Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 16, 2009

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. Ive had at least three conversations this week about the relationship between agile methodologies and customer development. Just a thought.

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VC Adventure

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

How about a person who moves here from Boston but keeps his Boston phone number on his SmartPhone and uses it to surf the web and order “software?” These are tricky but important details. At the other end of the size/complexity spectrum, it gets even worse. Citrix Presentation Server 4.0, Citrix Presentation Server 4.5,

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Software SQL Colorado Fractional CTO 48

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 29, 2009

Darn good - I have struggled in relevant conversations with our in house move to scrum/agile. Expo New York New York, NY Nov 19 The Lean Startup at MIT Boston, MA Nov 20 Lunch workshop at Dogpatch Labs Boston, MA Dec 17 Lean Startup Cohort program begins San Francisco, CA KISSmetrics KISSmetrics is loading.

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Technical Review Software Review San Francisco Lean 168

Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 6, 2008

The advantages of cross-functional teams are well documented, and for a thorough treatment I recommend the theory in the second half of Agile Software Development with Scrum. Scrum recommends 30 days; I have worked in one or two-week cycles up to about three months. At IMVU, we found 60 days was just about right. Amazon PostRank

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