models Test Refine Mental Model Test Refine Mental Model

286. Paper prototyping

287. Wireframes

288. 6

289. test

290. Usability testing

291. And

292. The value?

293. Building compelling products that transform people lives…

294. Not just satisfy requirements…

295. And meet expectations…

296. But Exceed expectations

297. (He’s right you know)

298. marc mcneill dancingmango.com/blog [email_address]