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Lessons Learned: About the author

Startup Lessons Learned

Although Catalyst folded with the dot-com crash, Ries continued his entrepreneurial career as a Senior Software Engineer at There.com, leading efforts in agile software development and user-generated content. I got my start programming on an old IBM XT; it was thanks to MUDs that I first discovered the internet.

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The Lean Startup at Agile Vancouver April 21st

Startup Lessons Learned

Agile Vancouver : Lean Development for Lean Times On Tuesday April 21st, we are hosting an afternoon event on the application of Lean Principles to software development. This workshop brings together leading thinkers from Lean Production and Lean software. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

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Lessons Learned: Combining agile development with customer development

Startup Lessons Learned

In the case of C3, that was to run payroll for 87,000 employees, who were presumably receiving payroll before the project began. What causes projects like this to fail in traditional software development is that the solution is unknown. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Thats pretty clear.

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How to conduct a Five Whys root cause analysis

Startup Lessons Learned

For example, I often cite a real example of a problem that has as its root cause a new employee who was not properly trained. I pick that example on purpose, for two reasons: 1) most of the companies I work with deal with this problem and yet 2) almost none of them have any kind of training program in place for new employees.

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Good enough never is (or is it?)

Startup Lessons Learned

Lean manufacturing , agile software development , and Theory of Constraints are all examples of this idea in action. Its easier to believe in a glorious future when you have only zeroes, for everyone: founders, investors, and employees. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.

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The Steve Jobs method

Startup Lessons Learned

We might be a ways away from the reality of a Chief Engineer or Product Director role commonly in software development, but ultimately it's going to be a matter of getting the culture right so that people stick around long enough to develop not only the tactical skills, but also the honed instincts and senses.

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Lessons Learned: The hacker's lament

Startup Lessons Learned

Our online media company is small, we have 6 employees, great proven leaders, great talent, great cashflow. Our CTO is the CEO himself, but he lacks the understanding of the new software development processes and the new technologies. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n.