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Lessons Learned: Combining agile development with customer development

Startup Lessons Learned

XP and Scrum don’t have much to say - they punt. If you look at the origins of most agile systems, including Scrum and XP , they come out of experiences in big companies. Both Scrum and XP had a role which you could happily call by the modern title "Product Manager". Embedded in that assumption is why startups fail.

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Lessons Learned: The lean startup

Startup Lessons Learned

I would add -- think of your development and running your business like a PM/Developer uses Agile or Scrum in software development. I have shared with multiple groups Part 2 [link] Very good work -- MM April 2, 2010 6:46 AM Gobala Krishnan said. April 6, 2010 8:23 AM Colie Brice said. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco.

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Lessons Learned: A new version of the Joel Test (draft)

Startup Lessons Learned

There are several ways to make progress evident - the Scrum team model is my current favorite. If you have a true cross-functional team, empowered (a la Scrum) to do whatever it takes to succeed its likely they will converge on the result quickly. May 30, 2010 1:34 AM Poker Workout said. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco.

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Lessons Learned: The product manager's lament

Startup Lessons Learned

Eventually, I hope to get them on a full agile diet, with TDD, scrums, sprints, pair programming, and more. Startup Visa update ► February (5) Kiwi lean startup + Australia next Why diversity matters (the meritocracy business) Beware of Vanity Metrics (for Harvard Business Rev. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco.

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Lessons Learned: ScienceDaily: Corporate culture is most important.

Startup Lessons Learned

At IMVU , we called this person a Producer (revealing our games background); in Scrum , they are called the Product Owner. Startup Visa update ► February (5) Kiwi lean startup + Australia next Why diversity matters (the meritocracy business) Beware of Vanity Metrics (for Harvard Business Rev. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco.

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Social, Agile, and Transformation: Strategic Agile Thinking: Balancing Value, Innovation and Research

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decide on success metrics, measure, and then decide if additional investment is warranted. If the innovation is successful, then the metrics should help drive the enhancement into the top/right "agile happy place" quadrant. ► 2010. (14). No Scrum Master? I call this scenario "Innovate and Measure". ► March. (1).

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Embrace technical debt

Startup Lessons Learned

Darn good - I have struggled in relevant conversations with our in house move to scrum/agile. Startup Visa update ► February (5) Kiwi lean startup + Australia next Why diversity matters (the meritocracy business) Beware of Vanity Metrics (for Harvard Business Rev. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. Bring your questions.