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30 Types of Product Experience

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Product experience is the overall value of a product or service to customers. This is defined in terms of customer perceptions as they use the product or service in a variety of contexts. Product experience is a component of customer experience, a broader concept that includes all interactions between your firm and the customer. Product experience is mainly achieved through design and quality control. The following are common types of product experience.

Fit For Purpose

The product or service has the functions you need without bloated features getting in the way.

Sensory Design

Visual appeal and pleasing taste, smell, touch and sound.

Sensations

Sensations generated by the product such as temperature, light intensity and haptics.

Usability

A product that is pleasing to use.

Learnability

A product that feels intuitive that is easy to learn with a little trial and error.

Undo

The product provides a safe environment where actions can be undone.

Control

The product lets you control it. Automations and suggestions feel useful and are easily overridden.

Personalization

The product makes reasonably useful assumptions about your preferences.

Customization

You can easily customize the product to the way you want it.

Stability

User interfaces are predicable. Dynamic elements such as context menus feel intuitive.

Speed

The product feels fast and responsive.

Performance

The product meets your performance expectations such as a snowboard that is just bendy enough.

Productivity

The product allows you to complete your goals quickly.

Information Density

The product gives you the amount of information you need to achieve your goals without overwhelming you or making you look too hard.

Information Scent

Clear visual cues and structure that make information and functions easy to find.

Layout & Composition

The product has a pleasing layout and feels balanced and organized.

Unity

Different elements of the product look like they belong together.

Shape & Form

A pleasing shape and form. For example, a device that fits in your hand comfortably.

Convenience

The product is convenient to use. For example, a device the fits in your pocket or a meal that is easy to prepare.

Accessibility

The product is designed to be useful to a broad range of people including people with disabilities.

Durability & Resilience

The product doesn't easily break and continues to operate under a wide range of real world conditions.

Transitions

Change to the product such as upgrades and expansions go well and aren't detrimental to your use of the product.

Risk

The product is safe to use. For example, software that is reasonably secure from information security threats.

Health

A product that feels healthy.

Values

Customer perceptions regarding the impact of the product on the environment and people. For example, a product that is manufactured locally according to environmentally responsible methods.

Terms

The product or service has fair terms of service.

Product Identity

People often describe products and brands with the same words they might use to describe a person. For example, a product that you trust.

Social, Culture & Lifestyle

A customer who sees a product as a part of their social status, culture or lifestyle. For example, snowboarding goggles that all the cool snowboarders wear on a particular mountain.

Meaning

Customers may attach personal meaning to a product. For example, a toy that reminds a parent of their youth.

Refinement

The product looks highly refined such that it is was obviously designed and built by people who are diligent in their work.
Overview: Product Experience
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The overall value of a product or service to customers.
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