The document discusses strategies for launching winning products faster and with less risk. It recommends aligning products with business strategy, achieving market fit, and differentiating through innovation. The key strategies presented are:
1. Use a lean startup approach with frequent customer feedback to build minimum viable products and pivot quickly based on learning.
2. Employ agile development principles like iterative delivery, emergent planning, and just-in-time documentation.
3. Define high-value customer scenarios and assess product-market fit through experiments with meaningful metrics to guide development.
13. Vision
“I believe that this nation should commit itself
to achieving this goal, before the decade is
out, of landing a man on the moon and
returning him safely to the earth”.
– John F. Kennedy, Jr. (May 25, 1961)
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14. BHAG
To become $100 million global product
delivery agency by 2025
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15. One Page Strategic Plan
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22. Role of the Product Manager
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Vision and
Leadership
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Lifecycle
Management
Strategy
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Research
UX and
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Backlog
Product
Roadmap
Business
Model and
Financial
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24. Customer Journey
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26. • It this feature “neat” or a “must have”?
• Are customers willing to pay a premium?
• Does it reduce the risk?
Maximize Business Value
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34. Lean Startup
• Lean Startup/Agile
approach
• Building with the
ability to pivot
based on new
customer insights
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36. Fail fast
The sooner you know
your ideas won’t
work…the better.
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37. Customer Insights
§ Data can be found
everywhere
§ Access to real time
analytics
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39. Quick and Nimble
§ Small and nimble trumps
big and slow
§ Actionable metrics vs.
vanity metrics
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40. Speed is the new currency
How do we get to market quickly with a
great product/service while…
Finding the
right hires
Keeping up with
technology
Prioritizing the
right functionality
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42. Case Study A
• The product was being mailed out on CDs
• They needed to move to the cloud
• Client spent 8 months in planning and still
didn’t know what functionality was most
important to their customers
• 8 iterations later…
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43. Case Study B
• Needed a mobile banking app and deposit
anywhere technology
• Increased customer satisfaction from
40% to 60% to 90%
• “If this functionality was available today, I
would switch my bank provider
immediately!”
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44. If you only remember 1 thing
• Speed is the currency of modern business
– MVP - yields the highest return on investment at
the lowest risk.
– “If you are not embarrassed by the first version
of your product, you’ve launched too late.”
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48. Perceptions Actual
Agile is faster and
cheaper
Agile requires less time
from the client
Agile requires no
documentation
Agile focuses on quality and
business value
Agile requires active and
ongoing participation from
client
Agile requires “just enough”
documentation
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