The product is not "the product". Who owns it anyway?

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The Product is NOT “the Product” mini Agile Day - May 17 2014 Donato Mangialardo Business of Software (Product) Coach

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The business of software is not about the product really Does "P" mean Product or Project? Does it matter? We always talk about Product though... are we talking about the same Product here? Answer: "A product is something you build a sustainable business around."

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The Product is NOT “the Product”

mini Agile Day - May 17 2014

Donato Mangialardo

Business of Software (Product) Coach

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 Companies:  Silicon  Valley  (10  Years)  and  Italy  (9  years)    Products  and  Solu4ons:  SaaS  PLM  (Product  Lifecycle  Management),    RecruiAng  soBware,  Assessment  AutomaAon    SaaS  Smart  Energy  Management  SoluAons  CAD/PDM  -­‐  Product  Data  Management,  Product  Design  collaboraAon  tools  

Main  Focus:  Product,  Product,  Product  (management  and  markeAng)  Product  Strategy  Personas,  User  Stories,  Roadmaps  

About  what  I  do  

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The  System  

The  PlaPorm  The  SoBware  

The  FuncAonaliAes  

We  do  projects  for  our  customers  

Services,  Projects  

Product  ??  

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SAll,  we  always  talk  “Product”  

Product  Owner  Product  Vision  Product  Backlog  Minimum  Viable  Product    Product  Strategy  Product  Manager  Product  MarkeAng  Product  Canvas  

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So,  what  do  we  mean  by  “Product”?  What  Problem?  Who  has  it?  

Do  we  solve  it  uniquely?  AlternaAves?  

Will  people  want  our  product?  

At  what  price?  How  will  they  buy  it?  

How  do  we  make  money  with  it?  Revenue  Model?  

How  do  we  go  to  market?  

How  to  repeat  business?    

None  of  these  is  “The  SoBware”  

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In  fact,  the  Product  is  not  “the  Product”  

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The  product  is  the  “whole  thing”  

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The  product  is  the  “whole  thing”  

PROBLEM  (NEED)  

WHO  HAS  THIS  PROBLEM?  

SOLUTION   UNIQUE?  

COSTS   HOW  to  SELL/BUY?   …  

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Very  useful  models  

Business Model Canvas (Alexander Osterwalder)

Lean Canvas (Lean Startup + Alexander Osterwailder + Ash Maruya)

Product Canvas (Lean Startup + Alexander Osterwailder + Roman Pichler)

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REVENUE MODEL How do we make money with it

PROBLEM The top problems we

aim to solve

EXISTING ALTERNATIVES

How these problems are solved today or

conditions that lessen the need of our solution

SOLUTION How we solve the

problem(s) in section 1

METRICS What we measure to track progress

UNIQUE VALUE PROPOSITION

Simple, clear, effective sentence that turns a

casual “visitor” into an interested prospects that “wants a demo”

ANALOGY Something that pictures our product. We are the

Ferrari of something. (the best) Or, the Google Apps of something (cheap and

easy to deploy)

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE

What we do very well, that the

market(section2) appreciates and that is hard to emulate for

others

TARGET MARKET For whom we solve a given problem in section 1. The

target segments of the market.

(Buyer Personas)

EARLY ADOPTERS List the “perfect

customers”, those who would buy the product

today

CHANNELS Path to/From Customers

COST STRUCTURE Fixed and recurring costs

2 5

9 6

4

8 7

1 3

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REVENUE MODEL How do we make money with it

PROBLEM The top problems we

aim to solve

EXISTING ALTERNATIVES

How these problems are solved today or

conditions that lessen the need of our solution

SOLUTION How we solve the

problem(s) in section 1

METRICS What we measure to track progress

UNIQUE VALUE PROPOSITION

Simple, clear, effective sentence that turns a

casual “visitor” into an interested prospects that “wants a demo”

ANALOGY Something that pictures our product. We are the

Ferrari of something. (the best) Or, the Google Apps of something (cheap and

easy to deploy)

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE

What we do very well, that the

market(section2) appreciates and that is hard to emulate for

others

TARGET MARKET For whom we solve a given problem in section 1. The

target segments of the market.

(Buyer Personas)

EARLY ADOPTERS List the “perfect

customers”, those who would buy the product

today

CHANNELS Path to/From Customers

COST STRUCTURE Fixed and recurring costs

2 5

9 6

4

8 7

1 3 Most  important  ones!  

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But…  we  are  about  Projects.  We  don’t  sell  “Products”  

So,  we  don’t  need  any  of  those  Canvas!  

