LEAN TESTING FOR FUN +
(YES) PROFIT
JEN VAN DER MEER
RHEA ALEXANDER
PARSONS STRATEGIC DESIGN & MANAGEMENT
OCTOBER 1 2016
BUSINESS MODEL VALIDATION
TESTING = ASSOCIATIVE PATTERN
FINDING, IDEATION, DESIGN WITHIN
CONSTRAINTS
BUSINESS MODEL VALIDATION = FUN
Value
Time
Start: No Value!
Future: Value
van der Meer: Business Model Options Roadmap
BUSINESS MODELING: HOLDING OPTIONS ON THE FUTURE
GENERATE BUSINESS MODEL SCENARIOS + TEST BEST OUTCOME
Value
Time
CDs in the Mail
Data-Driven
Original Content
van der Meer: Business Model Options Roadmap
INNOVATOR: NETFLIX
Subscriptions
Tiered + Streaming
Streaming
Value
Time
Digitize NIH Program
Health outcomes-based
Pay for performance
van der Meer: Business Model Options Roadmap
INNOVATOR: OMADA HEALTH
Pilots prove efficacy
Pay per Use -
PMPM
Augmented Coach
BUSINESS MODEL INNOVATORS
Lead and respond to deliberate and emergent shifts in their business to
uncover new forms of value
Change their business models 2x more frequently than peers1
Are 2x more likely to adopt lean principles2
90% of business model innovation recombines existing ideas and
concepts from other industries3
1 IBM Business Model Innovation Survey 2013
2 BCG Most Innovative Companies Survey 2015
3 St. Gallen Business Model Navigator Survey. Gassman, Frankenberger, Karolin 2014
BUSINESS MODELING
ISN’T EVERYTHING
x Vision
x Competitive Analysis
x Service Blueprint
x Technology Architecture
x Purpose
?? Your impact
BUSINESS MODELING IS…
A tool for finding the business model to
fulfill your vision
A low risk method for figuring out if you
should be for profit or non profit or
something in between
But know that you PIVOT with one foot
firmly planted in your vision and values
READY?
HYPOTHESIS TO TEST RESULT
1. MODEL
2. RANK HYPOTHESES
3. TEST
4. LEARN
CREATED BY: CREATED FOR: VERSION:
Customer
Segments
Customer
Relationships
Value
Proposition
Key ActivitiesPartners
Key
Resources
Customer
Channels
RevenuesCosts
Source: Adapted from Strategyzer Osterwalder, Pigneur
Whom do
you help?
What pains
do you
solve?
What do
you
uniquely
offer?
Distinct
segmentsWhere do
we reach
them?
How do we
get keep
and grow?
How will
you
charge?
What will
it cost?
What do
you need
to have?
How do
you do it?
Who will
help you?
WHAT ARE YOUR BIGGEST RISKS
IN YOUR BUSINESS MODEL?
1
2
3
4
5
FORM 3
TEST CARDS
WE BELIEVE!
TELL US WHAT
YOU LEARNED
HYPOTHESIS TO TEST RESULT
1. MODEL
2. RANK HYPOTHESES
3. TEST
4. LEARN
Business Model Validation Parsons New School

Business Model Validation Parsons New School

  • 1.
    LEAN TESTING FORFUN + (YES) PROFIT JEN VAN DER MEER RHEA ALEXANDER PARSONS STRATEGIC DESIGN & MANAGEMENT OCTOBER 1 2016 BUSINESS MODEL VALIDATION
  • 3.
    TESTING = ASSOCIATIVEPATTERN FINDING, IDEATION, DESIGN WITHIN CONSTRAINTS
  • 4.
  • 6.
    Value Time Start: No Value! Future:Value van der Meer: Business Model Options Roadmap BUSINESS MODELING: HOLDING OPTIONS ON THE FUTURE GENERATE BUSINESS MODEL SCENARIOS + TEST BEST OUTCOME
  • 7.
    Value Time CDs in theMail Data-Driven Original Content van der Meer: Business Model Options Roadmap INNOVATOR: NETFLIX Subscriptions Tiered + Streaming Streaming
  • 8.
    Value Time Digitize NIH Program Healthoutcomes-based Pay for performance van der Meer: Business Model Options Roadmap INNOVATOR: OMADA HEALTH Pilots prove efficacy Pay per Use - PMPM Augmented Coach
  • 9.
    BUSINESS MODEL INNOVATORS Leadand respond to deliberate and emergent shifts in their business to uncover new forms of value Change their business models 2x more frequently than peers1 Are 2x more likely to adopt lean principles2 90% of business model innovation recombines existing ideas and concepts from other industries3 1 IBM Business Model Innovation Survey 2013 2 BCG Most Innovative Companies Survey 2015 3 St. Gallen Business Model Navigator Survey. Gassman, Frankenberger, Karolin 2014
  • 10.
    BUSINESS MODELING ISN’T EVERYTHING xVision x Competitive Analysis x Service Blueprint x Technology Architecture x Purpose ?? Your impact
  • 11.
    BUSINESS MODELING IS… Atool for finding the business model to fulfill your vision A low risk method for figuring out if you should be for profit or non profit or something in between But know that you PIVOT with one foot firmly planted in your vision and values
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    HYPOTHESIS TO TESTRESULT 1. MODEL 2. RANK HYPOTHESES 3. TEST 4. LEARN
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    CREATED BY: CREATEDFOR: VERSION: Customer Segments Customer Relationships Value Proposition Key ActivitiesPartners Key Resources Customer Channels RevenuesCosts Source: Adapted from Strategyzer Osterwalder, Pigneur Whom do you help? What pains do you solve? What do you uniquely offer? Distinct segmentsWhere do we reach them? How do we get keep and grow? How will you charge? What will it cost? What do you need to have? How do you do it? Who will help you?
  • 15.
    WHAT ARE YOURBIGGEST RISKS IN YOUR BUSINESS MODEL? 1 2 3 4 5
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    HYPOTHESIS TO TESTRESULT 1. MODEL 2. RANK HYPOTHESES 3. TEST 4. LEARN