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At Pearson, the life cycle has six phases instead of three, but the fundamental concepts are similar. Early-stage ideas are funded with small investments and are expected to return learning rather than financial results. In other words, teams are asked to validate their business ideas and not to return a profit. Once an idea has been validated, the product council will invest additional funds and will expect more-traditional returns.
Sense and Respond
Jeff Gothelf, Josh Seiden
“Work backwards from the narrative.”
That's the key to not shipping the org chart.
Here's Sanchan (ex-head of product at Airbnb) on how narrative-led product development works:
1. Create a narrative of what you want the customer to experience and feel
2. Challenge each team to work together to deliver the narrative
3. Deliver all features that bring the narrative to life at once
This way, teams are encouraged to work together to create a compelling customer journey instead of building in their own silos.
Note by Peter Yang on Substack
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The verbs associated with data have three distinct modalities:
Change—We need to change who we are or what we are doing.
Continue—We need to keep going in the same direction.
Finish—We need to complete this.
As you formulate your DataPOV, identify which verbs solve the problem or exploit the opportunity most effectively.
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