Agile Marketing
Agile Beyond IT
Agile Marketing
Fabio Armani
AgileBeyond IT
Setting the Stage
Setting the Stage
REASON WHY?
Agile Marketing is an ”organizational
effectiveness strategy that uses self-organizing,
cross-functional teams doing work in frequent
iterations.”
Agile Marketing is an ”organizational
effectiveness strategy that uses self-organizing,
cross-functional teams doing work in frequent
iterations.”
Agile Marketing ”aims to drive growth by
focusing team efforts on those that deliver value
to the end-customer.”
AGENDA
1. Quotes
2. Definitions
3. PROCESS
4. COMPARISON
5. FACTS
6. MANIFESTO
7. TOOLS
No great marketing
decisions have ever been
made on quantitative data.
John Sculley (Former CEO of Apple & Pepsi)
The aim of marketing is to know
and understand the customer so
well the product or service fits him
and sells itself.
Peter Drucker (Management consultant, educator, and author)
DEFINITIONS
AGILE MARKETING
AGILE MARKETING
Agile marketing is a high-communication, low
documentation, rapid iteration process
designed to provide more frequent, more
relevant and highly measurable marketing
programs.
Definition
RAPID
INTERACTION
LOW
DOCUMENTATION
HIGH
COMMUNICATION
IDC, Agile Principles and Practices, 2010
AGILE MARKETING
Elements
WHERE SMALL,
HIGHLY-COLLABORATIVE TEAMS
WORK IN A SERIES
OF SHORT CYCLES
AN ITERATIVE AND
ADAPTIVE PROCESS
INCORPORATING
RAPID FEEDBACK,
TO DELIVER
EMERGENT SOLUTIONS,
EMPHASIZING TRANSPARENCY
AMONG ALL STAKEHOLDERS.
AGILE
MARKETING
Agile Marketing is NOT
Exactly like Agile Software Development
Following Scrum framework to the letter
An excuse not to plan
Going as fast as possible all the time
A way to force teams to accept changes constantly
PROCESS
AGILE MARKETING
AGILE MARKETING
Process
CONCEPT &
DEFINITION
PERFORMANCE
MEASUREMENT
AGILE PUBLISHING AND MARKETING PROCESS
ITERATION 1 ITERATION 2 ITERATION 3
Describe Develop
Learn Test
Launch
Describe Develop
Learn Test
Launch
Describe Develop
Learn Test
Launch
CONCEPT REALIZATION
PRODUCTION AND DEPLOYMENT
§ Define user interactions
§ Create product and look and feel
§ Test and launch
§ Benchmark performance
§ Analyze statistics
§ Measure ROI / Customer satisfaction
§ Identify target market, market
size and customer needs
§ Assess competition
§ Select technology
Voiced through “stakeholder
stories” written in plain text.
CUSTOMER DRIVEN
2-week sprints
Measure regularly and often
ITERATIVE & ACCOUNTABLE
Focus on VOC (Voice of the Customer)
By product owner & empowered
scrum master.
FLEXIBLE & CREATIVE
SCRUM TEAM
AGILE MARKETING
Process
Voiced through “stakeholder
stories” written in plain text.
CUSTOMER DRIVEN
1-week iterations
Measure regularly and often or
continuously
ITERATIVE & ACCOUNTABLE
Focus on VOC (Voice of the Customer)
By product owner & empowered
agile team leader.
FLEXIBLE & CREATIVE
WAR ROOM TEAM
AGILE MARKETING
Process
AGILE MARKETING
Process
INTAKE
Your Vision
AUDIT
Our Vision
aRCHETYPES
Consumer Vision
experience
Synthesis
backlog
Roadmap
START PLANNING STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION
MEASURE
TEST
IMPROVE
COMPARISON
AGILE MARKETING
AGILE MARKETING
Conventional Marketing Process Vs The Agile Marketing Process
BIG
STRATEGY
NEW BIG
STRATEGY
FOCUS GROUPS
Tests with consumers / customers
ADJUST BIG LAUNCH
Campaign, Ad, Website, etc.
