From testing to learning cultures: perspective, decisions, and practical tradeoffs. Story led opening Last month a growth team I know ran a clean split test on the sign up flow. New copy, fewer fields, one shiny progress bar. The numbers came in flat. A small lift in click through, a…
Tag: Ab Testing
When to stop testing and ship
Story led opening At 1 a.m. the Slack pings were still coming in. A junior QA found a flicker on the checkout button if the network tab was throttled to slow 3G. The fix was a one line change. The sprint was already stretched. We had a paid campaign scheduled…
Target governance and guardrails
Adobe Target can move a team fast and break your site just as fast. This is a note on governance and guardrails from the trenches, while consent prompts keep popping up and product teams are itching to ship. Start with a clear idea of what governance means for Target. You…
Scaling tests without slowing teams
Your test suite can grow without your team slowing down. Most teams do the opposite. They add tests and watch delivery grind. Right now a lot of teams are moving more code into containers, wiring services into Kubernetes, and cranking up automation in CI. The usual side effect shows up…
Designing good experiments
Designing good experiments is not about fancy math or dashboards with too many colors. It is about choosing a clear question, making a decision in advance, and being honest about trade offs. Everyone is spinning up AB tests right now. Product teams are chasing signups, growth crews want more clicks,…
From manual rules to adaptive targeting
Manual rules feel good until the world shifts under your feet. If you are running growth, paid media, or email right now, you probably have a tangle of if statements and audience buckets that once worked and now show their age. Time to move from rules to adaptive targeting. The…
Targeting strategies that matter
Targeting strategies that matter Everyone wants perfect targeting right now. Platforms feel loud, budgets feel tight, and there is new talk about Safari limiting tracking. So let’s get practical about what actually moves numbers. When people say targeting, they usually mean a mix of audience filters, channel choices, and timing…
Ab testing without drama
AB testing without drama sounds like a fantasy on some teams. Product wants to ship fast. Marketing wants that win on the dashboard. Data folks keep saying the words sample size and significance while everyone checks the experiment every hour like it is a soccer match. Let’s dial it down….
Adobe target for practical experiments
Everyone says they want smarter experiments. Very few teams get past hello world in production. Adobe Target sits in that awkward spot between promise and reality. Today I want to share the choices that actually move the needle, the ones we are making on live sites this week. If you…