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The Product is NOT
“the Product”
mini Agile Day - May 17 2014	
Donato Mangialardo	
Business of Software (Product) Coach
 
Companies:	
  Silicon	
  Valley	
  (10	
  Years)	
  and	
  Italy	
  (9	
  years)	
  
	
  
Products	
  and	
  Solu4ons:	
  
SaaS	
  PLM	
  (Product	
  Lifecycle	
  Management),	
  	
  
RecruiAng	
  soBware,	
  Assessment	
  AutomaAon	
  	
  
SaaS	
  Smart	
  Energy	
  Management	
  SoluAons	
  
CAD/PDM	
  -­‐	
  Product	
  Data	
  Management,	
  Product	
  Design	
  collaboraAon	
  tools	
  
Main	
  Focus:	
  
Product,	
  Product,	
  Product	
  (management	
  and	
  markeAng)	
  
Product	
  Strategy	
  
Personas,	
  User	
  Stories,	
  Roadmaps	
  
About	
  what	
  I	
  do	
  
The	
  System	
  
The	
  PlaPorm	
  
The	
  SoBware	
  
The	
  FuncAonaliAes	
  
We	
  do	
  projects	
  for	
  our	
  customers	
  
Services,	
  Projects	
  
Product	
  ??	
  
SAll,	
  we	
  always	
  talk	
  “Product”	
  
Product	
  Owner	
  
Product	
  Vision	
  
Product	
  Backlog	
  
Minimum	
  Viable	
  Product	
  	
  
Product	
  Strategy	
  
Product	
  Manager	
  
Product	
  MarkeAng	
  
Product	
  Canvas	
  
So,	
  what	
  do	
  we	
  mean	
  by	
  “Product”?	
  
What	
  Problem?	
  
Who	
  has	
  it?	
  
Do	
  we	
  solve	
  it	
  uniquely?	
  
AlternaAves?	
  
Will	
  people	
  want	
  our	
  product?	
  
At	
  what	
  price?	
  
How	
  will	
  they	
  buy	
  it?	
  
How	
  do	
  we	
  make	
  money	
  with	
  it?	
  
Revenue	
  Model?	
  
How	
  do	
  we	
  go	
  to	
  market?	
  
How	
  to	
  repeat	
  business?	
  	
  
None	
  of	
  these	
  is	
  
“The	
  SoBware”	
  
In	
  fact,	
  
the	
  Product	
  is	
  not	
  “the	
  Product”	
  
The	
  product	
  is	
  the	
  “whole	
  thing”	
  
The	
  product	
  is	
  the	
  “whole	
  thing”	
  
PROBLEM	
  
(NEED)	
  
WHO	
  HAS	
  THIS	
  
PROBLEM?	
  
SOLUTION	
   UNIQUE?	
  
COSTS	
   HOW	
  to	
  SELL/
BUY?	
   …	
  
Very	
  useful	
  models	
  
Business Model Canvas (Alexander
Osterwalder)
Lean Canvas (Lean Startup + Alexander
Osterwailder + Ash Maruya)
Product Canvas (Lean Startup + Alexander
Osterwailder + Roman Pichler)
REVENUE MODEL
How do we make money with it
PROBLEM
The top problems we
aim to solve
EXISTING
ALTERNATIVES
How these problems are
solved today or
conditions that lessen
the need of our solution
SOLUTION
How we solve the
problem(s) in section 1
METRICS
What we measure to track
progress
UNIQUE VALUE
PROPOSITION
Simple, clear, effective
sentence that turns a
casual “visitor” into an
interested prospects that
“wants a demo”
ANALOGY
Something that pictures
our product. We are the
Ferrari of something. (the
best) Or, the Google Apps
of something (cheap and
easy to deploy)
COMPETITIVE
ADVANTAGE
What we do very well,
that the
market(section2)
appreciates and that
is hard to emulate for
others
TARGET MARKET
For whom we solve a given
problem in section 1. The
target segments of the
market.
(Buyer Personas)
EARLY ADOPTERS
List the “perfect
customers”, those who
would buy the product
today
CHANNELS
Path to/From Customers
COST STRUCTURE
Fixed and recurring costs
25
9 6
4
87
1 3
REVENUE MODEL
How do we make money with it
PROBLEM
The top problems we
aim to solve
EXISTING
ALTERNATIVES
How these problems are
solved today or
conditions that lessen
the need of our solution
SOLUTION
How we solve the
problem(s) in section 1
METRICS
What we measure to track
progress
UNIQUE VALUE
PROPOSITION
Simple, clear, effective
sentence that turns a
casual “visitor” into an
interested prospects that
“wants a demo”
ANALOGY
Something that pictures
our product. We are the
Ferrari of something. (the
best) Or, the Google Apps
of something (cheap and
easy to deploy)
COMPETITIVE
ADVANTAGE
What we do very well,
that the
market(section2)
appreciates and that
is hard to emulate for
others
TARGET MARKET
For whom we solve a given
problem in section 1. The
target segments of the
market.
(Buyer Personas)
EARLY ADOPTERS
List the “perfect
customers”, those who
would buy the product
today
CHANNELS
Path to/From Customers
COST STRUCTURE
Fixed and recurring costs
25
9 6
4
87
1 3Most	
  important	
  ones!	
  
But…	
  we	
  are	
  about	
  Projects.	
  
We	
  don’t	
  sell	
  “Products”	
  
So,	
  we	
  don’t	
  need	
  any	
  of	
  those	
  Canvas!	
  
Well,	
  it	
  depends…	
  
A group of customers with one problem
Potential customers
Supports a repeatable business
Unknown lifecycle
Several plausible scenarios
Quality is very expensive
Complex: business model, analysis, marketing,
sales, support, revenue model, etc.
One	
  customer	
  at	
  a	
  Ame	
  
ExisAng	
  customers	
  
Specific	
  deliverables	
  
Limited	
  duraAon	
  
A	
  few	
  defined	
  scenarios	
  
Cost	
  of	
  quality	
  is	
  limited	
  
RelaAvely	
  simple	
  
Project	
   Product	
  
But…	
  who	
  is	
  the	
  customer	
  again?	
  
Is	
  it	
  my	
  client?	
  
…my	
  client’s	
  customers?	
  
…my	
  client’s	
  customer’s	
  customers?	
  
So	
  what	
  is	
  the	
  product?	
  
	
  
That is …	
	
Something you can build 	
a sustainable business around	
Example: a digital marketing company (formely known as web agency, at least
in italy)
Product: ability to build and offer a specific set of services service that make a
group of target customers happy and paying, in a repeatable, sustainable
manner
Very	
  useful	
  acrodd	
  the	
  board	
  
Business	
  evaluaAon	
  and	
  Investor	
  pitch	
  
StarAng	
  up	
  a	
  business	
  
Manage	
  a	
  business	
  (and	
  related	
  products)	
  
Take	
  a	
  product	
  to	
  market	
  
Brainstorm	
  new	
  ideas	
  
Understand	
  what	
  the	
  market	
  really	
  needs	
  
As	
  in	
  “why	
  are	
  we	
  doing	
  this?	
  We	
  should	
  do	
  that	
  instead…”	
  
Minimum	
  Viable	
  Product	
  
Doesn’t	
  it	
  look	
  so	
  simple?	
  
Most	
  difficult	
  parts	
  
These	
  don’t	
  depemd	
  on	
  “our	
  soluAon”	
  
They	
  exist	
  regardless	
  of	
  “us”	
  
They	
  are	
  not	
  made	
  up	
  in	
  a	
  room	
  filled	
  by	
  smart	
  people!	
  
These	
  need	
  you	
  to	
  
get	
  outside	
  the	
  
building!	
  
In	
  other	
  words…	
  
The	
  answer	
  to	
  most	
  of	
  your	
  quesDons	
  is	
  not	
  in	
  
the	
  building.	
  	
  
PragmaAc	
  MarkeAng	
  	
  
hdp://bit.ly/1eLM3yM	
  
Get	
  outside	
  the	
  Building!	
  