MEASURE
LITTLE
STRATEGY
ITERATION CYCLE
Plan. Design.
Launch. Measure
INSIGHTS
LITTLE
STRATEGY
ADJUST
ITERATION CYCLE
Plan. Design.
Launch. Measure
A.
CONTINUE
B.
TRY
STH.
ELSE
LEARNING CURVE
MARKETING
CONVENTIONAL
PROCESS
MARKETING
AGILE
PROCESS
RIGID PLANS (WATERFALL) AGILE ITERATIONS
Traditionally, marketing management follows a well-structured
stages plan like a quarterly or yearly marketing plan.
PRODUCE
DEPLOY
REVIEW
Agile software developers invented new adaptive
management methodologies like Scrum or Kanban.
24h
TIME-BOX
SPRINT
AGILE MARKETING
Process
AGILE MARKETING
Traditional Marketing Vs The Agile Marketing
REAL-TIME
FRESHCONTENT
DAILY
CREATIVE, REAL-TIME
TRADITIONAL MARKETING THE AGILE MARKETING
6 MONTHS
2X PER YEAR
RIGID FIXED EXECUTIONS EXECUTION
CADENCE
ASSETS
TIME
FRAME
“ARTIFACT” IMAGES,
VIDEOS, TAGLINES
MANIFESTO
AGILE MARKETING
AGILE MARKETING
Manifesto
RESPONDING TO CHANGE
over FOLLOWING A PLAN
TESTING &DATA
over OPINIONS & CONVENTIONS
INDIVIDUALS & INTERACTIONS
over TARGET MARKETS
RAPID ITERATIONS
over BIG CAMPAIGNS
MANY SMALL EXPERIMENTS
over A FEW LARGE BETS
COLLABORATION
over SILOS & HIERARCHY
www.agilemarketingmanifesto.org
FACTS
AGILE MARKETING
AGILE MARKETING
Focus on the Customer
CUSTOMER
FIRST
CONSUMER-
CENTRIC
CONSUMER
RELEVANT
PERSONALIZED
AND RESPONSIVE
FEEDBACK-
DRIVENMARKETING
TACTICS
AGILE MARKETING
Top Ten Reasons to Implement Agile Marketing
The velocity of marketing is
increased over time to further
productivity.
PRODUCTIVITY
Honest and clear information is
communicated to help customers
make buying decisions.
COSTURMER SATIFACTION
Marketing teams are closely
engaged with customers in an
honest and candid relationship.
TRANSPARENCY
Prioritizing company’s needs,
continuing successful marketing
measures, increasing customer
satisfaction all lead to increased
competitiveness.
COMPETITIVENESS
Stakeholders prioritize requests
and see how resources can be best
deployed.
PRIORITIZATION
Transparency allows improved
communication with management,
sales and development. Also,
improved teamwork helps
overcome obstacles.
INTERNAL
COMMUNICATION
Communicating contribution,
measuring results and investing
time in what works.
MEASURABILITY
Marketers who have a deep
understanding of agile marketing
are in high demand.
GOOD FOR YOUR CAREER
Set aside a portion of marketing
resources anticipating change in
order to be able to quickly adapt.
ADAPTABILITY
Sharing what you’re working on
and talking through challenges is
engaging and can be a great
satisfaction.
IT’S FUN!
AGILE MARKETING
Spectrum
PR / CONTENT MARKETING
WHITE PAPERS
SALES / DISTRIBUTION
CHANNEL TRAINING
WEB / SOCIAL MEDIA
MOBILE – EMAIL
METRICS
ADVERTISING & PROMOTION
EVENTS / LEAD GENERATION
SUPPLY CHAIN /
MANUFACTURING
CUSTOMER
SERVICE & SUPPORT
PACKAGING
MERCHANDISING
FINANCE / HR
OPERATIONS
PRODUCT MANAGEMENT
RESEARCH
DEVELOPMENT ROADMAPS
ROLES
AGILE MARKETING
1. The Vision - Marketing Owner should articulate a vision of how the product will be
marketed.
