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The Value Flywheel Effect
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The Value Flywheel Effect

by David Anderson, Mark McCann, Michael O'Reilly
November 2022
Intermediate to advanced
320 pages
7h 59m
English
IT Revolution Press
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Chapter 7

Map the Market Competition

In the first phase of the Value Flywheel Effect, we’ll use a map to flesh out our clarity of purpose. Often a map of the competitive market will help identify gaps in the market that your business could choose to address. It’s important in this stage to think about what your differentiators are and if you understand what customer needs you’re solving.

Sense Making the Competition

One of the phrases experienced mappers often use to describe what mapping accomplishes is “sense making.” The very nature of technology means that someone who is trained in computer science is often sitting with peers in very specific domains, like pharma, finance, entertainment, marketing, or telecom. The people building the system ...

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