Eric	
  Ries	
  
hdp://bit.ly/18rPN0X	
  
Most	
  difficult	
  part	
  again…	
  
Start	
  wit	
  something	
  
(think	
  product	
  and	
  start	
  draBing)	
  
Then,	
  iterate	
  
MVP1	
   MVP2	
   MVP3	
  
Real,	
  Measurable	
  Progress	
  
Build	
  Minimum	
  Viable	
  Products	
  of	
  your	
  canvas	
  
I	
  don’t	
  want	
  to	
  see	
  any	
  canvas!!	
  
Get	
  back	
  to	
  work!	
  
Alright…	
  
In this case just do it “secretly” as much as you can.
Then show progress and lead
Case	
  Study	
  
The	
  paper	
  sheet	
  
(the	
  persona	
  technique	
  at	
  work)	
  
Sorry…most contents are in Italian
“Le	
  Personas	
  mi	
  sembravano	
  una	
  
.	
  Invece	
  sono	
  uno	
  
strumento	
  formidabile”	
  
	
  
Passionate Scrumaster
Participant @ Product Ownership Camp 2013
2006	
  
“Cloud”	
  Company	
  
SaaS	
  PLM	
  
	
  
Urlo	
  di	
  dolore	
  delle	
  vendite	
  (=tum)	
  
“Manca	
  l’integrazione	
  con	
  altri	
  sistemi”	
  
“I	
  clienD	
  ce	
  la	
  chiedono	
  sempre”	
  
“OK	
  facciamo	
  sta	
  integrazione.	
  	
  
Ma	
  in	
  3	
  mesi!”	
  
	
  	
   	
  Disse	
  il	
  CEO	
  
	
  
“Basta	
  assumere	
  uno	
  che	
  conosca	
  bene	
  
entrambi	
  i	
  sistemi,	
  e	
  via!	
  “	
  
	
  	
   	
  Disse	
  il	
  CTO	
  
2	
  anni	
  dopo	
  …	
  
Tudo	
  come	
  prima,	
  ma	
  spendendo	
  di	
  più	
  
“Prendiamo	
  un	
  Product	
  Manager	
  per	
  le	
  
integrazioni!”	
  	
  
– dissero	
  quasi	
  tum	
  
Missione:	
  definire	
  che	
  integrazione	
  fare	
  e	
  come	
  
3	
  semmane	
  dopo…	
  
La	
  missione	
  diventò:	
  	
  
•  Perchè	
  nessuno	
  ha	
  usato	
  l’integrazione	
  aduale?	
  
•  Perchè	
  dovremmo	
  fare	
  una	
  integrazione?	
  	
  
•  Quale	
  problema	
  vogliamo	
  risolvere?	
  
•  Per	
  chi?	
  
	
  
•  Come	
  moneAzzeremo	
  la	
  soluzione	
  a	
  questo	
  
problema?	
  
Dopo	
  alcuni	
  iterazioni	
  …	
  
Interviste	
  e	
  triangolazioni	
  varie	
  …	
  
	
  
Il	
  “Product	
  Manager”	
  trova	
  un	
  “padern:”	
  
Mad	
   Progemsta	
  
Sistemi	
  eledromeccanici	
  industriali	
  
Integrazioni	
  ?	
  L	
  	
  
Nuovi	
  sistemi	
  ?	
  L	
  
Non	
  voglio	
  perdere	
  tempo	
  e	
  
rischiare	
  di	
  sbagliare	
  L	
  
	
  Sono	
  un	
  progemsta	
  J	
  	
  
voglio	
  conAnuare	
  ad	
  esserlo!	
  
so	
  that	
  …	
  
•  Ma8	
  wants	
  to	
  share	
  his	
  design	
  with	
  suppliers	
  
for	
  a	
  prototype	
  run.	
  	
  	
  
•  He	
  need	
  to	
  generate	
  automaAcally	
  specific	
  
neutral	
  file	
  formats	
  from	
  his	
  several	
  3D	
  CAD	
  
models	
  so	
  that	
  he	
  can	
  save	
  Ame	
  and	
  
distracAon	
  from	
  his	
  core	
  engineering	
  tasks.	
  He	
  
is	
  required	
  to	
  do	
  this	
  several	
  Ames	
  during	
  his	
  
working	
  week	
  
 
Obiemvi	
  di	
  Business	
  
•  Sviluppare	
  prodom	
  che	
  soddisfino	
  requisiA	
  funzionali,	
  siano	
  consegnaA	
  in	
  tempo,	
  
massimizzano	
  il	
  riuAlizzo	
  di	
  componenA,	
  siano	
  in	
  linea	
  con	
  regolamentazioni	
  e	
  cosA,	
  etc.	
  
Mad’s	
  Personal	
  Goals	
  
•  Mad	
  adora	
  progedare	
  componenA,	
  risolvere	
  gli	
  intricaA	
  problemi	
  di	
  meccanica	
  che	
  incontra	
  
ogni	
  giorno.	
  E’	
  anche	
  molto	
  bravo	
  nel	
  farlo.	
  
•  Mad	
  ha	
  una	
  vita	
  e	
  persino	
  una	
  famiglia,	
  fuori	
  dall’ufficio	
  tecnico.	
  OK	
  le	
  emergenze,	
  ma	
  non	
  
vuole	
  impazzire	
  fino	
  a	
  tarda	
  sera	
  ogni	
  santo	
  giorno.	
  
•  Mad	
  ODIA	
  budare	
  via	
  il	
  suo	
  tempo	
  nel	
  passare	
  a	
  mano	
  daA	
  da	
  un	
  sistema	
  all’altro.	
  ODIA	
  
excel.	
  Il	
  suo	
  lavoro	
  è	
  diventato	
  ormai	
  un	
  incubo.	
  Passare	
  daA	
  sbagliaA	
  è	
  un	
  rischio	
  che	
  corre	
  
tum	
  i	
  giorni,	
  cosa	
  che	
  avrebbe	
  gravi	
  conseguenze	
  in	
  rpoduzione,	
  persino	
  un	
  “recall”	
  	
  
•  Sono	
  un	
  progemsta	
  e	
  voglio	
  conAnuare	
  ad	
  esserlo!	
  
Environment	
  
•  Team	
  of	
  15	
  Mech	
  engineers	
  on	
  MCAD	
  and	
  XDOC	
  and	
  3	
  locaAons	
  around	
  the	
  world	
  (US,	
  NL	
  
and	
  Philippines)	
  
A	
  perfect	
  day	
  
•  I	
  resolve	
  a	
  design	
  problem	
  with	
  a	
  cool	
  soluAon.	
  It	
  gets	
  the	
  product	
  out	
  back	
  on	
  schedule	
  and	
  
my	
  boss	
  praises	
  my	
  deep	
  technical	
  skills.	
  I	
  go	
  back	
  home	
  on	
  Ame	
  
Primary User Persona
Matt il Progettista CAD
Sistemi elettromeccanici industriali
I	
  WANT	
  TO	
  BE	
  	
  
AN	
  ENGINEER!	
  
SHIP	
  DATE	
  
RECALLS	
  
ERRORS	
  
CAST	
  
Primary	
  Buyer	
  persona:	
  Brad	
  VP	
  of	
  Opera4ons	
  
I	
  want	
  my	
  product	
  out	
  the	
  door	
  on	
  $me	
  and	
  at	
  the	
  right	
  cost,	
  maintaining	
  quality	
  standards.	
  
Brad	
  needs	
  the	
  product	
  record	
  updated	
  as	
  oBen	
  as	
  possible.	
  The	
  informaAon	
  provided	
  by	
  
engineer	
  forms	
  the	
  foundaAon	
  for	
  many	
  of	
  his	
  decisions	
  and	
  forecasts.	
  Therefore	
  any	
  barriers	
  
to	
  adopAon	
  or	
  use	
  of	
  the	
  tool	
  he	
  can	
  eliminate,	
  directly	
  improves	
  his	
  effecAveness	
  and	
  
accuracy.	
  
	
  
	
  
	
  
	
  
Secondary	
  Buyer	
  persona:	
  Henry,	
  VP	
  of	
  Engineering	
  
I	
  want	
  my	
  team	
  to	
  be	
  able	
  to	
  build	
  products	
  on	
  $me	
  and	
  in	
  a	
  predictable	
  and	
  cost	
  effec$ve	
  way.	
  
Accuracy	
  of	
  my	
  product	
  record	
  is	
  everything.	
  And	
  I	
  need	
  my	
  team	
  to	
  be	
  able	
  to	
  be	
  produc4ve	
  
with	
  no	
  arAficial	
  barriers.	
  