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Well,  it  depends…  

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A group of customers with one problem

Potential customers

Supports a repeatable business

Unknown lifecycle

Several plausible scenarios

Quality is very expensive

Complex: business model, analysis, marketing, sales, support, revenue model, etc.

One  customer  at  a  Ame  

ExisAng  customers  

Specific  deliverables  

Limited  duraAon  

A  few  defined  scenarios  

Cost  of  quality  is  limited  

RelaAvely  simple  

Project   Product  

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But…  who  is  the  customer  again?  

Is  it  my  client?  …my  client’s  customers?  …my  client’s  customer’s  customers?  

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So  what  is  the  product?    

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That is …

Something you can build a sustainable business around

Example: a digital marketing company (formely known as web agency, at least in italy) Product: ability to build and offer a specific set of services service that make a group of target customers happy and paying, in a repeatable, sustainable manner

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Very  useful  acrodd  the  board  Business  evaluaAon  and  Investor  pitch  StarAng  up  a  business  Manage  a  business  (and  related  products)  Take  a  product  to  market  Brainstorm  new  ideas  Understand  what  the  market  really  needs  As  in  “why  are  we  doing  this?  We  should  do  that  instead…”  

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Minimum  Viable  Product  

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Doesn’t  it  look  so  simple?  

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Most  difficult  parts  These  don’t  depemd  on  “our  soluAon”  They  exist  regardless  of  “us”  They  are  not  made  up  in  a  room  filled  by  smart  people!  

These  need  you  to  get  outside  the  

building!  

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In  other  words…  

The  answer  to  most  of  your  quesDons  is  not  in  the  building.    

PragmaAc  MarkeAng    hdp://bit.ly/1eLM3yM  

Get  outside  the  Building!  Eric  Ries  

hdp://bit.ly/18rPN0X  

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Most  difficult  part  again…  

Start  wit  something  (think  product  and  start  draBing)  

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Then,  iterate  

MVP1   MVP2   MVP3  

Real,  Measurable  Progress  Build  Minimum  Viable  Products  of  your  canvas  

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I  don’t  want  to  see  any  canvas!!  Get  back  to  work!  

Alright…  

In this case just do it “secretly” as much as you can. Then show progress and lead

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Case  Study  

The  paper  sheet  (the  persona  technique  at  work)  

Sorry…most contents are in Italian

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“Le  Personas  mi  sembravano  una  .  Invece  sono  uno  

strumento  formidabile”    

Passionate Scrumaster Participant @ Product Ownership Camp 2013

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2006  “Cloud”  Company  SaaS  PLM    Urlo  di  dolore  delle  vendite  (=tum)  

“Manca  l’integrazione  con  altri  sistemi”  “I  clienD  ce  la  chiedono  sempre”  

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“OK  facciamo  sta  integrazione.    Ma  in  3  mesi!”        Disse  il  CEO  

 “Basta  assumere  uno  che  conosca  bene  entrambi  i  sistemi,  e  via!  “        Disse  il  CTO  

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2  anni  dopo  …  

Tudo  come  prima,  ma  spendendo  di  più  

“Prendiamo  un  Product  Manager  per  le  integrazioni!”    – dissero  quasi  tum  

Missione:  definire  che  integrazione  fare  e  come  

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3  semmane  dopo…  

La  missione  diventò:    

•  Perchè  nessuno  ha  usato  l’integrazione  aduale?  •  Perchè  dovremmo  fare  una  integrazione?    •  Quale  problema  vogliamo  risolvere?  •  Per  chi?    •  Come  moneAzzeremo  la  soluzione  a  questo  problema?  

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Dopo  alcuni  iterazioni  …  

Interviste  e  triangolazioni  varie  …    Il  “Product  Manager”  trova  un  “padern:”  

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Mad   Progemsta  Sistemi  eledromeccanici  industriali  

Integrazioni  ?  L    Nuovi  sistemi  ?  L  

Non  voglio  perdere  tempo  e  rischiare  di  sbagliare  L    Sono  un  progemsta  J    

voglio  conAnuare  ad  esserlo!  

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so  that  …  

•  Ma8  wants  to  share  his  design  with  suppliers  for  a  prototype  run.      

