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Design Thinking and the Continuous Delivery Pipeline (CDP) have which
behavior in common?
Both use feedback from Customers to improve products
Both focus on the need for Continuous Integration to confirm the Solution is
desirable
Both focus on Return on Investment (ROI) and net present Value Metries
Both focus on continuous delivery of assets for Release on Demand - ANSWER:
Both use feedback from Customers to improve products
The Architectural Runway is a key part of which aspect of the Design Thinking
model?
Sustainable
Viable
Desirable
Feasible - ANSWER: Sustainable
The "chasm" can occur between visionaries and what segment of the target
market?
Early majority
Middle skeptics
Technology enthusiasts
Late adopters - ANSWER: Early majority
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Which type of product might face a chasm in its adoption?
Innovative product
Mature product
Decommissioned product
Growth product - ANSWER: Innovative product
Which stakeholder(s) could best provide current business feedback to guide
Feature enhancements?
Business Owners
Solution Architect/Engineering
Product Owner (PO)
Lean Portfolio Management - ANSWER: Business Owners
Which research activity primarily drives product strategy instead of product
design?
Understanding Customers and values
Reviewing long-term Architectural Runway Enablers
Observing what people do with the product
Focusing on product requirements - ANSWER: Understanding Customers and
values
What is one strength of qualitative research?
It builds Customer empathy within the team doing the research
It provides statistically significant results
It is costly on a per-customer cost basis
It is scalable to large numbers of people - ANSWER: It builds Customer empathy
within the team doing the research
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Qualitative research fuels innovation when designed to explore what?
Ideas for improving Feature throughput a PI
The context in which Customers use the product
Feature adoption rates
Feasibility of copying a competitive Feature - ANSWER: Ideas for improving
Feature throughput a PI
What is the most important planning question for primary research?
Who will be asked?
What will be asked?
How many people will be asked?
What research medium will be used? - ANSWER: Who will be asked?
What is the primary data used in market research?
Developing hypotheses
Market Structuring
Testing hypotheses
Market sizing - ANSWER: Developing hypotheses
What research game is primarily used to better understand the priorities of Solution
requirements?
Buy a Feature
Speed Boat
Spider Web
Start Your Day - ANSWER: Buy a Feature
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Which research game is primarily used to better understand Customer needs?
Prune the Product Tree
Buy a Feature
Spider Web
Show and Tell - ANSWER: Prune the Product Tree
What is one characteristic that is an essential part of market segmentation?
Validating that the segment is valuable enough to be economically feasible
Exploring competition within the segment
Determining if the organization already has strong sales within the segment
Evaluating if segment members view the organization positively - ANSWER:
Validating that the segment is valuable enough to be economically feasible
A company that typically markets to small companies has a growth strategy to sell
to larger organizations. The Product Manager is in charge of a new application and
must recommend which of the following segments to address first.
Segment 1: Top 1,000 very large companies (over 25,000 employees); dominated
by large Enterprise application vendors who sell the app as an add-on module but
need to be better integrated into their other applications. Customer anecdotes
indicate low satisfaction.
Segment 2: 5.8 million US-based small businesses (under 500 employees); tasks
are often done in spreadsheets. Competitors are small privately-owned software
companies offering desktop-based solutions. The company already has a good
market share in this segment.
What should be the recommendation for the next 12 months?
Choose segment 1
Choose segment 2