Accuracy	
  of	
  the	
  product	
  record	
  is	
  in	
  quesAon	
  when	
  SuperCAD	
  is	
  used	
  in	
  conjuncAon	
  with	
  any	
  
BOM	
  management	
  tool.	
  His	
  team’s	
  producAvity	
  is	
  negaAvely	
  impacted	
  as	
  well.	
  	
  
	
  
	
  
	
  
Primary	
  User	
  persona:	
  Ma8,	
  the	
  Mechanical	
  Engineer	
  
I	
  want	
  to	
  be	
  an	
  engineer.	
  I	
  don’t	
  want	
  to	
  spend	
  Dme	
  doing	
  the	
  same	
  thing	
  on	
  two	
  different	
  
systems.	
  This	
  is	
  manual,	
  error	
  prone	
  and	
  $me	
  consuming	
  
Mad	
  is	
  wasAng	
  40	
  hours	
  per	
  product	
  release	
  on	
  the	
  manual	
  upload	
  of	
  item	
  and	
  part	
  data	
  
	
  
	
  
	
  
	
  
	
  
Persona:	
  
•  Un	
  ritrado	
  composito	
  di	
  un	
  gruppo	
  di	
  persone	
  
reali,	
  che	
  viene	
  visto	
  come	
  una	
  persona	
  vera.	
  
Brad	
  
Responsabile	
  delle	
  Operazioni	
  	
  (VP	
  Of	
  
OperaAons).	
  
	
  
“Sono costantemente sotto pressione affinche’ il
prodotto venga consegnato ai clienti nei tempi
stabiliti e con la qualita’ stabilita”.
Non dormo bene di notte perche’ so che che il
minimo errore potrebbe costarmi la carriera nel
caso di un recall.
Personas:	
  personificazione	
  di	
  daA	
  
provenienA	
  da	
  una	
  ricerca	
  	
  
	
  
Valore:	
  “vivificazione”	
  dei	
  daA	
  
persona	
  vera,	
  che	
  A	
  parla,	
  che	
  ha	
  nome,	
  volto,	
  
problemi	
  e	
  necessità,	
  desideri	
  e	
  doveri,	
  punA	
  dolenA	
  
e	
  obiemvi.	
  
E’	
  una	
  tecnica	
  di	
  modellazione	
  della	
  realta’	
  
esiste	
  indipendentementa	
  da	
  nostro	
  prododo	
  
Persona	
  
Una	
  descrizione	
  PRECISA	
  
The	
  Power	
  of	
  Personas	
  
•  Riconoscibile	
  
•  Internalizzabile	
  
•  Parlante	
  
•  I	
  propri	
  occhi	
  
•  RequisiA	
  	
  e	
  priorita’:	
  the	
  “Why”	
  
•  Connessioni	
  
•  Dev1:	
  “Questo	
  piacerà	
  da	
  maR	
  ai	
  clienD!!	
  “	
  
•  Dev	
  2:	
  “Guarda	
  che	
  MaS	
  non	
  ha	
  bisogno	
  di	
  fare	
  
questo	
  perchè	
  ha	
  bisogno	
  di	
  fare	
  quello	
  prima”	
  
•  Dev1:	
  “Va	
  beh,	
  ma	
  non	
  sarebbe	
  troppo	
  ganzo?”	
  
•  Dev2:	
  “Si,	
  ma	
  facciamo	
  felice	
  MaS	
  prima!”	
  
LIVE	
  INTERVIES	
  
Best	
  
•  NO	
  focus	
  groups	
  
•  NO	
  surveys	
  
•  NO	
  sales	
  interviews	
  only	
  
•  Potenziali	
  clienA/utenA/buyers	
  nel	
  loro	
  
ambiente	
  lavoraAvo	
  
	
  
Dangers	
  	
  
(paths	
  to	
  “cagata	
  pazzesca”)	
  
•  Trying	
  to	
  find	
  an	
  average	
  set	
  of	
  adributes.	
  
•  Average	
  =	
  “killing”	
  	
  
•  Use	
  demographics	
  only	
  
•  Outsource	
  Ownership	
  (one-­‐Ame	
  project)	
  
•  Brainstorming	
  and	
  CreaAvity	
  
Challenges	
  
•  Live	
  Interviews	
  
•  Unavailable	
  customers	
  
•  Time	
  
•  Focus	
  
HOW?	
  
LIVE	
  INTERVIEWS!	
  
Come?	
  
•  Ricerca,	
  assunzioni,	
  elemenA	
  chiave	
  
•  ParAre	
  con	
  qualcosa	
  (MVP)	
  
•  Uscire	
  dall’ufficio	
  
•  Iterare	
  (LOOP)	
  
•  Mad	
  1.0	
  –	
  use	
  it,	
  share	
  it,	
  see	
  if	
  others	
  recognize	
  
him	
  
•  Iterare	
  (LOOP)	
  
•  Then	
  magic	
  happens!!	
  You	
  will	
  recognize	
  when	
  
you	
  have	
  nailed	
  down	
  a	
  persona	
  (like	
  in	
  a	
  
ficAonal	
  serial	
  killer	
  book)	
  
IngredienA	
  
•  Credibilità	
  
•  Zero	
  opinioni	
  personali	
  
•  Autorevolezza	
  
•  Ascoltare	
  e	
  scomporre	
  problemi	
  
•  Vedere	
  paderns	
  
•  Ricomporre	
  fedelmente	
  
•  Iterare	
  (Minimum	
  Viable	
  Persona)	
  
Customer	
  Involvement	
  
Root	
  Problem	
  vs.	
  Symptoms	
  
Conclusione
Iniziare!	
  
Valore	
  ←	
  UAlizzo	
  
strumenA	
  di	
  Allineamento,	
  Ricerca,	
  
Validazione	
  
Consapevolezza	
  
Minimum	
  Viable	
  Persona	
  
Use	
  the	
  
Minimal	
  Viable	
  Persona	
  
Methodology	
  
	
  
•  Understand	
  the	
  smallest	
  set	
  of	
  info	
  you	
  can	
  use	
  to	
  
verify	
  how	
  accurately	
  a	
  Persona	
  describes	
  a	
  market	
  
	
  
HOW?	
  
Start	
  
•  At	
  the	
  start,	
  all	
  you	
  have	
  is	
  an	
  inkling	
  of	
  a	
  
problem,	
  a	
  soluAon,	
  and	
  maybe	
  a	
  customer	
  
segment.	
  	
  
•  Do	
  not	
  rush	
  to	
  Build	
  a	
  soluAon,	
  Pick	
  a	
  
Customer	
  Segment	
  or	
  Business	
  Model	
  
My	
  method	
  (5-­‐5-­‐100)	
  
•  Turn	
  what	
  we	
  know	
  today	
  into	
  AssumpAons,	
  Falsifiable	
  
Hypothesis.	
  Including	
  potenAal	
  buyers	
  and	
  their	
  problems,	
  
the	
  revenue	
  model	
  etc.	
  	
  
•  Understand	
  what	
  you	
  need	
  to	
  ask	
  
•  Interview	
  them	
  5	
  live	
  (round	
  I)	
  
•  Loop	
  back	
  to	
  improve	
  assumpAons,	
  hypotheses,	
  buyers	
  
•  See	
  paderns,	
  build	
  learning	
  into	
  the	
  “product”	
  
•  Rebuild	
  interview	
  quesAons	
  
•  Interview	
  them	
  5	
  live	
  (round	
  II)	
  
•  …	
  
•  Close	
  loop	
  
•  Survey	
  100	
  people	
  
Personas	
  
•  Ricerca,	
  assunzioni,	
  elemenA	
  chiave	
  
•  Start	
  with	
  something	
  (MVP	
  where	
  P=Persona)	
  
•  Test:	
  GET	
  Outside	
  the	
  Building	
  
•  Iterate	
  	
  –	
  persevere/pivot	
  
•  Brad	
  1.0	
  –	
  use	
  it,	
  share	
  it,	
  see	
  if	
  others	
  recognize	
  him	
  
•  Iterate	
  	
  –	
  persevere/pivot	
  
•  Then	
  magic	
  happens!!	
  You	
  will	
  recognize	
  when	
  you	
  
have	
  nailed	
  down	
  a	
  persona	
  (like	
  in	
  a	
  ficAonal	
  serial	
  
killer	
  book)	
  