•  He  need  to  generate  automaAcally  specific  neutral  file  formats  from  his  several  3D  CAD  models  so  that  he  can  save  Ame  and  distracAon  from  his  core  engineering  tasks.  He  is  required  to  do  this  several  Ames  during  his  working  week  

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 Obiemvi  di  Business  •  Sviluppare  prodom  che  soddisfino  requisiA  funzionali,  siano  consegnaA  in  tempo,  

massimizzano  il  riuAlizzo  di  componenA,  siano  in  linea  con  regolamentazioni  e  cosA,  etc.  Mad’s  Personal  Goals  •  Mad  adora  progedare  componenA,  risolvere  gli  intricaA  problemi  di  meccanica  che  incontra  

ogni  giorno.  E’  anche  molto  bravo  nel  farlo.  •  Mad  ha  una  vita  e  persino  una  famiglia,  fuori  dall’ufficio  tecnico.  OK  le  emergenze,  ma  non  

vuole  impazzire  fino  a  tarda  sera  ogni  santo  giorno.  •  Mad  ODIA  budare  via  il  suo  tempo  nel  passare  a  mano  daA  da  un  sistema  all’altro.  ODIA  

excel.  Il  suo  lavoro  è  diventato  ormai  un  incubo.  Passare  daA  sbagliaA  è  un  rischio  che  corre  tum  i  giorni,  cosa  che  avrebbe  gravi  conseguenze  in  rpoduzione,  persino  un  “recall”    

•  Sono  un  progemsta  e  voglio  conAnuare  ad  esserlo!  

Environment  •  Team  of  15  Mech  engineers  on  MCAD  and  XDOC  and  3  locaAons  around  the  world  (US,  NL  

and  Philippines)  

A  perfect  day  •  I  resolve  a  design  problem  with  a  cool  soluAon.  It  gets  the  product  out  back  on  schedule  and  

my  boss  praises  my  deep  technical  skills.  I  go  back  home  on  Ame  

Primary User Persona Matt il Progettista CAD Sistemi elettromeccanici industriali

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I  WANT  TO  BE    AN  ENGINEER!  

SHIP  DATE  RECALLS  

ERRORS  

CAST  Primary  Buyer  persona:  Brad  VP  of  Opera4ons  

I  want  my  product  out  the  door  on  $me  and  at  the  right  cost,  maintaining  quality  standards.  Brad  needs  the  product  record  updated  as  oBen  as  possible.  The  informaAon  provided  by  engineer  forms  the  foundaAon  for  many  of  his  decisions  and  forecasts.  Therefore  any  barriers  to  adopAon  or  use  of  the  tool  he  can  eliminate,  directly  improves  his  effecAveness  and  accuracy.          

Secondary  Buyer  persona:  Henry,  VP  of  Engineering  I  want  my  team  to  be  able  to  build  products  on  $me  and  in  a  predictable  and  cost  effec$ve  way.  Accuracy  of  my  product  record  is  everything.  And  I  need  my  team  to  be  able  to  be  produc4ve  with  no  arAficial  barriers.  Accuracy  of  the  product  record  is  in  quesAon  when  SuperCAD  is  used  in  conjuncAon  with  any  BOM  management  tool.  His  team’s  producAvity  is  negaAvely  impacted  as  well.        

 Primary  User  persona:  Ma8,  the  Mechanical  Engineer  

I  want  to  be  an  engineer.  I  don’t  want  to  spend  Dme  doing  the  same  thing  on  two  different  systems.  This  is  manual,  error  prone  and  $me  consuming  Mad  is  wasAng  40  hours  per  product  release  on  the  manual  upload  of  item  and  part  data            

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Persona:  

•  Un  ritrado  composito  di  un  gruppo  di  persone  reali,  che  viene  visto  come  una  persona  vera.  

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Brad  Responsabile  delle  Operazioni    (VP  Of  OperaAons).    

“Sono costantemente sotto pressione affinche’ il prodotto venga consegnato ai clienti nei tempi stabiliti e con la qualita’ stabilita”. Non dormo bene di notte perche’ so che che il minimo errore potrebbe costarmi la carriera nel caso di un recall.

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Personas:  personificazione  di  daA  provenienA  da  una  ricerca    

 

Valore:  “vivificazione”  dei  daA  

persona  vera,  che  A  parla,  che  ha  nome,  volto,  problemi  e  necessità,  desideri  e  doveri,  punA  dolenA  

e  obiemvi.  

