Analysis Tricks
A collection of tricks and games I have found useful for Product Management.
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Interview and Brainstorming Gamification
See gamestorming.com for an excellent list of games, these are some I've used and had success with.
Speedboat
- Easy and silly little "game" that can be used to discover what's slowing down human processes vs. what's speeding them up
- Draw a sailboat on water, with an anchor
- Invite the target group to add post-it notes:
- Below the water for things that are slowing them down
- Above the water for things that are speeding them up
Pain and Gain
For a specific person, role, or persona
- Draw the person on a sheet/whiteboard
- Ask the group to answer the following as that person and capture the responses on the left side of the drawing:
- What keeps you up at night?
- What does a bad day look like for you?
- What are you responsible for?
- What are you afraid of?
- Then ask the group to answer the following as that person and capture the responses on the right side of the drawing:
- How do you measure success?
- What can we offer you?
- What do you aspire to?
- How could you benefit?