•  Brad	
  2.0	
  	
  
•  Survey	
  	
  100	
  
Details	
  about	
  the	
  persona	
  
discovery	
  process	
  
Just	
  like	
  a	
  “Product	
  Requiremnent	
  
Document”	
  is	
  not	
  a	
  useful	
  final	
  
deliverable	
  
Personas	
  are	
  always	
  work	
  in	
  progress	
  
Treat	
  it	
  as	
  a	
  Product,	
  an	
  Experiment	
  
•  Persona	
  descripAon	
  must	
  be	
  precise	
  
•  Personal	
  Goals	
  must	
  be	
  well	
  understood	
  
•  Can	
  accommodate	
  secondary	
  personas	
  only	
  if	
  
that	
  does	
  not	
  violate	
  the	
  primary	
  persona	
  
goals	
  
•  Usually	
  there	
  is	
  one,	
  2	
  is	
  ok,	
  3	
  is	
  too	
  much	
  
(break	
  problem	
  down)	
  
Prima	
  di	
  tudo…	
  
•  Se	
  l’azienda	
  ha	
  varie	
  linee	
  di	
  business	
  e’	
  bene	
  
parAre	
  dall’area	
  piu’	
  opportuna	
  
•  Un	
  certo	
  mercato	
  potrebbe	
  essere	
  troppo	
  vasto	
  
per	
  riuscire	
  ad	
  idenAficare	
  una	
  unica	
  buyer	
  
persona.	
  
•  Focus	
  (align	
  to	
  Vision)	
  
Ricerca	
  (prima,	
  dopo	
  e	
  durante)	
  
•  Read	
  everything	
  they	
  read	
  
•  Adend	
  seminars	
  they	
  adend	
  
•  Monitor	
  conference	
  topics	
  
•  Talk	
  with	
  Sales	
  people	
  
•  Gain	
  info	
  from	
  winloss	
  analysis	
  
•  Use	
  your	
  website	
  to	
  capture	
  persona	
  info	
  (who	
  looks	
  
for	
  what,	
  how	
  much	
  Ame	
  etc)	
  
•  Interview	
  them	
  where	
  they	
  work	
  
•  Interview	
  on	
  the	
  phone	
  
•  Interview	
  at	
  conferences	
  
•  Triangulate	
  buyer	
  informaAon	
  from	
  CRM	
  reports	
  
ParAamo	
  
Cominciamo	
  col	
  raggruppare	
  informazioni	
  
	
  
Un	
  gruppo	
  di	
  persone,	
  rilevante	
  per	
  il	
  ns	
  
progedo,	
  che	
  ha	
  cose	
  in	
  comune.	
  
	
  
Demografiche,	
  di	
  business,	
  responsabilita’,	
  di	
  
area	
  di	
  competenza	
  decisionale.	
  
LIVE	
  INTERVIES	
  
•  E’	
  semplicemente	
  il	
  metodo	
  piu’	
  efficace	
  ed	
  
efficiente	
  
•  NO	
  focus	
  groups	
  
•  NO	
  surveys	
  
•  NO	
  sales	
  interviews	
  only	
  
•  Abbiamo	
  dedo	
  LIVE	
  INTERVIEW	
  
•  Potenziali	
  clienA	
  nel	
  loro	
  ambiente	
  lavoraAvo	
  
	
  
ElemenA	
  da	
  cadurare	
  
•  Priority	
  IniAaAves	
  
•  Sleep	
  deprivaAon	
  
•  Success	
  Factors	
  
•  Perceived	
  Barriers	
  
•  Buying	
  Process	
  
•  Decision	
  Criteria	
  
•  Personal	
  drivers	
  (not	
  hygienic	
  drivers)	
  
Non	
  e’	
  Facile	
  
•  Un	
  giro	
  di	
  interviste	
  deve	
  avere	
  gli	
  stessi	
  
obiemvi	
  per	
  poter	
  poi	
  comparare	
  i	
  risultaA	
  e	
  
trovare	
  PATTERNS	
  
•  L’abilita’	
  di	
  individuare	
  PATTERNS	
  e’	
  
fondamentale	
  
•  Il	
  management	
  deve	
  capire	
  e	
  dare	
  la	
  giusta	
  
priorita’	
  a	
  questa	
  amvita’.	
  Sta	
  a	
  voi!	
  
•  ESEMPIO:	
  Mad	
  
•  Fatelo	
  anche	
  “di	
  nascosto”	
  
	
  
Ma	
  non	
  c’e’	
  un	
  modo	
  piu’	
  veloce?	
  
•  Basta	
  chiedere	
  alle	
  vendite	
  !	
  
•  Ma	
  facciamo	
  un	
  focus	
  group!	
  
•  Facciamo	
  dei	
  gran	
  surveys!	
  
Resist	
  this	
  temptaDon	
  
•  Surveys	
  are	
  useful	
  when	
  you	
  know	
  what	
  the	
  
quesDon	
  is.	
  	
  
•  Focus	
  groups	
  can	
  get	
  people	
  to	
  choose	
  the	
  best	
  
of	
  three	
  alternaDves.	
  	
  
•  But	
  these	
  techniques	
  are	
  OK	
  for	
  validaDng	
  what	
  
you	
  already	
  know.	
  
•  The	
  buyer	
  persona	
  interview	
  process	
  goes	
  
deeper	
  to	
  idenDfy	
  the	
  ques$ons	
  you	
  don’t	
  
know.	
  
Learn	
  and	
  deliver	
  at	
  the	
  same	
  Ame	
  
•  Chi	
  lavora	
  sulla	
  sintesi	
  delle	
  personas	
  vive	
  una	
  forte	
  
internalizzazione	
  del	
  mercato	
  adraverso	
  gli	
  occhi	
  del	
  
cliente.	
  
•  Il	
  processo	
  iteraAvo	
  di	
  rilascio	
  interno	
  e	
  validazione/
pivot	
  (pista	
  di	
  indagine)	
  porta	
  lo	
  stesso	
  vantaggo	
  agli	
  
altri	
  componetni	
  del	
  team.	
  	
  
•  Come	
  se	
  tum	
  	
  fossimo	
  insieme	
  nella	
  squadra	
  
invesAgaAva	
  in	
  vari	
  ruoli.	
  
Elements	
  of	
  the	
  persona	
  descripAon	
  
•  Title,	
  years	
  in	
  this	
  job,	
  reports	
  to,	
  age,	
  educaAon	
  
•  CompuAng	
  skills,	
  apps	
  used,	
  frequency	
  and	
  
proficiency	
  
•  Typical	
  	
  day	
  in	
  the	
  life	
  
•  A	
  perfect	
  day	
  
•  Typical	
  interacAon	
  with	
  the	
  product	
  
•  Top	
  of	
  mind	
  issues	
  *	
  
•  How	
  rewarded	
  or	
  moAvated	
  *	
  
•  Personal	
  Goals	
  *	
  
•  Other	
  (Industry	
  specific	
  info,	
  etc)	
  
Ma	
  cosa	
  e’	
  veramente	
  importante	
  per	
  
loro?	
  
•  Where	
  people	
  send	
  their	
  Ame	
  reflects	
  their	
  
prioriAes	
  beder	
  than	
  what	
  they	
  say.	
  
•  So	
  you	
  can	
  ask	
  a	
  lot	
  on	
  non-­‐direct	
  quesAons	
  to	
  
figure	
  that	
  out.	
  
