A basic primer on bringing Lean Startup techniques to technical teams and organizations. Talk centered on successful integration of engineers into small, cross-functional lean startup teams. Emphasis on addressing the resulting changes in the role of the engineer.
10. Obie Fernandez 2013
Agile
Considered compatible with lean startup...
• Individuals and interactions over processes and tools
• Working software over comprehensive documentation
aka “release early and often”
• Customer collaboration over contract negotiation
• Responding to change over following a plan
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11. Obie Fernandez 2013
As a [role] I want [feature]
so that [benefit].
The most important part of a user story is not
the feature but rather the user role and the
benefit he wants to achieve!
http://shishkin.org/blog/lean-startup-for-your-agile-toolbox/
Agile: User Stories
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12. Obie Fernandez 2013
When defining the acceptance criteria for a user story,
think about learning first.
What hypothesis are you trying to verify
and what is the success criteria for it?
Agile: Acceptance
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