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Lessons Learned: Combining agile development with customer development

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, March 16, 2009 Combining agile development with customer development Today I read an excellent blog post that I just had to share. XP and Scrum don’t have much to say - they punt. March 16, 2009 11:18 PM William Pietri said. March 17, 2009 9:21 AM Eric said.

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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. April 27, 2009 8:59 AM Anonymoussaid. July 15, 2009 11:18 PM markmontgomery said. Mark Montgomery Founder Kyield Initium VC September 12, 2009 4:21 AM Mark Montgomery said. Good stuff.

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

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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. February 14, 2009 11:12 PM Eric said. May 15, 2009 1:17 AM neocoder said.

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The four kinds of work, and how to get them done: part three

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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. Try About the author.

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Lessons Learned: Built to learn

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Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, April 9, 2009 Built to learn Its been an exhilarating ride since the Web 2.0 Looks like Ill be at TiEcon 2009 in mid-may, and at an event to be announced in Austin in early June. Andy April 10, 2009 9:57 AM Eric Santos said. BR, Eric April 11, 2009 12:42 PM Jared Goralnick said.

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Lessons Learned: The product manager's lament

Startup Lessons Learned

They exchange countless emails, and hes being constantly interrupted and being asked to clarify exactly what the spec means. The fourth spec exists only in these emails, which are changing the design in an ad-hoc fashion. Eventually, I hope to get them on a full agile diet, with TDD, scrums, sprints, pair programming, and more.