•  The	
  biggest	
  signal	
  that	
  you've	
  hit	
  on	
  
something	
  worth	
  probing	
  is	
  when	
  you	
  find	
  
customers	
  spending	
  a	
  lot	
  of	
  Ame	
  or	
  money	
  on	
  
clearly	
  inadequate	
  soluAons.	
  	
  
http://blogs.hbr.org/anthony/2012/01/
_usually_the_question_comes.html
THE	
  POWER	
  OF	
  PERSONAS	
  
The	
  Power	
  of	
  Personas	
  
•  Quando	
  abbiamo	
  la	
  persona	
  “in	
  pugno”	
  
accadono	
  cose	
  meravigliose	
  
•  The	
  Dev	
  team…	
  
–  Understands	
  requirements	
  with	
  less	
  detail	
  and	
  
specificaAon	
  
–  Makes	
  good,	
  reasonable	
  implementaAon	
  decisions	
  
independently	
  
–  Raises	
  valid	
  concerns	
  and	
  opportuniAes	
  
–  Stays	
  focused	
  on	
  the	
  real	
  requirements	
  and	
  avoid	
  
being	
  sidetracked	
  by	
  edge	
  cases	
  
The	
  Power	
  of	
  personas	
  
•  The	
  Product	
  Team	
  understands	
  whether	
  a	
  
feature	
  should	
  be	
  implemented	
  for	
  power	
  or	
  
ease-­‐of-­‐use	
  
•  The	
  team	
  members	
  will	
  focus	
  on	
  delighAng	
  
personas	
  instead	
  of	
  themselves.	
  
The	
  Power	
  of	
  Personas	
  
The	
  MarkeAng	
  Team	
  knows	
  what	
  language	
  to	
  use	
  and	
  
what	
  topics	
  are	
  more	
  valuable	
  when	
  
–  WriAng	
  anything	
  in	
  the	
  website	
  
–  Semng	
  up	
  a	
  campaign	
  
–  WriAng	
  whitepapers	
  
–  Organizing	
  events	
  
–  Design	
  the	
  social	
  plaPorm	
  
–  Design	
  the	
  content	
  markeAng	
  process	
  and	
  contents.	
  
–  Create	
  buyer-­‐centric	
  content	
  that	
  focuses	
  on	
  educaDng	
  -­‐	
  
not	
  selling	
  
•  They	
  talk	
  in	
  terms	
  of	
  Brad	
  would	
  want	
  to….	
  Brad	
  does	
  
not	
  care	
  about	
  this!	
  Brad	
  does	
  not	
  know	
  what	
  Single	
  
instance	
  mulAple	
  tenant	
  means!!	
  
Management	
  Team	
  
•  The	
  Management	
  team	
  understands	
  beder	
  
what	
  we	
  are	
  doing	
  and	
  why	
  
•  It’s	
  easier	
  to	
  “convince”	
  if	
  needed	
  
•  Knows	
  we	
  know	
  what	
  we	
  are	
  doing	
  
•  Knows	
  who	
  they	
  should	
  invite	
  or	
  visit,	
  read	
  
about.	
  
•  Knows	
  why	
  a	
  painful	
  decision	
  has	
  been	
  made	
  
(see	
  Adele’s	
  example)	
  
Magically..	
  the	
  click!	
  
Decisions	
  become	
  magically	
  easier	
  
•  Brad	
  does	
  not	
  go	
  to	
  this	
  event,	
  why	
  should	
  we?	
  
•  Brad	
  hates	
  direct	
  email.	
  He	
  researches	
  soluDons	
  
in	
  his	
  professional	
  network	
  
•  Brad	
  reads	
  these	
  magazines:	
  we	
  need	
  to	
  be	
  there	
  
•  Brad	
  does	
  not	
  know	
  about	
  technology.	
  Let’s	
  not	
  
bore	
  him	
  to	
  death	
  with	
  that	
  webinar	
  
•  Design	
  this	
  other	
  kind	
  of	
  webinar!	
  
No	
  Shortcuts!	
  
Overo,	
  come	
  evitare	
  “una	
  cagata	
  pazzesca”	
  
Common	
  misuse	
  of	
  the	
  Personas	
  methodology	
  
include:	
  
•  Trying	
  to	
  find	
  an	
  average	
  set	
  of	
  adributes.	
  
(Average	
  here	
  means	
  “killing”	
  informaAon)	
  
•  Making	
  up	
  personas.	
  	
  
•  Use	
  demographics	
  only	
  and	
  other	
  superficial,	
  
non-­‐personal	
  data	
  that	
  do	
  not	
  speak,	
  do	
  not	
  
tell	
  us	
  anything.	
  
Sources	
  and	
  acknowledgments	
  
PragmaAcmarkeAng.com	
  –	
  The	
  Buyer	
  Personas	
  InsAtute	
  
The	
  lean	
  Startup,	
  Eric	
  Ries	
  
Running	
  Lean,	
  Ash	
  Maurya	
  
Management	
  3.0,	
  Jurgen	
  Appelo	
  
The	
  buyer	
  persona	
  insAtute,	
  Adele	
  Ravella	
  
The	
  Inmates	
  Are	
  Running	
  the	
  Asylum,	
  Alan	
  Cooper	
  
The	
  New	
  Rules	
  of	
  MarkeAng	
  and	
  PR,	
  David	
  Meerman	
  Scod	
  
Tuned-­‐in,	
  C.Stull,	
  P.Myers,	
  D.Scod	
  
Market-­‐driven.it,	
  Donato	
  Mangialardo	
  
Malcolm	
  McDonald,	
  hdp://www.malcolm-­‐mcdonald.com/biog.htm	
  
	
  
	
  
	
  
More	
  Sources	
  
•  Mary	
  and	
  Tom	
  Poppendiecks	
  
•  Allan	
  Cooper	
  
•  joelonsoBware.com	
  
•  productpersonas.com	
  
•  Rally	
  soBware	
  
•  Sinan	
  Si	
  Alhir	
  
•  Ken	
  Schwaber	
  
•  Mike	
  Cohn	
  
•  Dean	
  Leffingwell	
  
•  Tom	
  Peters	
  
•  Peter	
  F	
  Drucker	
  
•  Feature	
  plan	
  
•  Jeff	
  Padon	
  
Le	
  Personas	
  non	
  si	
  fanno	
  in	
  ufficio!	
  
GET	
  
OUTSIDE	
  
THE	
  
BUILDING	
  
Suona	
  Familare?	
  
Q&A	
  
Ma	
  quante	
  personas	
  ci	
  sono?	
  
QuanA	
  canvas	
  devo	
  usare	
  se	
  ho	
  N	
  prodom?	
  
Quei	
  riquadri	
  li	
  devo	
  fare	
  proprio	
  tum?	
  
readings	
  
•  PragmaAcmarkeAng.com	
  
•  Silicon	
  Valley	
  Product	
  Management	
  AssociaAon	
  
(SVPMA.com)	
  	
  
Business	
  and	
  marketing	
  
functions	
  are	
  important	
  as	
  
development,	
  deserving	
  an	
  
equally	
  rigorous	
  methodology	
  
Steve	
  Blank	
  
Lean Agile Italy
How do you distill and crystalize customer
and business needs into your “Agile”
product development process?
Product Ownership Camp 2013
What are the role and Responsibilities of a Product
Owner? Who owns what?
Origin	
  of	
  contents	
  
Catalyst: Fabio Armani
@fabioarmani http://www.linkedin.com/in/armani
XPUG-Genova
Who is the subject of a user story? Which customer?

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The product is not "the product". Who owns it anyway?

