Case Study: Product Dojo

Rafal Cymerys

June 29, 2019

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Product Dojo is a space for professional and personal growth. Dedicated especially to product managers and leaders, but also product teams - designers, engineers and innovators, who want to be on a fast track to their dream product career.

They approached us with an ambitious goal in their minds - to build a Knowledge Management System to support their learning programs for various organizations.
They wanted to launch an MVP of this product before a big conference they are organizing, but the scope was demanding and deadline was approaching quickly.

Discovery & Scoping

For discovery we held an all-day Event Storming session
This allowed us to map their customer journey into interactions between user and the application
By seeing the big picture, we were able to quickly find areas that can be supported by existing tools, to reduce the scope and launch in time
It also give us a clear view on risks in such integrations and helped us prioritize them
Another effect was that it gave our team good understanding of their processes and helped to rapidly kick-off the project

Process

For development, we used agile processes to ensure maximum alignment with business needs.
We based the process on week-long sprints, to shorten the feedback loop and to address potential issues as early as possible
We encouraged daily communication and updates with Product Dojo team, to achieve transparency and alignment
As we were working together with a team located in California, we treated the whole team (Upside's + Product Dojo's team) as a remote one and used proper tools
To ensure efficiency despite time zone difference, we adapted remote communication as a standard

Results

By taking a smart approach to scoping and reusing existing tools, we were able to launch the MVP within 2 months.

The MVP allowed Product Dojo to gather feedback from their customers using a real product and define further product roadmap based on that.

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