CONCEPTVALUETESTING
WITHTHEKANOMODEL
Bennett King
Managing Partner
@skunkwurx
USINGCONCEPT
VALUETESTING
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SCOPE
INTEGRATEDDESIGNPROCESS
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DISCOVER DEFINE CONCEPT BUILD EVALUATE DEPLOY
SCOPE
INTEGRATEDDESIGNPROCESS
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DISCOVER DEFINE CONCEPT BUILD EVALUATE DEPLOY
= actual live humans
SCOPE
INTEGRATEDDESIGNPROCESS
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DISCOVER DEFINE CONCEPT BUILD EVALUATE DEPLOY
CVT
= actual live humans
SCOPE
INTEGRATEDDESIGNPROCESS
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DISCOVER DEFINE CONCEPT BUILD EVALUATE DEPLOY
= actual live humans
WHATITISNOT:
A typical VOC exercise.
A usability test.
A holistic product rating.
A statistically significant
result.
The last user research you
should do.
WHATITIS:
A way to prioritize your
concepts with customers.
A way to refine your roadmap.
A way to quantify customers’
value.
A directional but not final user
research method.
A method the can be done
remote or in-person.
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CVTEARLY
&OFTEN
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THEKANO
MODEL
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Professor
Noriaki Kano
HelloMyNameIs
How do you feel if the concept is included?
Like it to be included
Expect it to be included
Don’t Care
Can live with it being included
Dislike it if it were included
How do you feel if the concept is NOT included?
Like it not to be included
Expect it not to be included
Don’t Care
Can live with it not being included
Dislike it if it were not included
KANOQUESTIONARE
EXAMPLE
Features or concepts that both satisfies the customer
and help them achieve their goals.
Feature or concept is a “must have” to meet customer
expectations.
Features that are exciting or unique, and can directly
relate to initial satisfaction worth the product.
Features or concepts that are neither good nor bad.
Not product differentiators.
Features or concepts that lead to dissatisfaction or
poor user experience.
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PERFORMING
MUSTHAVE
ATTRACTIVE
INDIFFERENT
DISSATISFYING
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LIKE IT EXPECT IT DON’T CARE LIVE WITH DISLIKE
LIKE IT
EXPECT IT
DON’T CARE
LIVE WITH
DISLIKE
NEGATIVE | FEATURE ABSENT
POSITIVE|FEATUREPRESENT
Q=Questionable D=Dissatisfying I=Indifferent A=Attractive M=Must Have P=Performing
CHARTINGCONCEPTS
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CONCEPT 1 CONCEPT 2 CONCEPT 3
CONCEPT 4 CONCEPT 5 CONCEPT 6
VISUALIZINGCONCEPTPERFORMANCE
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JUSTGOHERE
Bennett King
Managing Partner
Konrad+King
@skunkwurx
THANK
YOU!
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Concept Value Testing with the Kano Model