E’  una  tecnica  di  modellazione  della  realta’  esiste  indipendentementa  da  nostro  prododo  

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Persona  

Una  descrizione  PRECISA  

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The  Power  of  Personas  

•  Riconoscibile  •  Internalizzabile  •  Parlante  •  I  propri  occhi  •  RequisiA    e  priorita’:  the  “Why”  •  Connessioni  

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•  Dev1:  “Questo  piacerà  da  maR  ai  clienD!!  “  

•  Dev  2:  “Guarda  che  MaS  non  ha  bisogno  di  fare  questo  perchè  ha  bisogno  di  fare  quello  prima”  

•  Dev1:  “Va  beh,  ma  non  sarebbe  troppo  ganzo?”  

•  Dev2:  “Si,  ma  facciamo  felice  MaS  prima!”  

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LIVE  INTERVIES  

Best  •  NO  focus  groups  •  NO  surveys  •  NO  sales  interviews  only  •  Potenziali  clienA/utenA/buyers  nel  loro  ambiente  lavoraAvo  

 

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Dangers    (paths  to  “cagata  pazzesca”)  

•  Trying  to  find  an  average  set  of  adributes.  •  Average  =  “killing”    •  Use  demographics  only  •  Outsource  Ownership  (one-­‐Ame  project)  •  Brainstorming  and  CreaAvity  

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Challenges  

•  Live  Interviews  •  Unavailable  customers  •  Time  •  Focus  

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HOW?  

LIVE  INTERVIEWS!  

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Come?  •  Ricerca,  assunzioni,  elemenA  chiave  •  ParAre  con  qualcosa  (MVP)  •  Uscire  dall’ufficio  •  Iterare  (LOOP)  •  Mad  1.0  –  use  it,  share  it,  see  if  others  recognize  

him  •  Iterare  (LOOP)  •  Then  magic  happens!!  You  will  recognize  when  

you  have  nailed  down  a  persona  (like  in  a  ficAonal  serial  killer  book)  

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IngredienA  

•  Credibilità  •  Zero  opinioni  personali  •  Autorevolezza  •  Ascoltare  e  scomporre  problemi  •  Vedere  paderns  •  Ricomporre  fedelmente  •  Iterare  (Minimum  Viable  Persona)  

Customer  Involvement  

Root  Problem  vs.  Symptoms  

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Conclusione

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Iniziare!  Valore  ←  UAlizzo  

strumenA  di  Allineamento,  Ricerca,  Validazione  

Consapevolezza  

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Minimum  Viable  Persona  

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Use  the  Minimal  Viable  Persona  

Methodology    

•  Understand  the  smallest  set  of  info  you  can  use  to  verify  how  accurately  a  Persona  describes  a  market  

 

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HOW?  

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Start  

•  At  the  start,  all  you  have  is  an  inkling  of  a  problem,  a  soluAon,  and  maybe  a  customer  segment.    

•  Do  not  rush  to  Build  a  soluAon,  Pick  a  Customer  Segment  or  Business  Model  

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My  method  (5-­‐5-­‐100)  •  Turn  what  we  know  today  into  AssumpAons,  Falsifiable  

Hypothesis.  Including  potenAal  buyers  and  their  problems,  the  revenue  model  etc.    

•  Understand  what  you  need  to  ask  •  Interview  them  5  live  (round  I)  •  Loop  back  to  improve  assumpAons,  hypotheses,  buyers  •  See  paderns,  build  learning  into  the  “product”  •  Rebuild  interview  quesAons  •  Interview  them  5  live  (round  II)  •  …  •  Close  loop  •  Survey  100  people  

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Personas  

•  Ricerca,  assunzioni,  elemenA  chiave  •  Start  with  something  (MVP  where  P=Persona)  •  Test:  GET  Outside  the  Building  •  Iterate    –  persevere/pivot  •  Brad  1.0  –  use  it,  share  it,  see  if  others  recognize  him  •  Iterate    –  persevere/pivot  •  Then  magic  happens!!  You  will  recognize  when  you  

have  nailed  down  a  persona  (like  in  a  ficAonal  serial  killer  book)  

•  Brad  2.0    •  Survey    100  

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Details  about  the  persona  discovery  process  

Just  like  a  “Product  Requiremnent  Document”  is  not  a  useful  final  

deliverable  Personas  are  always  work  in  progress  Treat  it  as  a  Product,  an  Experiment  

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•  Persona  descripAon  must  be  precise  •  Personal  Goals  must  be  well  understood  •  Can  accommodate  secondary  personas  only  if  that  does  not  violate  the  primary  persona  goals  

•  Usually  there  is  one,  2  is  ok,  3  is  too  much  (break  problem  down)  

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Prima  di  tudo…  

•  Se  l’azienda  ha  varie  linee  di  business  e’  bene  parAre  dall’area  piu’  opportuna  

•  Un  certo  mercato  potrebbe  essere  troppo  vasto  per  riuscire  ad  idenAficare  una  unica  buyer  persona.  

