TY - BOOK AU - Osterwalder,Alexander AU - Pigneur,Yves AU - Bernarda,Gregory AU - Smith,Alan TI - Value proposition design: how to create products and services customers want SN - 9781118968055 (pbk.) AV - HF5415.5 .O78 2014 KW - Customer services KW - Management KW - Quality control KW - Production management KW - Business planning KW - Strategic planning KW - Customer relations N1 - Includes index; Canvas. Customer profile ; Value map ; Fit -- Design. Prototyping possibilities ; Starting points ; Understanding customers ; Making choices ; Finding the right business model ; Designing in established organizations -- Test. What to test ; Testing step-by-step ; Experiment library ; Bringing it all together -- Evolve. Create alignment ; measure & monitor ; Improve relentlessly ; Reinvent yourself constantly ; Taobao : reinventing (e)-commerce N2 - The book will help you understand the patterns of great value propositions, get closer to customers, and avoid wasting time with ideas that won't work. You'll learn the simple but comprehensive process of designing and testing value propositions, taking the guesswork out of creating products and services that perfectly match customers' needs and desires. Practical exercises, illustrations and tools help you immediately improve your product, service, or new business idea. In addition the book gives you exclusive access to an online companion on Strategyzer.com ER -