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Product Design to Market Leadership
1. Product Design
to Market Leadership
John Addison
OPTIMARK
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Product Development Challenges
Product Development Challenges
! Faster time-to-market
! Incremental innovation
! Project drift
! Requirements changes
! Leading without functional authority
! Engineering / Marketing conflicts
! Access to customers
! Products are increasingly services
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2. Workshop Objectives
! Differentiate product development of disruptive vs.
sustaining technology.
! Identify whether product introduction is disruptive,
leapfrog, market leader, or brand extension.
! Identify project planning issues for each of these four
stages.
! List appropriate customer and marketing involvement by
lifecycle stage.
! Identify ways to compress product development
timeframe.
! Portfolio lifecycle strategies.
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Innovation
Innovation
Disruptive Sustaining
! Wrist-watch video ! Phone with clearer
phone signal
! Portable MP3 player ! Portable CD-player
for $20 less
! Fuel cell ! Battery last 10%
longer
! Voice recognition ! Appliance with award-
appliance winning design
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3. Slides courtesy of Dr. Geoff Moore and the Chasm Group
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Disruptive technology’s
Disruptive technology’s
difficult customer transition
difficult customer transition
Visionaries Pragmatists
! “Let’s change the ! “Don’t rock the boat”
world” ! Want proven
! Want to be first solutions
! Spend big ! Manage budget
! Like major change ! Like status quo
! Stir things up ! Make it work
! Think pragmatists are ! Think visionaries are
roadblocks dangerous
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4. Slides courtesy of Dr. Geoff Moore and the Chasm Group
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Product Development
Product Development
3. Market
Dominance
4. Brand Extension
1. Disruptive
2. Leapfrog
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7. Role of Customer in Product
Role of Customer in Product
Development
Development
! Market research
! OEM design specifications
! Requirements review
! Preliminary design review
! Prototype feedback
! Beta testing
! Final design review
! Product launch
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Project Goals and Scope
Project Goals and Scope
depend on Lifecycle
depend on Lifecycle
“Too often we see small companies
that believe they can do business with
no procedures and large companies
that develop a ‘one size fits all’
development process that overburdens
small projects with bureaucracy.”
Preston Smith & Donald Reinertsen
Developing Products in Half the Time
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8. Product Design
Product Design
to Market Dominance
to Market Dominance
Fuzzy Front End Development Market
Dominance
Customer needs Project Lifecycle strategy
Appropriate Management Product
requirements Cross-functional management
Best markets team Integrated
Goal strategic fit Customer marketing
Early team involvement Sales and channel
partners
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Pull approach for First-to-Market
Pull approach for First-to-Market
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug
Requirements
Customer involvement accelerates
development
Prototype
Design review
Document and test
Final code 1.0 Project duration
reduction
ESD
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9. Product Phases
Product Phases
Multiple concepts
Funded business plan
Prototype
Manufacturing
Launch of product
Integrated marketing
Sales
Competitive battle
Customer & management feedback
Revised and new products
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Market research and customer
Market research and customer
involvement during the Lifecycle
involvement during the Lifecycle
Customer Research
Prototype
Disruptive Visionary
Feedback
Segment 100% needs of
Leapfrog
Leader leader
Market Infrastructure
Quantitative
Leader Buyer
Brand Segment CRM/PRM
Extension Users BI
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10. Disruptive Innovation
Disruptive Innovation
! Key customer = visionary with unserved need
! Key team members
– R&D
– Engineering
– CEO protected skunk works
! Incremental design strategy
! Flexible architecture and changing requirements
! Schedule met by moving some requirements to
professional services
! Large corporation Innovators Dilemma
! Sales channel = direct sales and tech specialists
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Market
Leadership
Lead
Market Segment
Similar
Customers
1
2
3
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11. Leapfrog v2.0 (sustaining)
Leapfrog v2.0 (sustaining)
! Key customer = segment leader’s economic buyer
! Key team members
– Engineering
– Customer support
– Documentation
– Industry marketing
! Attack design drift by focusing on one segment
! Key external group = total solution creators for market
segment
! Sales channel = direct sales and solution integrators
! Making product announcement channel ready for
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Customer Communities
Customer Communities
to Market Dominance
to Market Dominance
Phonics Reading Math Music
Early
Elementary
1 2 4 7
Pre-school
& Toddler
3 5 8
Higher
Elementary
6 9
Middle
School
10
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12. Sales Coverage Progression
Sales Coverage Progression
1. Direct Sales
2. Strategic Alliances
3. Government Integrator
4. Specialty SI & VAR for 100% solution
5. OEM
6. $10 million partner revenue
7. Global 2-tier distribution
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Market Leader v3.0
Market Leader v3.0
(sustaining)
(sustaining)
! Key customer = early majority infrastructure buyers
! Key team members
– Quality
– Manufacturing / Operations
– Support
! Change Control Board includes Finance & Marketing
! Attack design drift by simplifying, prioritizing
requirements and moving senior engineers
! Customer migration and upgrade plans
! Customer support “product” development
! Product line compatibility and backward compatibility
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13. Suppliers
Disrupters Platform & Allies
Leaders
Distributors
& eMarkets
Direct Channel Partners
Sales
Customer Creative Cost
Early Government
Adopters Majority
Customers
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Brand Extension v4.0
Brand Extension v4.0
(sustaining)
(sustaining)
! Key customer = broad market of niche users
! Key team members
– Marketing
– Support
! Key external = market segment leaders
! Sales channel = segment co-marketing with value
and volume
! Making product announcement channel ready
! Project management challenge is virtual teams that
include alliance partners
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14. 6. Money 1. Portfolio
5. Marketing 2. Planning
4. Mindshare 3. Program
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Continuously Improved Services
Continuously Improved Services
and Branding Events
and Branding Events
3. Market
Leader 4. Brand Extension
1. Disruptive
2. Leapfrog
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15. Funding and Requirements
Funding and Requirements
decisions change with Lifecycle
decisions change with Lifecycle
Customer Research Specs Funding
Prototype Strategic
Disruptive Visionary Engineering
Feedback Fit
Segment 100% needs 100% needs Segment
Leapfrog
Leader of leader of leader Share
Market Infrastructure Market Share &
Quantitative
Leader Buyer Priorities schedule
Brand Segment CRM/PRM Segment
ROI
Extension Users BI Priorities
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SVPMA Workshop
Saturday 8:30 to Noon
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16. Future Workshops with John Addison
Future Workshops with John Addison
! Revenue Rocket: Increase product success with
partners
– January 17
– Sunnyvale SVPMA
! Channel Marketing and Distribution Strategy
– February 2 and 3
– Sunnyvale UCSC-Extension
! Product Design to Market Leadership
– May 6 and 7
– Sunnyvale UCSC-Extension
www.optimarkworks.com/workshops
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Product Design
to Market Leadership
John Addison
OPTIMARK
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