The document discusses product lifecycles and getting customer input. It notes that product lifecycles have different stages like introduction, growth, maturity, and decline. Customer input is important and can come from methods like ethnographic research, feedback portals, data mining, and open innovation programs. The document advocates shifting the focus from products to experiences by focusing on the emotions and interactions customers have with a company across all touchpoints.
2. At the end of this session, you will…
Know a bit more about product lifecycles
Know different options for customer input
Be aware about a necessary switch from
product to experience
10. Yes, there can be a handoverPhoto by Javier Molina on Unsplash
11. The Technology Adoption Curve
https://jurgenappelo.com/how-to-change-the-world/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diffusion_of_innovations
The
Chasm
12. Geoffrey A. Moore
The company may be saying
“state-of-the-art” when the
pragmatist wants to hear
“industry standard”.
- Geoffrey A. Moore
https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/59649-crossing-the-chasm-
marketing-and-selling-high-tech-products-to-mainstre
13. There is only a chasm with
disruptive innovations.
Photo by David Lusvardi on Unsplash
14. Sustaining Innovation
(Horizon 1 and 2)
Disruptive Innovation
(Horizon 3)
Crossing the chasm is
like graduation day for
disruptive innovations.
Chasm
15. Sustaining Innovation
with a Product Backlog
(Horizon 1)
Disruptive Innovation
with a Product Portfolio
(Horizon 3)
Sustaining Innovation
with a Product Suite
(Horizon 2)
Chasm
Capacity Allocation
Maintenance
with an Issue Backlog
(Horizon 0)
21. http://www.unconsciousagile.com/clean_language
Empathic listening
requires that you
don’t distort the
other person’s words.
Clean Language Questions
What kind of X (is that X)?
Is there anything else about X?
Where is X? or (and) whereabouts is X?
Is there a relationship between X and Y?
When X, what happens to Y?
That’s X like what?
Then what happens?
What happens just before X?
Where could X come from?
What would X like to have happen?
What needs to happen for X?
Can X (happen)?
22. Open Innovation Programs
Photo by Viktor Forgacs on Unsplash
Collaborate with startups
Invest in community-building
Purpose motivates people
Diversity breeds innovation
Co-create with customers
Turn students into employees
23. Listen, but
don’t just do
everything
https://www.useresponse.com/customer-feedback-software
Customer Feedback Portals
24. Data mining
Photo by Luke Chesser on Unsplash
See what people do,
not just what they say
26. Only analyze what
matters to customers!
Aim for a Minimum
Viable Product, not a
Maximum Feature Set.
https://steveblank.com/2010/03/01/death-by-analysis/
Competitive Analysis
27. Be inspired outside of your domain
Photo by Joel Wyncott on Unsplash
Get ideas from other
products and services.
30. Happiness is experience, not stuff
Photo by Uriel Soberanes on Unsplash
You’re not in the business
of making bytes or atoms.
You’re creating
endorphins, dopamine,
oxytocin, and serotonin.
32. Touchpoints Channels
A touchpoint is an interaction
between a customer and your
business at a moment in time.
Product demo
Newsletter sign-up
Account creation
Whitepaper download
Customer service call
Subscription renewal
NPS feedback
A channel is a medium of
communication through with
touchpoints can occur.
Phone calls
Live chats
Website
Social networks
Expo booth
Physical stores
Mobile app
33. Maybe we
should change
a few terms.
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Product Backlog
Product Roadmap
Product Owner
Product Manager
Experience Backlog
Experience Roadmap
Experience Owner
Experience Manager