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Strategy & Frameworks
Kano Model
Noriaki Kano's 1984 model classifying product features as basic must-haves, performance attributes or delighters by their effect on satisfaction.
By Brandon Mina·CEO, BrandPilot AI·Updated November 2026
Short answer
The Kano Model is Noriaki Kano's 1984 framework that classifies product features by their effect on customer satisfaction: basic must-haves, performance attributes and delighters. Missing basics cause dissatisfaction, performance features scale satisfaction, and delighters surprise. Teams use it to prioritize features and understand which ones differentiate a product.