This is the first presentation that introduces the Lean Team Canvas. It is a startup focused methodology to build teams that simply rock. Powered by leanteam.org
2. ABOUT
• Ben Sufiani
• Air Force
• Psychology
• Campus for Company
• 6fold
• Lean Camp
• Startup Weekend
• NEXT
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3. GOALS FOR TODAY
•Share an idea
•Raise awareness
•Give overview
•Get feedback
•Start to build a resource
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4. FOR WHO IS THIS?
•Startup Teams
•Expanding Solopreneurs
•People who really care for their team
•Not for big company HR departments
•Not for Single Freelancer
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5. STARTUP ?!
Steve Blank Eric Ries
A startup is an organization formed to A startup is a human institution designed
search for a repeatable and scalable to deliver a new product or service
business model. under conditions of extreme uncertainty.
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6. LEAN WHAT ?
•Eliminate wasteful practices
•Increase value providing practices
•Validated learning
•Short cycles times
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11. LEAN TEAM MANAGEMENT ?
• Startup Teams ≠ Big Business Teams
• Conditions of extreme uncertainty
• Minimal resources
• Lack of experience
• Startups
need a special team management
methodology
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12. LEAN TEAM CANVAS
Lean Team Canvas is adapted from The Business Model Canvas (BusinessModelGeneration.com)
and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Un-ported License.
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13. LEAN TEAM CANVAS
Lean Team Canvas is adapted from The Business Model Canvas (BusinessModelGeneration.com)
and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Un-ported License.
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14. LEAN TEAM CANVAS
Visuals by
Johanna
Lean Team Canvas is adapted from The Business Model Canvas (BusinessModelGeneration.com) Rosenbusch
and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Un-ported License.
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15. LEAN TEAM CANVAS
Lean Team Canvas is adapted from The Business Model Canvas (BusinessModelGeneration.com)
and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Un-ported License.
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17. VALUE PROPOSITION
•What kind of startup do you want to be?
•Lifestyle or Small Business Startup
•Scalable Startup
•Buyable Startup
•Intrapreneural Startup
•Social Startup
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18. VALUE PROPOSITION
•Whats is the vision and mission of the team?
•Whats the VISION for your startup?
•The idealistic 5 year in the future situation
•Whats the MISSION for your startup?
•We do ... for .. in order to ...
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19. VALUE PROPOSITION
•What are the pains and gains of your team?
•Nothing is more addictive than satisfied needs
•Find out what drives each team member
•Figureout a how to meet that need
on a daily basis
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20. VALUE PROPOSITION
•What are the most relevant factors?
http://www.facilitif.eu/user_files/file/herzburg_article.pdf 20
21. LEAN TEAM CANVAS
Lean Team Canvas is adapted from The Business Model Canvas (BusinessModelGeneration.com)
and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Un-ported License.
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23. TEAM MEMBERS
•Which jobs do we have to get done?
•Creating a product or a service
•Making it drop dead gorgeous
•Telling the world about it
•Taking care of biz admin stuff
•Selling the product or service
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24. TEAM MEMBERS
•Who do we need for which job?
•Developer
•Designer
•Business Guy
•...
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25. LEAN TEAM CANVAS
Lean Team Canvas is adapted from The Business Model Canvas (BusinessModelGeneration.com)
and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Un-ported License.
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28. TEAM CYCLE
1. Hire
•Considers all options before hiring
•Co-Funder, Employee, Freelancer, Intern, VA ?
•Premature scaling is a major startup mistake
•Develop a clear introduction process
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29. TEAM CYCLE
2. Keep
•Keeping talented people is harder than you think
•Make feedback talks a regular part, else its awkward
•Be transparent about plans for the future
•Offer support, mentorship, leadership positions
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30. TEAM CYCLE
3. Grow
•The teams abilities are going to reach limits
•Develop talents, don‘t try to overcome weaknesses
•Grow as organically as possible
•Improve on Hiring and Keeping processes
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31. TEAM CYCLE
4. Fire
•Letting some people go is necessary to protect
you idea and the other team members
•Be direct and fast with your decision and
communication
•Consider the aftermath
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32. LEAN TEAM CANVAS
Lean Team Canvas is adapted from The Business Model Canvas (BusinessModelGeneration.com)
and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Un-ported License.
