Traditional businesses are increasingly threatened by disruptors that are more customer-centric and adaptable. To succeed, companies must adopt a "good for now" approach of continuously testing ideas with customers, learning quickly from failures or negative feedback, and pivoting as needed. This involves skills like design thinking, building prototypes, customer validation, and metrics testing to rapidly iterate products and ensure they meet customer needs. The goal is to start with the smallest viable product and stay focused on delivering value for the customer throughout the development process.
4. Fail fast if you will and learn
Antifragility is a property
of systems that increase
in capability, resilience,
or robustness
as a result of stressors,
shocks, volatility, noise,
mistakes, faults, attacks,
or failures.
Professor Nassim Nicholas Taleb
5. COMMON TRAITS OF THE UNICORNS
Low legacy, rapid customer acquisition, highly adaptable and responsive, speed of change
6. LESS IS MORE…
6
Features and Functions Used in a Typical System
Source: Standish Group Study Reported at XP2002 by Jim Johnson, Chairman
Never Used
7. KEY DIGITAL SKILLS
Design Thinking
SoftwareDelivery
Building Functional
Prototypes
Lean Startup & Continuous
Deployment
Fundraising
Creative Problem Solving
UX Design
Metrics Framework & Continuous
Testing
CustomerValidation
Pitching
Adapted from http://www.slideshare.net/djarjoura/the-skills-needed-by-individuals-to-become-a-digital-entrepreneur/17
15. CUSTOMER GOALS TO TASKS…
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Start with “brown paper” and post-it’s as a mindset, you don’t need an app… yet
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31. APPLICATION COST DRIVERS
DELIVER CHANGE READY APPLICATIONS FOR LESS COST
Maintenance
Built in dependency analysis
NFRs are built into every
application – regardless of
change
Development
Model driven development
reduces time to build
Integrations are simplified
Operations
Deployment process is
automated
Auditing and trouble shooting
capabilities in every
application
Lifetime cost? 5 year cost is typically 3 X initial cost, lifetime min 6 times 3 year cost
32. MOBILE AND WEB APP DEV IS A HARD PROBLEM
20-50
Apps
4 Platform
3 Form Factors
X
Abundance
Of Data Silos
X
Skills
Shortage
X
Constant Change RequestsX
33. FROM SMALL BEGINNINGS TO PRODUCTION
https://www.outsystems.com/platform/#/platform/2-minute-overview/
• DEVELOP, MANAGE AND CHANGE ENTERPRISE
WEB AND MOBILE
• ON TOP OF YOUR FAVORITE MIDDLEWARE
STACK
• COMBINES HIGH PRODUCTIVITY, CHANGE
MANAGEMENT AND FULL APPLICATION
LIFECYCLE
• MANAGES CONTINUOUS APPLICATION CHANGE
34. BY WAY OF EXAMPLE
https://www.outsystems.com/platform/#/platform/2-minute-overview/
Ready for your app – its not about the technology
35. GOOD FOR NOW APPROACH ~ 6
Design Thinking
SoftwareDelivery
Building Functional
Prototypes
Lean Startup & Continuous
Deployment
Fundraising
Creative Problem Solving
UX Design
Metrics Framework & Continuous
Testing
CustomerValidation
Pitching
Adapted from http://www.slideshare.net/djarjoura/the-skills-needed-by-individuals-to-become-a-digital-entrepreneur/17
2
1
34
5 7
6
36. THE SMALLEST THING!
That your target segment will pay money for, freemium needs very “deep pockets”
37. GOOD FOR NOW APPROACH ~ 7
Design Thinking
SoftwareDelivery
Building Functional
Prototypes
Lean Startup & Continuous
Deployment
Fundraising
Creative Problem Solving
UX Design
Metrics Framework & Continuous
Testing
CustomerValidation
Pitching
Adapted from http://www.slideshare.net/djarjoura/the-skills-needed-by-individuals-to-become-a-digital-entrepreneur/17
2
1
34
5 7
6
38. FROM MOCKUPS TO BEAUTIFICATION
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6l-X9k6fqeY
40. GOOD FOR NOW APPROACH ~ 8
Design Thinking
SoftwareDelivery
Building Functional
Prototypes
Lean Startup & Continuous
Deployment
Fundraising
Creative Problem Solving
UX Design
Metrics Framework & Continuous
Testing
CustomerValidation
Pitching
Adapted from http://www.slideshare.net/djarjoura/the-skills-needed-by-individuals-to-become-a-digital-entrepreneur/17
2
1
34
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6
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41. FOCUS ON THE CUSTOMER
https://www.outsystems.com/videos/app-maintenance-feedback-management/
its still about the customer
42. CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE END TO END
https://www.outsystems.com/videos/platform-performance-troubleshooting/
Measure, learn, validate, change and keep adapting
43. GOOD FOR NOW APPROACH ~ 9
Design Thinking
SoftwareDelivery
Building Functional
Prototypes
Lean Startup & Continuous
Deployment
Fundraising
Creative Problem Solving
UX Design
Metrics Framework & Continuous
Testing
CustomerValidation
Pitching
Adapted from http://www.slideshare.net/djarjoura/the-skills-needed-by-individuals-to-become-a-digital-entrepreneur/17
2
1
34
5 7
6
8
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44. KNOW THE INVESTOR MINDSET
• PITCH ANYTHING – OREN KLAFF
• CHAOS MONKEYS - ANTONIO GARCÍA MARTÍNEZ
• ZERO TO ONE – PETER THIEL
• SELLING THE INVISIBLE – HARRY BECKWITH
45. GOOD FOR NOW APPROACH ~ 10
Design Thinking
SoftwareDelivery
Building Functional
Prototypes
Lean Startup & Continuous
Deployment
Fundraising
Creative Problem Solving
UX Design
Metrics Framework & Continuous
Testing
CustomerValidation
Pitching
Adapted from http://www.slideshare.net/djarjoura/the-skills-needed-by-individuals-to-become-a-digital-entrepreneur/17
2
1
34
5 7
6
8
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48. Maximize existing investments
Leverageexisting skills
Across all channels / platforms
Respond Faster
Reduce complexity Deliver more and develop less
Continuously enhance/ improve
Flexibilitytochange
What we do