The long-shadow of a product’s success.
No, what your vision gave you a glimpse of was the Specter of Success, but you still need to harness the product lifecycle
The product lifecycle, an elusive phantom, ever seeking its own resting place. Our mission is to demystify this spectral journey and ensure its path leads to success and growth.
The lifecycle of a product haunts every team member. From birth, through growth, and into decline, the product’s existence is a series of transformations that affects all who come in contact with it. To understand the ghostly nature of the product lifecycle is to harness the power of transformation and direct it towards the betterment of the business.
First, we must comprehend the initiation of the journey – the conception stage. This phase is marked by the birth of an idea, a vision that materializes into a tangible product with the the feeling of elation at launch. As we shepherd the product through development, we face the challenge of nurturing growth. Within the growth stage, the product gains traction, and its power begins to manifest. But beware, for as the product reaches its peak, the maturity stage takes hold. During this phase, we must focus on maintaining dominance through optimization while preparing for the next phase.
As the product reaches its twilight, the decline stage looms ominously. Yet this is not the end. Like a phoenix, a product may be reborn, evolving into a new iteration or experience. The decline stage is an opportunity for reinvention, for breathing new life into the wandering spirit. As the late Harvard Business School professor Theodore Levitt once said, “Creativity is conceiving of new things. Innovation is actualizing new things.” Through creativity and innovation, we can revive a declining product.
In the end, it is our task to guide the ghostly lifecycle through its stages, leading it to a final resting place in the graveyard of success. By understanding the enigma that is the product lifecycle, we can ensure our ethereal creations find their destined path to greatness.