A project team led by a strategy designer has just facilitated 3 weeks of user research.
What should thev do to identify kev insights?
Answer : C
The project team should spend time affinity mapping, spotting patterns, and surfacing surprises, to identify key insights after conducting user research. This method involves grouping data points into themes or categories, finding connections or trends among them, and highlighting unexpected or surprising findings. Reference: https://trailhead.salesforce.com/en/content/learn/modules/salesforce-strategy-designer-certification-prep/identify-key-insights
A health and wellness company wants to create a 10-year vision for its business. Which
external context for innovation is the least risky trend to influence the company's strategy?
Answer : B
The least risky trend to influence the company's strategy for a health and wellness company that wants to create a 10-year vision for its business is perception shift: feelings toward the efficacy of wellness products in the next 10 years, as this is more likely to be stable and predictable than market shift or demographic shift, which are more volatile and uncertain.
A strategy designer is hired to help service agents pool their shared knowledge, see the
bigger picture, and understand what may be causing poor and disjointed support experiences, and
where other pain points and opportunities may lie. Which method of co-design workshop should be
used?
Answer : C
The best method of co-design workshop to help service agents pool their shared knowledge, see the bigger picture, and understand what may be causing poor and disjointed support experiences, and where other pain points and opportunities may lie is journey mapping, which is a visual representation of the user's journey across different touchpoints and channels. Ideation or prototyping may not be suitable for synthesizing and analyzing existing service experiences.
A cross-disciplinary team at Cloud Kicks has to synthesize top customer quotes and insights
from research and turn them into design opportunities.
Which question should the team use to prioritize insights?
Answer : A
The best question to prioritize insights from customer research is how will this improve the customer experience, as this focuses on the value proposition and user needs of the design. Asking if the technology is capable of supporting the need or what will bring in the most revenue may not reflect the user-centric approach of design thinking.
Claud Kicks (CK) wants to launch a new application that change the processes and operating
procedures within the organization propose a rollout of the new application, CK's design team plans
on building and testing a Minimum Viable Product (MVP).
Which outcome should the team focus on when defining the MVP?
Answer : B
The purpose of building and testing a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) is to validate or invalidate the essential features of the product, that is, the features that deliver the core value proposition and solve the user's problem. Testing an outline of all features and possibilities of the product or assessing essential features of the product with a large group of users are not suitable outcomes for an MVP, as they may introduce unnecessary complexity or bias.
Cloud Kicks (CK) is a company of operational excellence However, CK has a hard time
bringing innovative ideas to market, because investing In unproven tactics seems risky to its leaders
who are used to making decisions based on metrics.
Which approach should a strategy designer take when presenting a new product vision to this group?
Answer : C
The best approach to presenting a new product vision to a group of leaders who are used to making decisions based on metrics is to identify the biggest questions about the product vision and collect data on prototypes, as this helps validate or invalidate the assumptions and hypotheses behind the vision, and provide evidence-based arguments for its feasibility and viability. Running qualitative user research or conducting a competitive analysis may not be persuasive or relevant enough for this group.
The design team at Cloud Kicks is making the case for analogous research as part of the design process for a brand new experience.
What should analogous research help them accomplish?
Answer : C
Analogous research is a type of research that involves looking at examples from other domains or industries that have similar challenges or goals as the design project. It helps generate unexpected ideas and increase empathy by exposing the design team to different perspectives and solutions. Reference: https://trailhead.salesforce.com/en/content/learn/modules/salesforce-strategy-designer-certification-prep/conduct-analogous-research