•  Focus  (align  to  Vision)  

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Ricerca  (prima,  dopo  e  durante)  •  Read  everything  they  read  •  Adend  seminars  they  adend  •  Monitor  conference  topics  •  Talk  with  Sales  people  •  Gain  info  from  win\loss  analysis  •  Use  your  website  to  capture  persona  info  (who  looks  for  what,  how  much  Ame  etc)  

•  Interview  them  where  they  work  •  Interview  on  the  phone  •  Interview  at  conferences  •  Triangulate  buyer  informaAon  from  CRM  reports  

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ParAamo  

Cominciamo  col  raggruppare  informazioni    Un  gruppo  di  persone,  rilevante  per  il  ns  progedo,  che  ha  cose  in  comune.    Demografiche,  di  business,  responsabilita’,  di  area  di  competenza  decisionale.  

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LIVE  INTERVIES  

•  E’  semplicemente  il  metodo  piu’  efficace  ed  efficiente  

•  NO  focus  groups  •  NO  surveys  •  NO  sales  interviews  only  •  Abbiamo  dedo  LIVE  INTERVIEW  •  Potenziali  clienA  nel  loro  ambiente  lavoraAvo  

 

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ElemenA  da  cadurare  

•  Priority  IniAaAves  •  Sleep  deprivaAon  •  Success  Factors  •  Perceived  Barriers  •  Buying  Process  •  Decision  Criteria  •  Personal  drivers  (not  hygienic  drivers)  

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Non  e’  Facile  

•  Un  giro  di  interviste  deve  avere  gli  stessi  obiemvi  per  poter  poi  comparare  i  risultaA  e  trovare  PATTERNS  

•  L’abilita’  di  individuare  PATTERNS  e’  fondamentale  

•  Il  management  deve  capire  e  dare  la  giusta  priorita’  a  questa  amvita’.  Sta  a  voi!  

•  ESEMPIO:  Mad  •  Fatelo  anche  “di  nascosto”    

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Ma  non  c’e’  un  modo  piu’  veloce?  

•  Basta  chiedere  alle  vendite  !  •  Ma  facciamo  un  focus  group!  •  Facciamo  dei  gran  surveys!  

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Resist  this  temptaDon  •  Surveys  are  useful  when  you  know  what  the  quesDon  is.    

•  Focus  groups  can  get  people  to  choose  the  best  of  three  alternaDves.    

•  But  these  techniques  are  OK  for  validaDng  what  you  already  know.  

•  The  buyer  persona  interview  process  goes  deeper  to  idenDfy  the  ques$ons  you  don’t  know.  

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Learn  and  deliver  at  the  same  Ame  •  Chi  lavora  sulla  sintesi  delle  personas  vive  una  forte  internalizzazione  del  mercato  adraverso  gli  occhi  del  cliente.  

•  Il  processo  iteraAvo  di  rilascio  interno  e  validazione/pivot  (pista  di  indagine)  porta  lo  stesso  vantaggo  agli  altri  componetni  del  team.    

•  Come  se  tum    fossimo  insieme  nella  squadra  invesAgaAva  in  vari  ruoli.  

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Elements  of  the  persona  descripAon  

•  Title,  years  in  this  job,  reports  to,  age,  educaAon  •  CompuAng  skills,  apps  used,  frequency  and  proficiency  

•  Typical    day  in  the  life  •  A  perfect  day  •  Typical  interacAon  with  the  product  •  Top  of  mind  issues  *  •  How  rewarded  or  moAvated  *  •  Personal  Goals  *  •  Other  (Industry  specific  info,  etc)  

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Ma  cosa  e’  veramente  importante  per  loro?  

•  Where  people  send  their  Ame  reflects  their  prioriAes  beder  than  what  they  say.  

•  So  you  can  ask  a  lot  on  non-­‐direct  quesAons  to  figure  that  out.  