The Marketing Owner should also publish a one-page summary each quarter of marketing
“themes”.
2. Setting Priorities - Whether your team is practicing Kanban, Scrum or a combination of
both, someone needs to set the priorities. This responsibility falls to the Marketing
Owner.
3. Allocating Respources - The Marketing owner allocates resources – cross teams - to
ensure that the work gets done efficiently, without bottlenecks.
Marketing Owner
Responsibilities
TOOLS
AGILE MARKETING
AGILE MARKETING
Stakeholder Story Template
PRIO STAKEHOLDER STORY SUCCESS CRITERIA OWNER POINTS & STATUS
1 A specific description of a task from the stakeholder
perspective.
Should start with “As a _______ (stakeholder), I
want to ______ (task), so that ______
(desired result).”
List specific activities, if story becomes too large,
consider ways you could break it up. Ensure
dependencies are noted.
Measureable results.
What defines “done”?
(like prototype launched)
Name How difficult is this task?
Velocity & points get
refined over time.
2 A specific description of a task from the stakeholder
perspective.
Measureable results. Name Difficult points
AGILE MARKETING
www.wheretoplay.co This work is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-
NonCommercial- ShareAlike 4.0 International license.
DATE
NAME
THE MARKET OPPORTUNITY NAVIGATOR
MARKET OPPORTUNITY SET ATTRACTIVENESS MAP
QUICK WIN
market opportunity = any combination of application + customer
Use sticky-notes™ to represent each market opportunity
GOLD MINE PLACE IN STORAGE
KEEP OPEN
PURSUE NOW
QUESTIONABLE
MOON SHOT
POTENTIAL
CHALLENGE
AGILE FOCUS DARTBOARD
Use Worksheet 1 to identify potential market
opportunities, and place them in the set
Use Worksheet 2 to evaluate the atractiveness of each
market opportunity, and place each one on the map
Use Worksheet 3 to design your Agile Focus
strategy, and mark it on the dartboard
Low Mid High Super High
Super
High
High
Mid
Low
3
2
1
Real World
Real World
EXPERIENCES
THE REAL WORLD DOESN’T REWARD PERFECTIONISTS.
IT REWARD PEOPLE WHO GET THINGS DONE.
EXPERIENCES
Marketing War Room
• The concept of the War Rooms is an mashup
of concepts:
– Discovery/Delivery Tracks
– Extended Team (see Lean UX)
– Value Stream Map
this is only an
example taken
from many
experiences
Marketing Portfolio Room
Agile : marketing
Agile : marketing
Thanks
Thanks
Thanks
@fabioarmani
Thanks
Thanks
@fabioarmani
Thanks
TEAMS
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    Agile Marketing isan ”organizational effectiveness strategy that uses self-organizing, cross-functional teams doing work in frequent iterations.”
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    Agile Marketing isan ”organizational effectiveness strategy that uses self-organizing, cross-functional teams doing work in frequent iterations.”
  • 7.
    Agile Marketing ”aimsto drive growth by focusing team efforts on those that deliver value to the end-customer.”
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    AGENDA 1. Quotes 2. Definitions 3.PROCESS 4. COMPARISON 5. FACTS 6. MANIFESTO 7. TOOLS
  • 9.
    No great marketing decisionshave ever been made on quantitative data. John Sculley (Former CEO of Apple & Pepsi)
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    The aim ofmarketing is to know and understand the customer so well the product or service fits him and sells itself. Peter Drucker (Management consultant, educator, and author)
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    AGILE MARKETING Agile marketingis a high-communication, low documentation, rapid iteration process designed to provide more frequent, more relevant and highly measurable marketing programs. Definition RAPID INTERACTION LOW DOCUMENTATION HIGH COMMUNICATION IDC, Agile Principles and Practices, 2010
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    AGILE MARKETING Elements WHERE SMALL, HIGHLY-COLLABORATIVETEAMS WORK IN A SERIES OF SHORT CYCLES AN ITERATIVE AND ADAPTIVE PROCESS INCORPORATING RAPID FEEDBACK, TO DELIVER EMERGENT SOLUTIONS, EMPHASIZING TRANSPARENCY AMONG ALL STAKEHOLDERS.
