From CukeUp:
Adam & Arti will walk you through how Simply Business approaches and applies Lean Start Up Methodologies of Build, Measure, Learn (& Iterate!).
You will come out of the workshop with a working knowledge of good & bad hypotheses, some pitfalls & how to build the right things and not just build things right.
4. SIMPLY BUSINESS
❖ Britain’s biggest business insurance provider
❖ Selling insurance online for 10 years
❖ 300,000+ customers and counting
❖ Iterating on Agile & Lean methodologies for 4.5 years
12. BUILD
HYPOTHESIS:
We believe that by doing x we will get benefit y.
ex. We believe that by making the Call To Action button
more prominent, we will get a better conversion rate
from Page 1 to Page 2
Product Architect
7 years experience in commercial insurance
Started on phones -> Underwriter -> Change co-ordinator -> Product manager -> Architectural role
Came from a waterfall background
Started off as QA.
Worked for various companies - including TW, HomeAway, BBC, Argos & now Lean Delivery Manager at SB
technical implementation/design/resources etc & this is important and helps you build things right. But does not ensure you build the right things.
Dig Deeper till you get to the heart of it. Find a REAL reason to build it.
Should Can Will - still doesn’t address whether we built the right things eventually or did we just build it right. Agile etc
Dig Deeper till you get to the heart of it. Find a REAL reason to build it.
timeframes etc.
Should Can Will - still doesn’t address whether we built the right things ultimately or did we just build it right. Agile etc
quantitative & qualitative
5 Why’s → a good understanding of the problem that we are trying to solve and the benefit this will deliver.
Create a hypothesis around this to succinctly define the benefit that you believe will be achieved by addressing the problem
We believe that people will buy event insurance online
ADAM: Pick the right measure (IMPORTANT)
https://github.com/simplybusiness/bml/wiki/Dec-2014:-Activate-Pi-for-Accountants-for-our-MGA's-(BI) - good measures
https://github.com/simplybusiness/bml/wiki/Nov-2014:-Replace-Trade-Selector-with-Trade-Search-Box - not so good measures
Performance Issues?
Poorly Implemented?
Seasonal variance?
Poor UX/UI?
Were there other changes on your app that could have resulted in the less than expected uplift?
PA STORY Learnings
Many customers already had the cover, normally through their bank or as a benefit with products like health insurance
Personal accident was associated with acts the people may perform at work to themselves. The cover is much bigger than this but this is the value that they see in it
Learning assumptions to test
People don't realise the full value of the cover
Most people that want this cover will have bought it already or have it as a perk from another channel/activity (possibly not an insurance one)