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=Goal=
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The entire team must agree on the product features, benefits and release schedules.
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=Checklist=
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* What problem are you solving?
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* Create a one page feature lists: What are the technical attributes of the product?
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** What is the general goal of the product?
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** Provide a simplified architecture diagram
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** Provide a feature lists
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* Will these features be well understood or do the require explanation?
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* Benefit list: What do the features let a customer do?
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** Something new?
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** Better?
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** More?
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** Faster?
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** Cheaper?
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** Undertneath each of the features above give a three line summary of its benefits.
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** See also: [[Innovation Radar|Innovation Radar]]
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* Will these benefits be accepted as such or do the need explanation?
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** Describe release 1
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** Describe release 2
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** Describe release 3
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** All the way out as you can see
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* What Intellectual Property will be unique?
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** What can you patent?
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** What is a trade secret and you need to protect?
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** What will you have to license?
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** Have you checked if you infringe on others IP?
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* What is the total cost of ownership of your product?
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** Training?
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** Deployment?
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** Additional technical infrastructure?
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** Additional personnel infrastructure?
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* Dependency analysis: what are you depending on before the product can come to volume?
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** Work-flow / Lifestyle changes on the part of the customer?
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** Other products required?
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** Economic conditions?
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** Behavior changes?
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** Supply chain modifications?
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** Laws to change?
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** Other infrastructure / products / change in behavior?
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** If so, what?
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** When will it happen?
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** What happens to your company if it doesn't?
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** What metrics should be in use to measure the change?
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=Exit deliverables=
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* [[Product specification|Product specification]]
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* [[Feature list|Feature list]]
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* [[Benefit list|Benefit list]]
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* [[Release description|Release description]]
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* [[Dependency analysis|Dependency analysis]]
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Part of: [[Customer Development Checklist|Customer Development Checklist]] - [[Customer Discovery|Customer Discovery]]
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Part of book: [[The Four Steps to the Epiphany|The Four Steps to the Epiphany]]
 
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Latest revision as of 20:01, 27 August 2020

Goal

The entire team must agree on the product features, benefits and release schedules.

Checklist

  • What problem are you solving?
  • Create a one page feature lists: What are the technical attributes of the product?
    • What is the general goal of the product?
    • Provide a simplified architecture diagram
    • Provide a feature lists
  • Will these features be well understood or do the require explanation?
  • Benefit list: What do the features let a customer do?
    • Something new?
    • Better?
    • More?
    • Faster?
    • Cheaper?
    • Undertneath each of the features above give a three line summary of its benefits.
    • See also: Innovation Radar
  • Will these benefits be accepted as such or do the need explanation?
    • Describe release 1
    • Describe release 2
    • Describe release 3
    • All the way out as you can see
  • What Intellectual Property will be unique?
    • What can you patent?
    • What is a trade secret and you need to protect?
    • What will you have to license?
    • Have you checked if you infringe on others IP?
  • What is the total cost of ownership of your product?
    • Training?
    • Deployment?
    • Additional technical infrastructure?
    • Additional personnel infrastructure?
  • Dependency analysis: what are you depending on before the product can come to volume?
    • Work-flow / Lifestyle changes on the part of the customer?
    • Other products required?
    • Economic conditions?
    • Behavior changes?
    • Supply chain modifications?
    • Laws to change?
    • Other infrastructure / products / change in behavior?
    • If so, what?
    • When will it happen?
    • What happens to your company if it doesn't?
    • What metrics should be in use to measure the change?

Exit deliverables

Part of: Customer Development Checklist - Customer Discovery Part of book: The Four Steps to the Epiphany