  • 1. The Product is NOT “the Product” mini Agile Day - May 17 2014 Donato Mangialardo Business of Software (Product) Coach
  • 2.   Companies:  Silicon  Valley  (10  Years)  and  Italy  (9  years)     Products  and  Solu4ons:   SaaS  PLM  (Product  Lifecycle  Management),     RecruiAng  soBware,  Assessment  AutomaAon     SaaS  Smart  Energy  Management  SoluAons   CAD/PDM  -­‐  Product  Data  Management,  Product  Design  collaboraAon  tools   Main  Focus:   Product,  Product,  Product  (management  and  markeAng)   Product  Strategy   Personas,  User  Stories,  Roadmaps   About  what  I  do  
  • 3. The  System   The  PlaPorm   The  SoBware   The  FuncAonaliAes   We  do  projects  for  our  customers   Services,  Projects   Product  ??  
  • 4. SAll,  we  always  talk  “Product”   Product  Owner   Product  Vision   Product  Backlog   Minimum  Viable  Product     Product  Strategy   Product  Manager   Product  MarkeAng   Product  Canvas  
  • 5. So,  what  do  we  mean  by  “Product”?   What  Problem?   Who  has  it?   Do  we  solve  it  uniquely?   AlternaAves?   Will  people  want  our  product?   At  what  price?   How  will  they  buy  it?   How  do  we  make  money  with  it?   Revenue  Model?   How  do  we  go  to  market?   How  to  repeat  business?     None  of  these  is   “The  SoBware”  
  • 6. In  fact,   the  Product  is  not  “the  Product”  
  • 7. The  product  is  the  “whole  thing”  
  • 8. The  product  is  the  “whole  thing”   PROBLEM   (NEED)   WHO  HAS  THIS   PROBLEM?   SOLUTION   UNIQUE?   COSTS   HOW  to  SELL/ BUY?   …  
  • 9. Very  useful  models   Business Model Canvas (Alexander Osterwalder) Lean Canvas (Lean Startup + Alexander Osterwailder + Ash Maruya) Product Canvas (Lean Startup + Alexander Osterwailder + Roman Pichler)
  • 10. REVENUE MODEL How do we make money with it PROBLEM The top problems we aim to solve EXISTING ALTERNATIVES How these problems are solved today or conditions that lessen the need of our solution SOLUTION How we solve the problem(s) in section 1 METRICS What we measure to track progress UNIQUE VALUE PROPOSITION Simple, clear, effective sentence that turns a casual “visitor” into an interested prospects that “wants a demo” ANALOGY Something that pictures our product. We are the Ferrari of something. (the best) Or, the Google Apps of something (cheap and easy to deploy) COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE What we do very well, that the market(section2) appreciates and that is hard to emulate for others TARGET MARKET For whom we solve a given problem in section 1. The target segments of the market. (Buyer Personas) EARLY ADOPTERS List the “perfect customers”, those who would buy the product today CHANNELS Path to/From Customers COST STRUCTURE Fixed and recurring costs 25 9 6 4 87 1 3
  • 11. REVENUE MODEL How do we make money with it PROBLEM The top problems we aim to solve EXISTING ALTERNATIVES How these problems are solved today or conditions that lessen the need of our solution SOLUTION How we solve the problem(s) in section 1 METRICS What we measure to track progress UNIQUE VALUE PROPOSITION Simple, clear, effective sentence that turns a casual “visitor” into an interested prospects that “wants a demo” ANALOGY Something that pictures our product. We are the Ferrari of something. (the best) Or, the Google Apps of something (cheap and easy to deploy) COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE What we do very well, that the market(section2) appreciates and that is hard to emulate for others TARGET MARKET For whom we solve a given problem in section 1. The target segments of the market. (Buyer Personas) EARLY ADOPTERS List the “perfect customers”, those who would buy the product today CHANNELS Path to/From Customers COST STRUCTURE Fixed and recurring costs 25 9 6 4 87 1 3Most  important  ones!  
  • 12. But…  we  are  about  Projects.   We  don’t  sell  “Products”   So,  we  don’t  need  any  of  those  Canvas!  
  • 14. A group of customers with one problem Potential customers Supports a repeatable business Unknown lifecycle Several plausible scenarios Quality is very expensive Complex: business model, analysis, marketing, sales, support, revenue model, etc. One  customer  at  a  Ame   ExisAng  customers   Specific  deliverables   Limited  duraAon   A  few  defined  scenarios   Cost  of  quality  is  limited   RelaAvely  simple   Project   Product  
  • 15. But…  who  is  the  customer  again?   Is  it  my  client?   …my  client’s  customers?   …my  client’s  customer’s  customers?  
  • 16. So  what  is  the  product?    
  • 17. That is … Something you can build a sustainable business around Example: a digital marketing company (formely known as web agency, at least in italy) Product: ability to build and offer a specific set of services service that make a group of target customers happy and paying, in a repeatable, sustainable manner
  • 18. Very  useful  acrodd  the  board   Business  evaluaAon  and  Investor  pitch   StarAng  up  a  business   Manage  a  business  (and  related  products)   Take  a  product  to  market   Brainstorm  new  ideas   Understand  what  the  market  really  needs   As  in  “why  are  we  doing  this?  We  should  do  that  instead…”  
  • 19.
  • 21. Doesn’t  it  look  so  simple?  
  • 22. Most  difficult  parts   These  don’t  depemd  on  “our  soluAon”   They  exist  regardless  of  “us”   They  are  not  made  up  in  a  room  filled  by  smart  people!   These  need  you  to   get  outside  the   building!  
  • 23. In  other  words…   The  answer  to  most  of  your  quesDons  is  not  in   the  building.     PragmaAc  MarkeAng     hdp://bit.ly/1eLM3yM   Get  outside  the  Building!   Eric  Ries   hdp://bit.ly/18rPN0X  
  • 24. Most  difficult  part  again…   Start  wit  something   (think  product  and  start  draBing)  
  • 25. Then,  iterate   MVP1   MVP2   MVP3   Real,  Measurable  Progress   Build  Minimum  Viable  Products  of  your  canvas  
  • 26. I  don’t  want  to  see  any  canvas!!   Get  back  to  work!   Alright…   In this case just do it “secretly” as much as you can. Then show progress and lead
  • 27. Case  Study   The  paper  sheet   (the  persona  technique  at  work)   Sorry…most contents are in Italian
  • 28. “Le  Personas  mi  sembravano  una   .  Invece  sono  uno   strumento  formidabile”     Passionate Scrumaster Participant @ Product Ownership Camp 2013
  • 29. 2006   “Cloud”  Company   SaaS  PLM     Urlo  di  dolore  delle  vendite  (=tum)   “Manca  l’integrazione  con  altri  sistemi”   “I  clienD  ce  la  chiedono  sempre”  
  • 30. “OK  facciamo  sta  integrazione.     Ma  in  3  mesi!”        Disse  il  CEO     “Basta  assumere  uno  che  conosca  bene   entrambi  i  sistemi,  e  via!  “        Disse  il  CTO  
  • 31. 2  anni  dopo  …   Tudo  come  prima,  ma  spendendo  di  più   “Prendiamo  un  Product  Manager  per  le   integrazioni!”     – dissero  quasi  tum   Missione:  definire  che  integrazione  fare  e  come  
  • 32. 3  semmane  dopo…   La  missione  diventò:     •  Perchè  nessuno  ha  usato  l’integrazione  aduale?   •  Perchè  dovremmo  fare  una  integrazione?     •  Quale  problema  vogliamo  risolvere?   •  Per  chi?     •  Come  moneAzzeremo  la  soluzione  a  questo   problema?  
  • 33. Dopo  alcuni  iterazioni  …   Interviste  e  triangolazioni  varie  …     Il  “Product  Manager”  trova  un  “padern:”  
  • 34. Mad   Progemsta   Sistemi  eledromeccanici  industriali   Integrazioni  ?  L     Nuovi  sistemi  ?  L   Non  voglio  perdere  tempo  e   rischiare  di  sbagliare  L    Sono  un  progemsta  J     voglio  conAnuare  ad  esserlo!  
