I Don't Know (and that's OK)
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Keynote address for Product Development Insights conference - NYC 10/1/2010.
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I Don't Know (and that's OK)
- 1. I Don’t Know (And That’s OK.) Cindy Alvarez The Experience is the Product - http://www.cindyalvarez.com Copyright 2010 Cindy Alvarez
- 2. I’m here today to promote ignorance. Copyright 2010 Cindy Alvarez
- 3. Product Development Maturity Copyright 2009 Cindy Alvarez
- 4. Product Development Effectiveness Copyright 2009 Cindy Alvarez
- 5. How does “knowing” kill great product development? Copyright 2010 Cindy Alvarez
- 6. Knowing is static but the world changes Copyright 2010 Cindy Alvarez
- 7. Knowing is apples but the situation may be oranges Crowdsourced localization of KISSinsights - 100+ questions in 14 languages Copyright 2010 Cindy Alvarez
- 8. You know but you don’t know enough ONLINE BILL PAY average bills paid/ month average $/payment most likely to pay these types of bills log in X times/month pay X bills per session Copyright 2010 Cindy Alvarez
- 9. You know but you don’t know enough BEFORE: ONLINE BILL AFTER: put incoming bills in PAY cross it off the the bill pile calendar average bills paid/ circle due dates on month check if I can pay more calendar towards my credit average $/payment card bill set up reminders on my cell phone most likely to pay transfer extra into these types of bills savings pen and paper calculations log in X times/month check when payday is pay X bills per session Copyright 2010 Cindy Alvarez
- 10. Knowing makes you lazy and you’ll forget to provide data “Users need this... The market demands this... Trust me and just build it.” Copyright 2010 Cindy Alvarez
- 11. which breeds HiPPOs. “As the CEO, I just know this’ll work...” Copyright 2010 Cindy Alvarez
- 12. If you were right, you denied your team the opportunity to learn and feel awesome Copyright 2010 Cindy Alvarez
- 13. And if you were wrong, you lose credibility “This is all your fault! We built exactly what you asked for.” Copyright 2010 Cindy Alvarez
- 14. For great product development to thrive, Copyright 2010 Cindy Alvarez
- 15. Foster a culture of not knowing but learning Copyright 2010 Cindy Alvarez
- 16. “WAIT! What do you mean, you don’t know?!” Copyright 2010 Cindy Alvarez
- 17. (This approach isn’t easy on enterprise customers, CEOs, or project managers.) Copyright 2010 Cindy Alvarez
- 18. “I don’t know, but -- • here’s how we’re going to find out..” • my hypothesis is...” • here’s what I do know...” Copyright 2010 Cindy Alvarez
- 19. More rigor + More work + More uncertainty = Better odds* * come on, you know there are no guarantees in product development! Copyright 2010 Cindy Alvarez
- 20. OK, so how do we foster a culture of not knowing but learning? Copyright 2010 Cindy Alvarez
- 21. Start with ground rules: Copyright 2010 Cindy Alvarez
- 22. It’s always OK to ask “what is the goal of doing this?” Copyright 2010 Cindy Alvarez
- 23. All brains are good brains. Copyright 2010 Cindy Alvarez
- 24. Limit “heads down” time. Copyright 2010 Cindy Alvarez
- 25. “Ugly data” trumps no data. Copyright 2010 Cindy Alvarez
- 26. Develop your own learning funnel: Copyright 2010 Cindy Alvarez
- 27. interviews A/B testing competitive research surveys user testing best practices bug reports market research analytics summarize (most companies skip this --> fail) “what’s important” Copyright 2010 Cindy Alvarez
- 28. Teach your team to fish: Copyright 2010 Cindy Alvarez
- 29. Don’t expect people to “just know” how to contribute How can we ask the customer? How can we ask the data? How can we compare ourselves to alternatives? How can we try “doing the opposite thing?” How can we gain a new perspective? Copyright 2010 Cindy Alvarez
- 30. Show off: Copyright 2010 Cindy Alvarez
- 31. We learned ____________, so we didn’t build _____________, which saved us ________! We learned ____________, so we quickly did _____________, which earned us ________! Copyright 2010 Cindy Alvarez
- 32. Oh, and -- don’t try to do this all at once: Copyright 2010 Cindy Alvarez
- 33. idea this was great idea this sucked idea this needs work idea this was great (It won’t be this neat, but you get the idea.) Copyright 2010 Cindy Alvarez
- 34. Go out there and “I don’t know” your way to your next great product! Copyright 2010 Cindy Alvarez