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The Best Project Management Framework for Startups

The Startup Magazine

In the midst of all the fun, though, the requirement of good project management starts to stand out. For new businesses trying to overcome obstacles, choosing the right project management framework may be the difference between success and failure.

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9 Women Can’t Make a Baby in a Month

Both Sides of the Table

I’m a very big proponent of the “lean startup movement&# as espoused by Steve Blank & Eric Ries. Some of the best new companies of the past several years seem to stay lean until they figure out their product / market fit. Those of us that espouse “lean startups&# often do so from personal experience.

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Lessons Learned: The product manager's lament

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, October 5, 2008 The product managers lament Life is not easy when youre working in an old-fashioned waterfall development process, no matter what role you play. The product manager was clearly struggling to get results from the rest of the team. Frustration is mounting.

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Lessons Learned: Work in small batches

Startup Lessons Learned

I owe it originally to lean manufacturing books like Lean Thinking and Toyota Production System. The batch size is the unit at which work-products move between stages in a development process. Similar results apply in product management, design, testing, and even operations. I dont think so.

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Lessons Learned: The engineering manager's lament

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, October 20, 2008 The engineering managers lament I was inspired to write The product managers lament while meeting with a startup struggling to figure out what had gone wrong with their product development process. This engineering manager is a smart guy, and very experienced.

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The Principles of Product Development Flow

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, July 13, 2009 The Principles of Product Development Flow If youve ever wondered why agile or lean development techniques work, The Principles of Product Development Flow: Second Generation Lean Product Development by Donald G. Managing timelines instead of queues.

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Survival Tips From A Seasoned Digital Nomad Who Made It Out The Other Side

YoungUpstarts

Make risk assessments based on potential geographic location. If establishing physical offices in a developing country, split them into at least two physical areas hundreds of miles apart from each other. Fortunately none of our employees lost their lives and the second office 300 miles away in Manila continued operating as normal.