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    Agile Marketing isNOT Exactly like Agile Software Development Following Scrum framework to the letter An excuse not to plan Going as fast as possible all the time A way to force teams to accept changes constantly
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    AGILE MARKETING Process CONCEPT & DEFINITION PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT AGILEPUBLISHING AND MARKETING PROCESS ITERATION 1 ITERATION 2 ITERATION 3 Describe Develop Learn Test Launch Describe Develop Learn Test Launch Describe Develop Learn Test Launch CONCEPT REALIZATION PRODUCTION AND DEPLOYMENT § Define user interactions § Create product and look and feel § Test and launch § Benchmark performance § Analyze statistics § Measure ROI / Customer satisfaction § Identify target market, market size and customer needs § Assess competition § Select technology
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    Voiced through “stakeholder stories”written in plain text. CUSTOMER DRIVEN 2-week sprints Measure regularly and often ITERATIVE & ACCOUNTABLE Focus on VOC (Voice of the Customer) By product owner & empowered scrum master. FLEXIBLE & CREATIVE SCRUM TEAM AGILE MARKETING Process
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    Voiced through “stakeholder stories”written in plain text. CUSTOMER DRIVEN 1-week iterations Measure regularly and often or continuously ITERATIVE & ACCOUNTABLE Focus on VOC (Voice of the Customer) By product owner & empowered agile team leader. FLEXIBLE & CREATIVE WAR ROOM TEAM AGILE MARKETING Process
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    AGILE MARKETING Process INTAKE Your Vision AUDIT OurVision aRCHETYPES Consumer Vision experience Synthesis backlog Roadmap START PLANNING STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION MEASURE TEST IMPROVE
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    AGILE MARKETING Conventional MarketingProcess Vs The Agile Marketing Process BIG STRATEGY NEW BIG STRATEGY FOCUS GROUPS Tests with consumers / customers ADJUST BIG LAUNCH Campaign, Ad, Website, etc. MEASURE LITTLE STRATEGY ITERATION CYCLE Plan. Design. Launch. Measure INSIGHTS LITTLE STRATEGY ADJUST ITERATION CYCLE Plan. Design. Launch. Measure A. CONTINUE B. TRY STH. ELSE LEARNING CURVE MARKETING CONVENTIONAL PROCESS MARKETING AGILE PROCESS
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    RIGID PLANS (WATERFALL)AGILE ITERATIONS Traditionally, marketing management follows a well-structured stages plan like a quarterly or yearly marketing plan. PRODUCE DEPLOY REVIEW Agile software developers invented new adaptive management methodologies like Scrum or Kanban. 24h TIME-BOX SPRINT AGILE MARKETING Process
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    AGILE MARKETING Traditional MarketingVs The Agile Marketing REAL-TIME FRESHCONTENT DAILY CREATIVE, REAL-TIME TRADITIONAL MARKETING THE AGILE MARKETING 6 MONTHS 2X PER YEAR RIGID FIXED EXECUTIONS EXECUTION CADENCE ASSETS TIME FRAME “ARTIFACT” IMAGES, VIDEOS, TAGLINES
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    AGILE MARKETING Manifesto RESPONDING TOCHANGE over FOLLOWING A PLAN TESTING &DATA over OPINIONS & CONVENTIONS INDIVIDUALS & INTERACTIONS over TARGET MARKETS RAPID ITERATIONS over BIG CAMPAIGNS MANY SMALL EXPERIMENTS over A FEW LARGE BETS COLLABORATION over SILOS & HIERARCHY www.agilemarketingmanifesto.org
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    AGILE MARKETING Focus onthe Customer CUSTOMER FIRST CONSUMER- CENTRIC CONSUMER RELEVANT PERSONALIZED AND RESPONSIVE FEEDBACK- DRIVENMARKETING TACTICS
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    AGILE MARKETING Top TenReasons to Implement Agile Marketing The velocity of marketing is increased over time to further productivity. PRODUCTIVITY Honest and clear information is communicated to help customers make buying decisions. COSTURMER SATIFACTION Marketing teams are closely engaged with customers in an honest and candid relationship. TRANSPARENCY Prioritizing company’s needs, continuing successful marketing measures, increasing customer satisfaction all lead to increased competitiveness. COMPETITIVENESS Stakeholders prioritize requests and see how resources can be best deployed. PRIORITIZATION Transparency allows improved communication with management, sales and development. Also, improved teamwork helps overcome obstacles. INTERNAL COMMUNICATION Communicating contribution, measuring results and investing time in what works. MEASURABILITY Marketers who have a deep understanding of agile marketing are in high demand. GOOD FOR YOUR CAREER Set aside a portion of marketing resources anticipating change in order to be able to quickly adapt. ADAPTABILITY Sharing what you’re working on and talking through challenges is engaging and can be a great satisfaction. IT’S FUN!
