What is Product Spike?
Simply put, Product Spike is a deep-dive into your product ways of working to increase the impact your software development is delivering for your business.
This can take a variety of forms depending upon the particular needs of your business, but in most cases will consist of the following activities:
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Personal development sessions for your product team, and the creation of product capabilities development plan to help them grow and be more effective
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A review of your planning and documentation processes, leveraging systems and processes used by some of the world’s leading tech companies
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A deep-dive into your product data and analytics to ensure data insight is at the heart of your product development process. If appropriate, we will lead a project to uncover the ‘habit-forming’ metric that can supercharge your growth strategy
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A review of your user-research function to put in place a process that increases the frequency and effectiveness of your customer insight
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Embedding within your product team and shadowing product managers/owners and designers to understand how they are collaborating with each other and the engineering team
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Interviews with key stakeholders in the business to understand their pain points and how the product function can deliver more for them
At the end of the Product Spike we will deliver a set of documentation that ensures you have everything you need to take those improvements forward.
How long does the Product Spike last?
Our normal engagement will be between 1 and 3 months, but we can customise our programme to your specific needs.
Who is Product Spike for?
Product Spike is designed specifically for businesses that have a relatively immature or developing product function. Maybe you as the company founder or CEO you have been leading the product direction and have hired your first product managers or product owners, but feel like the team could be delivering more effectively for the business. You might not yet be at the point where you want to hire a full-time CPO or Head of Product, but need someone with experience to step in and help develop your product capabilities until you are ready to move to that next step.
How much does Product Spike cost?
This will depend upon the length of the engagement and your specific needs. If you would like to get a quote or just have a conversation to find out more about what we offer please get in touch.