Jacob Burdis

CPO
V School

Optimizing for Outcomes Over Outputs in Product Initiatives

Case Study Conference Speaker
Workshop Instructor
November 9, 2023

Want your product initiatives to succeed? Focus on outcomes, not outputs! Outputs are the things you do, like building features or writing code. Outcomes are the things you achieve, like increasing user engagement or reducing churn. When you focus on outcomes, you're more likely to make decisions that actually make a difference for your users and your business.

This workshop will introduce you to a few frameworks and tools to help you focus on outcomes throughout the entire product lifecycle. We'll cover discovery, prioritization, building, releasing, and measuring outcomes. For each stage, we'll walk through a practical case study and then give you exercises to practice applying the frameworks and tools using the templates provided.

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About 

Jacob

Jacob is passionate about helping people improve their lives through education. He has dedicated his education, career, and volunteer service to using technology to make learning more effective and accessible. Having lived in Russia and Kazakhstan as a volunteer and tutor, Jacob saw firsthand the effect that education can have for individuals around the world. He received a dual bachelor’s degree in Russian and linguistics and a master’s and doctorate in educational technology from Brigham Young University. He first worked as a learning designer and language product manager for the Missionary Training Center in Provo, Utah. He was later recruited to join Pluralsight, a unicorn EdTech startup, as the product manager for academia. Jacob later co founded Emmersion with a goal to leverage AI and technology to work toward closing the global communication gap. After selling Emmersion to IXL Learning and Rosetta Stone, Jacob joined V School as their Head of Product and Education and began consulting on the topics of product and strategy. He also serves on the interdisciplinary studies board at BYU, Idaho, and is an adjunct professor of product management at Utah Valley University.

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Case Study Conference

Apr 26
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28
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2023
Salt Lake City, UT
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Workshop Series

Nov 8
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10
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2023
Salt Lake City, UT
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