Startup Lessons Learned
MARCH 25, 2010
This is the first post that moves into making specific process recommendations for product development. Hence, cutting corners often paid huge dividends. Labels: product development Speed up or slow down? This is the first post that moves into making specific process recommendations for product development.
Startup Lessons Learned
FEBRUARY 20, 2009
These changes pay increasing dividends, because each improvement now direclty frees up somebody in QA at the same time as reducing the total time of the certification step. Luckily, I now have the benefit of a forthcoming book, The Principles of Product Development Flow. Interesting post.
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Startup Lessons Learned
SEPTEMBER 15, 2008
Thats when this approach can pay huge dividends. This gets me into trouble, because it conjures up for some the idea that product development is simply a rote mechanical exercise of linear optimization. You just constantly test little micro-changes and follow a hill-climbing algorithm to build your product.
YoungUpstarts
JULY 29, 2016
Whether it’s through nationality, religious beliefs, disability, or sexual preference, having a diverse workforce pays dividends for both company morale and employee retention. Now that the internet allows for a wider job-search reach, there should be no excuses for missing out on multiculturalism in your workplace.
Startup Lessons Learned
JANUARY 28, 2009
Because, unless you are working in an extremely static environment, your product development team is learning and getting better all the time. If thats not a team-wide phenomenon, then its still a form of waste, because everyone has to learn every lesson before it starts paying dividends. Share what you learn. Great post, Eric.
Startup Lessons Learned
JULY 2, 2009
Labels: five whys root cause analysis , product development 15comments: Anonymoussaid. Luckily, in most prevention situations, even the first few steps in prevention can pay time-savings dividends quickly. Leave your thoughts in a comment. If you’ve tried Five Whys, please share your experiences so far.
Startup Lessons Learned
OCTOBER 19, 2009
Or it might mean selling a few products on a site like eBay to see how well they perform before ordering in bulk from a wholesaler. What sets this approach apart from practices like using focus groups is that companies base product development decisions not just on what customers say they want but on how they vote with their wallets.
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