Laurence McCahill, design lead and co-founder of Spook Studio, spills the beans on the Lean Startup and Lean UX movements, which bring a groundbreaking approach to product development, and what it means for founders, managers and designers/developers.
For a more in-depth article read my introduction to lean over at .net http://www.netmagazine.com/features/introduction-lean
28. Have I built something people want?!
•! “Fake it, before you bake it”!
•! Test & learn:!
–! Create a prototype!
–! Landing pages!
–! Pricing/monetisation!
•! Start with the core features (MVP)!
•! Experiment, the web is your lab!
•! What will you measure?!
29. “You don’t need code to test a software
product”!
Ash Maurya!
32. You’ve launched, now what?!
•! Don’t be a feature pusher!
•! 80% optimising, 20% new features!
•! Keep iterating!
•! Time to get investment/advisors/
mentors!
•! Ongoing resources & costs!
•! Customer service/experience!
37. 1.! Learn often, fail fast and get out of
the building!!
2.!Fake it before you make it.!
3.!Start small then scale up.!
4.!Keep iterating.!
5.!Don’t lose sight of the vision. !
6.!MVP: minimum awesome not awful. !
7.! The web is your lab, keep testing
and measuring.!