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Lessons Learned: Work in small batches

Startup Lessons Learned

Its had tremendous impact in many areas: continuous deployment , just-in-time scalability , and even search engine marketing , to name a few. When operating with continuous deployment, its almost impossible to have integration conflicts. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Small is beautiful.

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How to conduct a Five Whys root cause analysis

Startup Lessons Learned

We just add up the revenue we've made in the past few months from Win98 users, and compare to the pain that Win98 has caused as identified in 5Ys. Luckily, in most prevention situations, even the first few steps in prevention can pay time-savings dividends quickly. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

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Lessons Learned: Refactoring yourself out of business

Startup Lessons Learned

They asked for my advice, and we went through a number of recommendations that readers of this blog will already be able to guess: adding revenue opportunities, engagement loop optimization, and some immediate split-testing to figure out whats working and whats not. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.