Value Driven Design
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Why do we
Produce
Buy
Use
a product or
service?
Value
Start with Why
Product
eg. Coca Cola
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User
Values
eg. Jane Doe
Producer
Values
eg. Coca Cola
B2C
Business
Values
eg. Keen
Product
eg. Powerpoint
User
Values
eg. Jane Doe
Producer
Values
eg. Microsoft
Business
Values
eg. Deutsche
Bank
Product
eg. Credit card
system
User
Values
eg. Jane Doe
Producer
Values
eg. Deutsche
Bank
B2B
Producer
= Business
Levels of value
Producer Values
Business owner
business strategy
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Business Values
Target group:
Value:
Period:
Reference:
Target:
Deadline:
Example: “Street view for business” 7
for whom is it valuable?
Why would they buy this product?
Qualifier (per year, per month, etc.)
Baseline or reference (eg. IST, competitor)
SOLL
By when
User Values
Target group:
Value:
Reference:
Target:
Current user rating:
Target user rating:
Example: “Street view for business” 8
for whom is it valuable?
Why would they use this product?
Baseline or reference (eg. IST)
SOLL
Measuring subjective value
“Intangible” values
Operationalise intangibles by using one or more facets
Facets of user values are almost always domain specific
Facets of subjective values are always assumptions
Assumptions need to be validated with users
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Quality
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From Why to How
Quality
The level of quality describes how good a product is
It determines the “finish” of a product
It is determined by so-called “non-functionals”
What’s that?
Things like accessibility, usability, security, performance,
responsiveness, tolerance for user errors, “learnability”, privacy, etc
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Tracking non-functionals
A non-functional is set in a Theme
Each Theme is measurable and has its own scale of quality
A Theme should contribute to a (business or user) value
A Theme can apply to one, more or all of a product’s functionals
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Themes
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Theme
Epic
Story
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Epic Epic
Theme
Epic
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Epic Epic
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Accessibility scale
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WCAG
Level A
WCAG
Level AA
WCAG
Level AAA
Non-issue
Promotion of a non-functional
Sometimes, a non-functional, or theme, is essential to why a user
would use a product.
In that case, a non-functional is promoted to a user value.
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Inclusive
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Do users use this product,
because it is “inclusive”?
“Inclusive” is a user value
“Inclusive” is a non-
functional requirement
Yes No
as a user value
Inclusive
as a non-functional
requirement
Stories
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From Why
via How
to What
Business
Values
eg. Keen
Product
eg. Powerpoint
User
Values
eg. Jane Doe
Producer
Values
eg. Microsoft
Business stories User stories
(market) strategy
B2B
Stories
Business story
As a <stakeholder>, I want <requirement>, because <business value>
User story
As a <user>, I want <functional>, because <user value>
Architecture story
We need to <develop or change> <item> in order to achieve <value,
theme or story>
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Values
Value statements
Features,
Functionals
Stories
Quality,
Non-functionals
Themes
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Thanks!
Iwan Cuijpers
iwan.cuijpers@keendesign.nl

Value driven design / Iwan Cuijpers