  • 35. so  that  …   •  Ma8  wants  to  share  his  design  with  suppliers   for  a  prototype  run.       •  He  need  to  generate  automaAcally  specific   neutral  file  formats  from  his  several  3D  CAD   models  so  that  he  can  save  Ame  and   distracAon  from  his  core  engineering  tasks.  He   is  required  to  do  this  several  Ames  during  his   working  week  
  • 36.
  • 37.   Obiemvi  di  Business   •  Sviluppare  prodom  che  soddisfino  requisiA  funzionali,  siano  consegnaA  in  tempo,   massimizzano  il  riuAlizzo  di  componenA,  siano  in  linea  con  regolamentazioni  e  cosA,  etc.   Mad’s  Personal  Goals   •  Mad  adora  progedare  componenA,  risolvere  gli  intricaA  problemi  di  meccanica  che  incontra   ogni  giorno.  E’  anche  molto  bravo  nel  farlo.   •  Mad  ha  una  vita  e  persino  una  famiglia,  fuori  dall’ufficio  tecnico.  OK  le  emergenze,  ma  non   vuole  impazzire  fino  a  tarda  sera  ogni  santo  giorno.   •  Mad  ODIA  budare  via  il  suo  tempo  nel  passare  a  mano  daA  da  un  sistema  all’altro.  ODIA   excel.  Il  suo  lavoro  è  diventato  ormai  un  incubo.  Passare  daA  sbagliaA  è  un  rischio  che  corre   tum  i  giorni,  cosa  che  avrebbe  gravi  conseguenze  in  rpoduzione,  persino  un  “recall”     •  Sono  un  progemsta  e  voglio  conAnuare  ad  esserlo!   Environment   •  Team  of  15  Mech  engineers  on  MCAD  and  XDOC  and  3  locaAons  around  the  world  (US,  NL   and  Philippines)   A  perfect  day   •  I  resolve  a  design  problem  with  a  cool  soluAon.  It  gets  the  product  out  back  on  schedule  and   my  boss  praises  my  deep  technical  skills.  I  go  back  home  on  Ame   Primary User Persona Matt il Progettista CAD Sistemi elettromeccanici industriali
  • 38. I  WANT  TO  BE     AN  ENGINEER!   SHIP  DATE   RECALLS   ERRORS   CAST   Primary  Buyer  persona:  Brad  VP  of  Opera4ons   I  want  my  product  out  the  door  on  $me  and  at  the  right  cost,  maintaining  quality  standards.   Brad  needs  the  product  record  updated  as  oBen  as  possible.  The  informaAon  provided  by   engineer  forms  the  foundaAon  for  many  of  his  decisions  and  forecasts.  Therefore  any  barriers   to  adopAon  or  use  of  the  tool  he  can  eliminate,  directly  improves  his  effecAveness  and   accuracy.           Secondary  Buyer  persona:  Henry,  VP  of  Engineering   I  want  my  team  to  be  able  to  build  products  on  $me  and  in  a  predictable  and  cost  effec$ve  way.   Accuracy  of  my  product  record  is  everything.  And  I  need  my  team  to  be  able  to  be  produc4ve   with  no  arAficial  barriers.   Accuracy  of  the  product  record  is  in  quesAon  when  SuperCAD  is  used  in  conjuncAon  with  any   BOM  management  tool.  His  team’s  producAvity  is  negaAvely  impacted  as  well.           Primary  User  persona:  Ma8,  the  Mechanical  Engineer   I  want  to  be  an  engineer.  I  don’t  want  to  spend  Dme  doing  the  same  thing  on  two  different   systems.  This  is  manual,  error  prone  and  $me  consuming   Mad  is  wasAng  40  hours  per  product  release  on  the  manual  upload  of  item  and  part  data            
  • 39. Persona:   •  Un  ritrado  composito  di  un  gruppo  di  persone   reali,  che  viene  visto  come  una  persona  vera.  
  • 40. Brad   Responsabile  delle  Operazioni    (VP  Of   OperaAons).     “Sono costantemente sotto pressione affinche’ il prodotto venga consegnato ai clienti nei tempi stabiliti e con la qualita’ stabilita”. Non dormo bene di notte perche’ so che che il minimo errore potrebbe costarmi la carriera nel caso di un recall.
  • 41. Personas:  personificazione  di  daA   provenienA  da  una  ricerca       Valore:  “vivificazione”  dei  daA   persona  vera,  che  A  parla,  che  ha  nome,  volto,   problemi  e  necessità,  desideri  e  doveri,  punA  dolenA   e  obiemvi.   E’  una  tecnica  di  modellazione  della  realta’   esiste  indipendentementa  da  nostro  prododo  
  • 43. The  Power  of  Personas   •  Riconoscibile   •  Internalizzabile   •  Parlante   •  I  propri  occhi   •  RequisiA    e  priorita’:  the  “Why”   •  Connessioni  
  • 44. •  Dev1:  “Questo  piacerà  da  maR  ai  clienD!!  “   •  Dev  2:  “Guarda  che  MaS  non  ha  bisogno  di  fare   questo  perchè  ha  bisogno  di  fare  quello  prima”   •  Dev1:  “Va  beh,  ma  non  sarebbe  troppo  ganzo?”   •  Dev2:  “Si,  ma  facciamo  felice  MaS  prima!”  
  • 45. LIVE  INTERVIES   Best   •  NO  focus  groups   •  NO  surveys   •  NO  sales  interviews  only   •  Potenziali  clienA/utenA/buyers  nel  loro   ambiente  lavoraAvo    
  • 46. Dangers     (paths  to  “cagata  pazzesca”)   •  Trying  to  find  an  average  set  of  adributes.   •  Average  =  “killing”     •  Use  demographics  only   •  Outsource  Ownership  (one-­‐Ame  project)   •  Brainstorming  and  CreaAvity  
  • 47. Challenges   •  Live  Interviews   •  Unavailable  customers   •  Time   •  Focus  
  • 49. Come?   •  Ricerca,  assunzioni,  elemenA  chiave   •  ParAre  con  qualcosa  (MVP)   •  Uscire  dall’ufficio   •  Iterare  (LOOP)   •  Mad  1.0  –  use  it,  share  it,  see  if  others  recognize   him   •  Iterare  (LOOP)   •  Then  magic  happens!!  You  will  recognize  when   you  have  nailed  down  a  persona  (like  in  a   ficAonal  serial  killer  book)  
  • 50. IngredienA   •  Credibilità   •  Zero  opinioni  personali   •  Autorevolezza   •  Ascoltare  e  scomporre  problemi   •  Vedere  paderns   •  Ricomporre  fedelmente   •  Iterare  (Minimum  Viable  Persona)   Customer  Involvement   Root  Problem  vs.  Symptoms  
  • 52. Iniziare!   Valore  ←  UAlizzo   strumenA  di  Allineamento,  Ricerca,   Validazione   Consapevolezza  
  • 54. Use  the   Minimal  Viable  Persona   Methodology     •  Understand  the  smallest  set  of  info  you  can  use  to   verify  how  accurately  a  Persona  describes  a  market    
  • 56. Start   •  At  the  start,  all  you  have  is  an  inkling  of  a   problem,  a  soluAon,  and  maybe  a  customer   segment.     •  Do  not  rush  to  Build  a  soluAon,  Pick  a   Customer  Segment  or  Business  Model  
  • 57. My  method  (5-­‐5-­‐100)   •  Turn  what  we  know  today  into  AssumpAons,  Falsifiable   Hypothesis.  Including  potenAal  buyers  and  their  problems,   the  revenue  model  etc.     •  Understand  what  you  need  to  ask   •  Interview  them  5  live  (round  I)   •  Loop  back  to  improve  assumpAons,  hypotheses,  buyers   •  See  paderns,  build  learning  into  the  “product”   •  Rebuild  interview  quesAons   •  Interview  them  5  live  (round  II)   •  …   •  Close  loop   •  Survey  100  people  
  • 58. Personas   •  Ricerca,  assunzioni,  elemenA  chiave   •  Start  with  something  (MVP  where  P=Persona)   •  Test:  GET  Outside  the  Building   •  Iterate    –  persevere/pivot   •  Brad  1.0  –  use  it,  share  it,  see  if  others  recognize  him   •  Iterate    –  persevere/pivot   •  Then  magic  happens!!  You  will  recognize  when  you   have  nailed  down  a  persona  (like  in  a  ficAonal  serial   killer  book)   •  Brad  2.0     •  Survey    100  
  • 59. Details  about  the  persona   discovery  process   Just  like  a  “Product  Requiremnent   Document”  is  not  a  useful  final   deliverable   Personas  are  always  work  in  progress   Treat  it  as  a  Product,  an  Experiment  
  • 60. •  Persona  descripAon  must  be  precise   •  Personal  Goals  must  be  well  understood   •  Can  accommodate  secondary  personas  only  if   that  does  not  violate  the  primary  persona   goals   •  Usually  there  is  one,  2  is  ok,  3  is  too  much   (break  problem  down)  
  • 61. Prima  di  tudo…   •  Se  l’azienda  ha  varie  linee  di  business  e’  bene   parAre  dall’area  piu’  opportuna   •  Un  certo  mercato  potrebbe  essere  troppo  vasto   per  riuscire  ad  idenAficare  una  unica  buyer   persona.   •  Focus  (align  to  Vision)  