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    AGILE MARKETING Spectrum PR /CONTENT MARKETING WHITE PAPERS SALES / DISTRIBUTION CHANNEL TRAINING WEB / SOCIAL MEDIA MOBILE – EMAIL METRICS ADVERTISING & PROMOTION EVENTS / LEAD GENERATION SUPPLY CHAIN / MANUFACTURING CUSTOMER SERVICE & SUPPORT PACKAGING MERCHANDISING FINANCE / HR OPERATIONS PRODUCT MANAGEMENT RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT ROADMAPS
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    1. The Vision- Marketing Owner should articulate a vision of how the product will be marketed. The Marketing Owner should also publish a one-page summary each quarter of marketing “themes”. 2. Setting Priorities - Whether your team is practicing Kanban, Scrum or a combination of both, someone needs to set the priorities. This responsibility falls to the Marketing Owner. 3. Allocating Respources - The Marketing owner allocates resources – cross teams - to ensure that the work gets done efficiently, without bottlenecks. Marketing Owner Responsibilities
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    AGILE MARKETING Stakeholder StoryTemplate PRIO STAKEHOLDER STORY SUCCESS CRITERIA OWNER POINTS & STATUS 1 A specific description of a task from the stakeholder perspective. Should start with “As a _______ (stakeholder), I want to ______ (task), so that ______ (desired result).” List specific activities, if story becomes too large, consider ways you could break it up. Ensure dependencies are noted. Measureable results. What defines “done”? (like prototype launched) Name How difficult is this task? Velocity & points get refined over time. 2 A specific description of a task from the stakeholder perspective. Measureable results. Name Difficult points
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    AGILE MARKETING www.wheretoplay.co Thiswork is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial- ShareAlike 4.0 International license. DATE NAME THE MARKET OPPORTUNITY NAVIGATOR MARKET OPPORTUNITY SET ATTRACTIVENESS MAP QUICK WIN market opportunity = any combination of application + customer Use sticky-notes™ to represent each market opportunity GOLD MINE PLACE IN STORAGE KEEP OPEN PURSUE NOW QUESTIONABLE MOON SHOT POTENTIAL CHALLENGE AGILE FOCUS DARTBOARD Use Worksheet 1 to identify potential market opportunities, and place them in the set Use Worksheet 2 to evaluate the atractiveness of each market opportunity, and place each one on the map Use Worksheet 3 to design your Agile Focus strategy, and mark it on the dartboard Low Mid High Super High Super High High Mid Low 3 2 1
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    THE REAL WORLDDOESN’T REWARD PERFECTIONISTS. IT REWARD PEOPLE WHO GET THINGS DONE. EXPERIENCES
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    Marketing War Room •The concept of the War Rooms is an mashup of concepts: – Discovery/Delivery Tracks – Extended Team (see Lean UX) – Value Stream Map this is only an example taken from many experiences
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