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PRODUCT
DISCOVERY
       Kevin Wang
      January 2012
WHO
AM I?
WHO
AM I?
(I don’t mean
existentially…)
Kevin Wang

VP, Product Marketing at
SecondMarket

Early employee, helped
define PM and PMM functions

Tweet me:
@sevin514

Email me:
kwang@secondmarket.com

Etc:
about.me/sevin
Product Discovery is
a customer-centric
approach to figuring
out what to build
1   WHY?
2   WHAT?
3   HOW?
1
WHY
DO
DISCOVERY?
Will help you
answer the most
IMPORTANT
product question…
Are you building something
that people need?
Are you building something
that people can use?
Are you building something
that people will use?
Are you building something
that people will pay for?
Are you building something
that people will love?
Are you building something
that people will love
love
This is what it looks
like when you are
What is the
BIGGEST
mistake you
can make
when building product?
Ugly design
Poor response time
Not integrating social
Not monetizing early
Ugly design
Poor response time
Not integrating social
Not monetizing early
Ugly design
Poor response time
Not integrating social
Not monetizing early
Ugly design
Poor response time
Not integrating social
Not monetizing early
Ugly design
Poor response time
Not integrating social
Not monetizing early
Those things are all VERY
important
Those things are all VERY
important and may lead to
failure
BUT there’s one thing that
trumps them all
BUT there’s one thing that
trumps them all
BUT there’s one thing that
trumps them all

               YOU’RE FIRED!!
Not talking to
CUSTOMERS!!
BTW,
talking to customers
≠
asking what they
want
Find their
pain
points
Customer interaction
is at the


of Product Discovery
We were suffering from…
“Just-in-time” delivery of
requirements, coding, then rushing
features out the door…
Which led to feature
chasing…
with no evidence that features help
the business…
Use a
PRODUCT
DISCOVERY
process to get to

MVP
Minimum
Viable
Product
Smallest possible
product that is
Smallest possible
product that is
valuable
Smallest possible
product that is
valuable, usable
Smallest possible
product that is
valuable, usable
and feasible
Product
Discovery = MVP
as fast as possible
Product
Discovery = MVP
as fast as
possible, as cheap
as possible
Build it
and they
will come
Build it
and they
will come
Think like a
SCIENTIST!
Get supporting evidence that the
solution will move KPIs
Make changes/pivots based on
learnings
Make changes/pivots based on
learnings


          BOOM GOES
             THE
          DYNAMITE!!
Identify major usability issues
before launch
Won’t guarantee homeruns, but will
prevent strikeouts!
Find
Product/Market
     Fit!!!
2
OUR
DISCOVERY
PROCESS
Roadmap
          Discovery


                      Backlog
• Repository for all ideas we
Roadmap     think will move the KPIs

          • These ideas get validated in
            Discovery

          • Prioritized by what we want
            to put through discovery first
• This is where the
                                magic happens!
  Roadmap                     • Identify solution
                                that is valuable,
                  Discovery     usable and feasible
                              • As fast as possible
                              • As small as possible
• 80% of the time for           (MVP)
  PM and UX
• 20% for Lead Eng
• Items that have gone
  through Discovery and we
  want to move ahead with
• “Fully baked” items
      Roadmap
• A couple of iterations
  worth of stuff
                     Discovery
• Does not have stuff we’ll
  never get to
• Bugs, small features still go   Backlog

  here
• All about execution!
Roadmap
          Discovery


                            Backlog




                      Push it live!
Roadmap
           Discovery


                       Backlog




    Measure!
3
HOW WE DO
PRODUCT
DISCOVERY
Product Manager maintains
Roadmap in JIRA
Build
prototypes
and test with
users
<sidenote>


Recruit testers from existing
customers, new users and
“Customer Development
Program”


                     </sidenote>
Measur
e
Qualitative
     &
Quantitative
based on
your learnings
When we are confident we
have a bunch of people that
will use/buy it…
write “fully baked” tickets and
put into backlog…
Otherwise park it or kill it
Ask yourself:
Ask yourself:

Who did you talk to?
Ask yourself:

Who did you talk to?
What have you learned?
Ask yourself:

Who did you talk to?
What have you learned?
Are they responding?
Ask yourself:

Who did you talk to?
What have you learned?
Are they responding?
Potential pivots?
Ask yourself:

Who did you talk to?
What have you learned?
Are they responding?
Potential pivots?
Can we get to MVP in 2
weeks?
4
SUMMARY
Learn from other
people’s
experiences
Don’t build stuff
blindly
Test your ideas and
validate
assumptions with
users
Talk to users, talk to
users, talk to
users…
Your job is to figure
out what is
valuable, usable
and feasible
THANKS!
kwang@secondmarket.com
@sevin514
www.slideshare.net/sevin514

We’re hiring!
www.secondmarket.com/careers

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