Criticality Discontentment Matrix

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The ppt explains the critcality discontentment matrix which has four quadrants in order to identify the market/business opportunities.

Opportunity Identification

Customer Dissatisfaction

Opportunity Identification

Criticality Discontentment Matrix
Opportunity for tomorrow (2) High Discontentment (1) Today’s Star

Low Criticality CD tunnel

High Criticality

(3)
Distant star Low Discontentment

(4) Challenges in innovation

Criticality Discontentment Matrix
• Customers are most dissatisfied when the features and process of buying and consumption for a product which is very critical to them (quadrant 1) • Customers are least dissatisfied if the discontentment level is very insignificant or nil for a product which is not at all critical to them

Criticality Discontentment Matrix
• Quadrant 1 offers the most attractive market opportunity for entrepreneurs • Minimum marketing efforts, as there is a natural pull from customers • Barbie Dolls – Mattel Toys • Domino’s Pizza • Dell Computers • Harry Potter Books

Criticality Discontentment Matrix
• Quadrant 2 represents customers who are highly discontented with existing products which are not critical to them • Poor public transportation – everyone travels by own vehicle • Poor quality mineral water bottles • Introducing products in this quadrant will not be easy – substantial marketing efforts

Criticality Discontentment Matrix
• Quadrant 3 represents customers who have currently no discontentment with products which are not critical to them • Least attractive market • Marketing effort to create demand • Possible to move customer into quadrant 1 • Kellogg's breakfast cereal

Criticality Discontentment Matrix
• Quadrant 4 reflects customers who are highly contended with the existing options available to meet their critical needs • Very difficult to penetrate into such markets with new offerings • Create discontentment with existing products • Disruptive technologies • Black & white TV to Color TV • Intel – create new products before PLC

C D E Chain
Product features
information Information collection process Buying Process Delivery Process

Consu mption Process

Criticality Discontentment Matrix
High Discontentment

Low Criticality

High Criticality

Low Discontent ment

Some have focused on certain links
• For product features: Sony Walkman, Apple Computer, Barbie Doll, Hotmail, Disneyland, Harry Potter • For information collection process: Internet based E-bay, Amazon, Google

• For buying process: Amazon, Dell, widely distributed and well displayed products
• For payment process: Visa and Master Cards • For delivery process: DHL’s jumbo boxes, couriers

Self opportunity Match
Previous Experience, knowledge skills Problems Existing, emerging

Self

Customer

Access to new Knowledge, skills

Level of dissatisfaction Criticality, discontentment

Financial Attractiveness Strategy

Technical Attractiveness Strategy

Solution to Customer Dissatisfaction

Marketing Attractiveness Strategy

Entrepreneurial Capability Strategy



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