•  The  biggest  signal  that  you've  hit  on  something  worth  probing  is  when  you  find  customers  spending  a  lot  of  Ame  or  money  on  clearly  inadequate  soluAons.    

http://blogs.hbr.org/anthony/2012/01/_usually_the_question_comes.html

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THE  POWER  OF  PERSONAS  

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The  Power  of  Personas  

•  Quando  abbiamo  la  persona  “in  pugno”  accadono  cose  meravigliose  

•  The  Dev  team…  – Understands  requirements  with  less  detail  and  specificaAon  

– Makes  good,  reasonable  implementaAon  decisions  independently  

–  Raises  valid  concerns  and  opportuniAes  –  Stays  focused  on  the  real  requirements  and  avoid  being  sidetracked  by  edge  cases  

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The  Power  of  personas  

•  The  Product  Team  understands  whether  a  feature  should  be  implemented  for  power  or  ease-­‐of-­‐use  

•  The  team  members  will  focus  on  delighAng  personas  instead  of  themselves.  

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The  Power  of  Personas  The  MarkeAng  Team  knows  what  language  to  use  and  what  topics  are  more  valuable  when  – WriAng  anything  in  the  website  –  Semng  up  a  campaign  – WriAng  whitepapers  –  Organizing  events  –  Design  the  social  plaPorm  –  Design  the  content  markeAng  process  and  contents.  –  Create  buyer-­‐centric  content  that  focuses  on  educaDng  -­‐  not  selling  

•  They  talk  in  terms  of  Brad  would  want  to….  Brad  does  not  care  about  this!  Brad  does  not  know  what  Single  instance  mulAple  tenant  means!!  

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Management  Team  

•  The  Management  team  understands  beder  what  we  are  doing  and  why  

•  It’s  easier  to  “convince”  if  needed  •  Knows  we  know  what  we  are  doing  •  Knows  who  they  should  invite  or  visit,  read  about.  

•  Knows  why  a  painful  decision  has  been  made  (see  Adele’s  example)  

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Magically..  the  click!  

Decisions  become  magically  easier  •  Brad  does  not  go  to  this  event,  why  should  we?  •  Brad  hates  direct  email.  He  researches  soluDons  in  his  professional  network  

•  Brad  reads  these  magazines:  we  need  to  be  there  •  Brad  does  not  know  about  technology.  Let’s  not  bore  him  to  death  with  that  webinar  

•  Design  this  other  kind  of  webinar!  

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No  Shortcuts!  Overo,  come  evitare  “una  cagata  pazzesca”  

Common  misuse  of  the  Personas  methodology  include:  

•  Trying  to  find  an  average  set  of  adributes.  (Average  here  means  “killing”  informaAon)  

•  Making  up  personas.    •  Use  demographics  only  and  other  superficial,  non-­‐personal  data  that  do  not  speak,  do  not  tell  us  anything.  

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Sources  and  acknowledgments  PragmaAcmarkeAng.com  –  The  Buyer  Personas  InsAtute  The  lean  Startup,  Eric  Ries  Running  Lean,  Ash  Maurya  Management  3.0,  Jurgen  Appelo  The  buyer  persona  insAtute,  Adele  Ravella  The  Inmates  Are  Running  the  Asylum,  Alan  Cooper  The  New  Rules  of  MarkeAng  and  PR,  David  Meerman  Scod  Tuned-­‐in,  C.Stull,  P.Myers,  D.Scod  Market-­‐driven.it,  Donato  Mangialardo  Malcolm  McDonald,  hdp://www.malcolm-­‐mcdonald.com/biog.htm        

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More  Sources  •  Mary  and  Tom  Poppendiecks  •  Allan  Cooper  •  joelonsoBware.com  •  productpersonas.com  •  Rally  soBware  •  Sinan  Si  Alhir  •  Ken  Schwaber  •  Mike  Cohn  •  Dean  Leffingwell  •  Tom  Peters  •  Peter  F  Drucker  •  Feature  plan  •  Jeff  Padon  

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Le  Personas  non  si  fanno  in  ufficio!  

GET  OUTSIDE  THE  

BUILDING  

Suona  Familare?  

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Q&A  

Ma  quante  personas  ci  sono?  

QuanA  canvas  devo  usare  se  ho  N  prodom?  

Quei  riquadri  li  devo  fare  proprio  tum?  

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readings  

•  PragmaAcmarkeAng.com  •  Silicon  Valley  Product  Management  AssociaAon  (SVPMA.com)    

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Business  and  marketing  functions  are  important  as  development,  deserving  an  equally  rigorous  methodology  

Steve  Blank  

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Lean Agile Italy How do you distill and crystalize customer and business needs into your “Agile” product development process?

Product Ownership Camp 2013 What are the role and Responsibilities of a Product Owner? Who owns what?

Origin  of  contents  

Catalyst: Fabio Armani @fabioarmani http://www.linkedin.com/in/armani

XPUG-Genova Who is the subject of a user story? Which customer?