How to Align Teams for Successful Personalization: A Prepersonalization Workshop Framework
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Tom Shannon
Summary
This article by Colin Eagan and Jeffrey MacIntyre presents a structured approach to aligning stakeholders before launching a personalization initiative. It warns against common "persofails" (personalization failures) and offers a prepersonalization workshop framework to help teams define goals, understand user needs, and avoid common pitfalls when designing data-driven product features. The piece emphasizes strategic alignment, user research, and iterative testing over rushing to implement personalization technology.
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When it comes to designing for personalization, there are many cautionary tales, no overnight successes, and few guides for the perplexed.
You've joined a squad at your company that's designing new product features with an emphasis on automation or AI. Or your company has just implemented a personalization engine. Either way, you're designing with data. Now what?
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