  • 62. Ricerca  (prima,  dopo  e  durante)   •  Read  everything  they  read   •  Adend  seminars  they  adend   •  Monitor  conference  topics   •  Talk  with  Sales  people   •  Gain  info  from  winloss  analysis   •  Use  your  website  to  capture  persona  info  (who  looks   for  what,  how  much  Ame  etc)   •  Interview  them  where  they  work   •  Interview  on  the  phone   •  Interview  at  conferences   •  Triangulate  buyer  informaAon  from  CRM  reports  
  • 63. ParAamo   Cominciamo  col  raggruppare  informazioni     Un  gruppo  di  persone,  rilevante  per  il  ns   progedo,  che  ha  cose  in  comune.     Demografiche,  di  business,  responsabilita’,  di   area  di  competenza  decisionale.  
  • 64. LIVE  INTERVIES   •  E’  semplicemente  il  metodo  piu’  efficace  ed   efficiente   •  NO  focus  groups   •  NO  surveys   •  NO  sales  interviews  only   •  Abbiamo  dedo  LIVE  INTERVIEW   •  Potenziali  clienA  nel  loro  ambiente  lavoraAvo    
  • 65. ElemenA  da  cadurare   •  Priority  IniAaAves   •  Sleep  deprivaAon   •  Success  Factors   •  Perceived  Barriers   •  Buying  Process   •  Decision  Criteria   •  Personal  drivers  (not  hygienic  drivers)  
  • 66. Non  e’  Facile   •  Un  giro  di  interviste  deve  avere  gli  stessi   obiemvi  per  poter  poi  comparare  i  risultaA  e   trovare  PATTERNS   •  L’abilita’  di  individuare  PATTERNS  e’   fondamentale   •  Il  management  deve  capire  e  dare  la  giusta   priorita’  a  questa  amvita’.  Sta  a  voi!   •  ESEMPIO:  Mad   •  Fatelo  anche  “di  nascosto”    
  • 67. Ma  non  c’e’  un  modo  piu’  veloce?   •  Basta  chiedere  alle  vendite  !   •  Ma  facciamo  un  focus  group!   •  Facciamo  dei  gran  surveys!  
  • 68. Resist  this  temptaDon   •  Surveys  are  useful  when  you  know  what  the   quesDon  is.     •  Focus  groups  can  get  people  to  choose  the  best   of  three  alternaDves.     •  But  these  techniques  are  OK  for  validaDng  what   you  already  know.   •  The  buyer  persona  interview  process  goes   deeper  to  idenDfy  the  ques$ons  you  don’t   know.  
  • 69. Learn  and  deliver  at  the  same  Ame   •  Chi  lavora  sulla  sintesi  delle  personas  vive  una  forte   internalizzazione  del  mercato  adraverso  gli  occhi  del   cliente.   •  Il  processo  iteraAvo  di  rilascio  interno  e  validazione/ pivot  (pista  di  indagine)  porta  lo  stesso  vantaggo  agli   altri  componetni  del  team.     •  Come  se  tum    fossimo  insieme  nella  squadra   invesAgaAva  in  vari  ruoli.  
  • 70. Elements  of  the  persona  descripAon   •  Title,  years  in  this  job,  reports  to,  age,  educaAon   •  CompuAng  skills,  apps  used,  frequency  and   proficiency   •  Typical    day  in  the  life   •  A  perfect  day   •  Typical  interacAon  with  the  product   •  Top  of  mind  issues  *   •  How  rewarded  or  moAvated  *   •  Personal  Goals  *   •  Other  (Industry  specific  info,  etc)  
  • 71. Ma  cosa  e’  veramente  importante  per   loro?   •  Where  people  send  their  Ame  reflects  their   prioriAes  beder  than  what  they  say.   •  So  you  can  ask  a  lot  on  non-­‐direct  quesAons  to   figure  that  out.   •  The  biggest  signal  that  you've  hit  on   something  worth  probing  is  when  you  find   customers  spending  a  lot  of  Ame  or  money  on   clearly  inadequate  soluAons.     http://blogs.hbr.org/anthony/2012/01/ _usually_the_question_comes.html
  • 72. THE  POWER  OF  PERSONAS  
  • 73. The  Power  of  Personas   •  Quando  abbiamo  la  persona  “in  pugno”   accadono  cose  meravigliose   •  The  Dev  team…   –  Understands  requirements  with  less  detail  and   specificaAon   –  Makes  good,  reasonable  implementaAon  decisions   independently   –  Raises  valid  concerns  and  opportuniAes   –  Stays  focused  on  the  real  requirements  and  avoid   being  sidetracked  by  edge  cases  
  • 74. The  Power  of  personas   •  The  Product  Team  understands  whether  a   feature  should  be  implemented  for  power  or   ease-­‐of-­‐use   •  The  team  members  will  focus  on  delighAng   personas  instead  of  themselves.  
  • 75. The  Power  of  Personas   The  MarkeAng  Team  knows  what  language  to  use  and   what  topics  are  more  valuable  when   –  WriAng  anything  in  the  website   –  Semng  up  a  campaign   –  WriAng  whitepapers   –  Organizing  events   –  Design  the  social  plaPorm   –  Design  the  content  markeAng  process  and  contents.   –  Create  buyer-­‐centric  content  that  focuses  on  educaDng  -­‐   not  selling   •  They  talk  in  terms  of  Brad  would  want  to….  Brad  does   not  care  about  this!  Brad  does  not  know  what  Single   instance  mulAple  tenant  means!!  
  • 76. Management  Team   •  The  Management  team  understands  beder   what  we  are  doing  and  why   •  It’s  easier  to  “convince”  if  needed   •  Knows  we  know  what  we  are  doing   •  Knows  who  they  should  invite  or  visit,  read   about.   •  Knows  why  a  painful  decision  has  been  made   (see  Adele’s  example)  
  • 77. Magically..  the  click!   Decisions  become  magically  easier   •  Brad  does  not  go  to  this  event,  why  should  we?   •  Brad  hates  direct  email.  He  researches  soluDons   in  his  professional  network   •  Brad  reads  these  magazines:  we  need  to  be  there   •  Brad  does  not  know  about  technology.  Let’s  not   bore  him  to  death  with  that  webinar   •  Design  this  other  kind  of  webinar!  
  • 78. No  Shortcuts!   Overo,  come  evitare  “una  cagata  pazzesca”   Common  misuse  of  the  Personas  methodology   include:   •  Trying  to  find  an  average  set  of  adributes.   (Average  here  means  “killing”  informaAon)   •  Making  up  personas.     •  Use  demographics  only  and  other  superficial,   non-­‐personal  data  that  do  not  speak,  do  not   tell  us  anything.  
  • 79. Sources  and  acknowledgments   PragmaAcmarkeAng.com  –  The  Buyer  Personas  InsAtute   The  lean  Startup,  Eric  Ries   Running  Lean,  Ash  Maurya   Management  3.0,  Jurgen  Appelo   The  buyer  persona  insAtute,  Adele  Ravella   The  Inmates  Are  Running  the  Asylum,  Alan  Cooper   The  New  Rules  of  MarkeAng  and  PR,  David  Meerman  Scod   Tuned-­‐in,  C.Stull,  P.Myers,  D.Scod   Market-­‐driven.it,  Donato  Mangialardo   Malcolm  McDonald,  hdp://www.malcolm-­‐mcdonald.com/biog.htm        
  • 80. More  Sources   •  Mary  and  Tom  Poppendiecks   •  Allan  Cooper   •  joelonsoBware.com   •  productpersonas.com   •  Rally  soBware   •  Sinan  Si  Alhir   •  Ken  Schwaber   •  Mike  Cohn   •  Dean  Leffingwell   •  Tom  Peters   •  Peter  F  Drucker   •  Feature  plan   •  Jeff  Padon  
  • 81. Le  Personas  non  si  fanno  in  ufficio!   GET   OUTSIDE   THE   BUILDING   Suona  Familare?  
  • 82. Q&A   Ma  quante  personas  ci  sono?   QuanA  canvas  devo  usare  se  ho  N  prodom?   Quei  riquadri  li  devo  fare  proprio  tum?  
  • 83. readings   •  PragmaAcmarkeAng.com   •  Silicon  Valley  Product  Management  AssociaAon   (SVPMA.com)    
  • 84. Business  and  marketing   functions  are  important  as   development,  deserving  an   equally  rigorous  methodology   Steve  Blank  
  • 85. Lean Agile Italy How do you distill and crystalize customer and business needs into your “Agile” product development process? Product Ownership Camp 2013 What are the role and Responsibilities of a Product Owner? Who owns what? Origin  of  contents   Catalyst: Fabio Armani @fabioarmani http://www.linkedin.com/in/armani XPUG-Genova Who is the subject of a user story? Which customer?