What makes product efforts successful? Is it chance or is there a discipline? There is a discipline here. Learn the six key factors to developing products successfully.
I presented these slides at Product Management & Innovation Event 2016 (http://www.gan-events.com/m145/)
2. Developing products
is a team sport and
the Product Manager
is at the center of it all Product
Manager
Customers
Engineering
Design
Service
Sales
Marketing
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4. 1. New product efforts have limited success
2. Being innovative is hard
3. Everybody wants to tell you what to do.
4. You need to be able to prioritize.
5. Product development takes time.
6. Nobody reports to you, but you still need to get things done.
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6. 276,000 reservations for Tesla Motors Inc.’s Model 3 in the
first 3 days.
Source WSJ, April 3, 2016
Model 3 doesn't yet exist in final form and hasn't, in fact,
been launched.
LA Times, May 11, 2016
Key Objectives of MVP are:
• Test product market fit first
• It is just not about testing all the cool
technology
• Get to release sooner, to gather feedback early
Picture source, https://www.teslamotors.com/model3
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9. • Understand end user behaviors & pain
points
• Draw prototype
• Uncover unmet needs and disruptive
innovation opportunities
• Synthesize clear actions & Test
• Use data to drive decision making
• Start early before development maintain
ongoing cadence ahead of development
• Engage end users to validate problem and
solution
Human centric
Creative
Expansive… product - biz model
Analytical
Iterative…prototype test refine
Collaborative
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10. Insight: “better Wi-Fi,
more outlets &
soundproofing.. ”
• Develop a model
room in the
Innovation Lab
• Loyalty members
observed in these
rooms
Contextual Design – native surroundings
Insight: “offline mode”
• Observed people
reading news in cafes
on iPads in Palo Alto
• Resolution of
prototypes increased
over time
• Tested various
visualizations
LinkedIn Pulse Early Prototype
Source: Starting Up with Design Thinking: The Story of LinkedIn’s Pulse
Marriott Innovation Lab
Source: Secrets to Creating a Better Hotel Room
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13. New Feature MVP
Core Improvements
Integration
performance
Security
Analytics MVP
Rel 1 Rel 2 Rel 3 Rel 4 Rel 5 Rel 6Include features representing customers need
Cover general horizontal improvements such
as performance, tech obsolescence
Help bring alignment – cross portfolio
Involve negotiation
Need to be kept current ongoing basis
Internal and external
Varying levels of detail based on use
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14. Business strategy sets direction – guide
tradeoffs that follow
Business case helps firm up key assumptions
e.g., price, time to develop
Business case identifies constraints and sets
pace for timelines on the roadmap
Roadmaps need to be achievable
Product
Roadmap
Business
Strategy
Business
Case
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15. Effort
HighLow
High
Low
B
A
D
C
GOAL VALUE EFFORT PRIORITY
A 5 2 2.5
B 4 2 2.0
C 5 4 1.3
D 1 4 0.3
http://www.slideshare.net/bmmccarthy/prioritization-301
Value
1. Defined Goals / themes e.g.,
Increase Adoption, Security
2. (Expected) Value of Goals i.e.,
Expected Contribution of
Value to Defined Goals
3. Estimated Effort (do it
yourself) e.g., 0-5
Priority = (Expected) Value
Effort
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16. New Feature MVP
Core Improvements
Integration
Performance
Security
Analytics MVP
Rel 1 Rel 2 Rel 3 Rel 4 Rel 5 Rel 6
GOAL VALUE EFFORT PRIORITY
A 5 2 2.5
B 4 2 2.0
C 5 4 1.3
D 1 4 0.3
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17. Security
Analytics MVP
Rel 1 Rel 2 Rel 3 Rel 4 Rel 5 Rel 6
Scope
Security
requirements
Customer Research,
User Experience
Prototyping
Wireframe
Validate
Assumptions
Plan activities prior to development e.g.,
• Design Research
• Prototyping
• Wireframe Specifications
• Architecture
Plan product launch efforts
Illustration of activities that need to occur prior to software
development
AVOID REWORK BY ENSURING CLARITY PRIOR TO START OF PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
… Current Development
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19. Agile builds on Lean
Deliver incremental slices of value
Learning – team inspect and adapt Customer
driven – reduce friction to access
Time bound
Defined ceremonies
Requires discipline
Cross-functional self organizing teams
Roles and accompanying responsibilities
− Product manager – roadmap and vision
− Designer – UX research
− Product Owners – groom and accept user
stories
− Architects – non functional requirements e.g.,
performance scalability
− Scrum Master – ensure process is followed
− Developers/ Quality Engineers
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20. Understanding what problem you are solving
Good engineering practices
− BDD - behavior driven development workflows and use test
scenarios before code is written
− Automated test- marginal cost to execute automation is nil
− Design reviews and exploratory testing
Definition of Ready
− User story definition
Definition of Done
− User documentation, sales demonstration
− Client validation 20
22. Start with a checklist and
identify what is applicable
Pricing
Value Proposition - outcomes
Implementation & Support ready
Sales Training
Launch Goals
Awareness, demand generation
Talk track, demonstration script
Communication plan
Beta vs. references
Ultimate objective…
build awareness,
repeatable sales and
implementation
process
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24. Plan
Roadmap, Vision
Account for Contingencies
Allow the team to be
Creative
Design Thinking
Flexibility to experiment
Utilize Agile
Ceremonies
Planning
Inspect and Adapt
Establish metrics
accompanying product
lifecycle
Learning, Insight
Benefits – ROI
Project Management is
a key partner
Scrum Master
Release Manager
Hold yourself and
others accountable
Team member roles
Eliminate obstacles
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27. Thank you!
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Questions?
Notes de l'éditeur
Or lack usability or repeatable
Tesla's Model 3 Reservations Rise to Almost 400,000
Fortune April 15, 2016
New products innovative... Design thinking is a key way to approach this.
At Marriott’s Innovation Lab, researchers find that better Wi-Fi, more outlets and soundproofing trump fancy shampoos
Build a TEAM
Recruit users – Marriott, Ikea
Compensation – not bliged to agree
Problems are identified early
Observational – Marriott and Ikea
Interview and empathize with customers to uncover both unmet needs and disruptive innovation opportunities
Regularly work back from customers to validate problem and solution sets
Rigorously apply judgment from customer engagement to prioritize engineering investment choices
Regularly and systematically use data to uncover opportunities, track product performance, and drive decision making
Lead an interdisciplinary team of analytical, technical, and marketing professionals through change, evolution, and sustained scaling.
DOCUMENTING customer feedback is key
Pivot or preserve
Build a TEAM
Recruit users – Marriott, Ikea
Compensation – not bliged to agree
Problems are identified early
Observational – Marriott and Ikea
Rigorously apply judgment from
Lead an interdisciplinary team of analytical, technical, and marketing professionals through change, evolution, and sustained scaling.
DOCUMENTING customer feedback is key
Pivot or preserve
Milestones
Goals for the team, set milestones for the team
Measure success agianst