WhatUsersDo Product Tank October 2013

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Data-Driven Nonsense October 2013 Lee Duddell

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Lee Duddell, Founder of WhatUsersDo, shares the perils of relying on statistical data alone.

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Data-Driven NonsenseOctober 2013

Lee Duddell

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It’s not what I think

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This evening

• Data richness• Incomplete, Incremental & Interpretation• What you can do

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Aren’t we rich?

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BUT, they only answer…

• What?• When?• Where?• How many?• For how long?

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Three reasons why “Why?” matters

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1. Incomplete

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• Because it’s hard to checkout• Because they want the full experience

67%of users start on a SmartPhone& finish on a computer (Google)

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Made “Why?” centralConversion up 39%Sales up 10%

We deliver incredible results2. Incremental

Small conversion increaseNot sure whyExperiments are guesses

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3. Interpretation

62% base design decisions on hunches and guesswork

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Ditch Data for Insight

IncompleteIncrementalInterpretation

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How?

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