Practice question · Put in order
Order the phases of a logistic product adoption.
- Launch: few users, growth slow in absolute terms
- Plateau at capacity
- Near-exponential takeoff, word of mouth compounds
- Deceleration as untapped customers thin out
- Inflection at half the market: fastest growth
Hints
- The curve is slowest at both ends and fastest in the middle.
- The turning point in speed comes at half the ceiling.
Show the answer
- Launch: few users, growth slow in absolute terms
- Near-exponential takeoff, word of mouth compounds
- Inflection at half the market: fastest growth
- Deceleration as untapped customers thin out
- Plateau at capacity
Why
Slow, explosive, peaking at , braking, saturated, the S-curve read left to right. Knowing where on the S you are is worth more than the whole forecast.
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