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34. WORK - SPACE & WAYS
•Workspace
•Let the team be creative
•Ask what would be awesome
•Turn the workspace into an expression
•Steal inspiration
http://www.businessinsider.com/the-15-coolest-startup-offices-weve-ever-seen-2013-1
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35. WORK - SPACE & WAYS
•Workways
•How are we going to manage projects?
•Which principles do we want to follow?
•Do we work together or apart?
•Full-time or Part-time?
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36. LEAN TEAM CANVAS
Lean Team Canvas is adapted from The Business Model Canvas (BusinessModelGeneration.com)
and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Un-ported License.
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38. TEAM ACTIVITIES
•Which activities do we do as a team?
•There is a point between doing
to much and little together
•Consciously design the most common moments
the team gets together
•Meetings, Calls, Get-together
•After-Work activities, gaming, Kölsch
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39. LEAN TEAM CANVAS
Lean Team Canvas is adapted from The Business Model Canvas (BusinessModelGeneration.com)
and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Un-ported License.
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41. TEAM CULTURE
•What is culture in a startup?
•Culture is the way things get done around here
•We have culture whether we like or not
•We can guide it, but not define it up-front
•Startups have a clean to start from - use this!
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42. TEAM CULTURE
•How do we want to play as a team?
•Decision making •Values
•Communication •Alignment
•Transparency •Heroes
•Responsibility •Habits
•Work ethics •Unspoken rules
•Feedback •Power structures
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43. LEAN TEAM CANVAS
Lean Team Canvas is adapted from The Business Model Canvas (BusinessModelGeneration.com)
and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Un-ported License.
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45. LEADERSHIP
•How do I lead the team?
•It takes more then being an awesome technician
•Be a visionary + manager + technician is key
•Communicate the vision and the way (pivot anyone?)
•What are all the mistakes your old boss made ?
•What is your unique, authentic leadership style?
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46. LEADERSHIP
•How is the team organized to perform?
•Assign roles and responsibilities according to skill
•Clearly define the key workflows
•Establish actionable performance metrics
•Show the direction, but let the team improve the process
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47. LEAN TEAM CANVAS
Lean Team Canvas is adapted from The Business Model Canvas (BusinessModelGeneration.com)
and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Un-ported License.
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49. GOALS
•What are your strategic and operative goals?
•Strategic goals are closer to your vision
•Operative goals are a concrete breakdown
•Is the team aligned to goals we have?
•Are the roles congruent to the operative goals?
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50. GOALS
•How do we measure and get stuff done?
•This is defined as done, when ... xyz
•Brake down big goals .. e.g. into weekly milestones
•Do not plan to far ahead .. build .. measure .. learn
•Clearlyassign responsibilities to a single team member
and decide on a feedback cycle
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51. LEAN TEAM CANVAS
Lean Team Canvas is adapted from The Business Model Canvas (BusinessModelGeneration.com)
and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Un-ported License.
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53. PERSONNEL COSTS
•How much does the team cost?
•Equity for co-founder and key member
•Fees for contract work
•Wages for employees + non-wage labor costs
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54. PERSONNEL COSTS
•Which extra costs come along with a team?
•Cost for hiring (and firing)
•Office space + equipment
•Expenses for travel, events, software, ...
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55. LEAN TEAM CANVAS
Lean Team Canvas is adapted from The Business Model Canvas (BusinessModelGeneration.com)
and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Un-ported License.
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62. CREATIVE COMMONS
Lean Team Canvas is adapted from The Business Model Canvas
(BusinessModelGeneration.com) and is licensed under the Creative Commons
Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Un-ported License.
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