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About You

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What do you do in software?• Analyze

• Design

• Code

• Test

• Architect

• Document

• Coach

• Manage

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About Me

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6 years ago..

http://copycat.apphb.com

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The planHow we work?

# God mode design thinking

# Mob Programming

# Cut the Sprint

Team

# Core protocols

# Definition of Awesome

# Failure Bow

# Personal Retrospectives

# Improv Theater

Users & Value

# MVE

# MVA

# Job Stories

Approach work

# Working Backwards

# MDD

# HDD

# Via Negativa

MVP

Not 1st release

Don’t build something

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MVP # MVEMinimum Viable “Experiment(s)”• No prediction of outcomeoExpectations and assumptions

• No matter who's idea -> lets validate it

• Different thought process -> brain

• For the Enterprise

http://blog.alpha-ux.co/making-the-case-for-minimum-viable-experiments

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Concierge MVP

From the book

Magic Test

ConciergeMVP for web

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When MVP doesn’t work?

1. Used by my peers?

2. Stick to the *next* launch

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When MVP doesn’t work?1. Used by my peers?

2. Stick to the launch

Build an audience

http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2011/11/when-minimal-viable-product-doesnt-work.html

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# MVA

Minimum Viable Audience

what people are willing to buy.

http://www.copyblogger.com/unfair-business-advantage/

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“People only truly tell you

what they want to buy…

…

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“People only truly tell you

what they want to buy…

…by buying it”

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# MVA1. What is your MVA?

2. How?

o Free content

o Crowdfunding Kickstarter

o Invite Only

•Eg https://number26.de

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Inspire by What exists already

• http://37signals.com/bootstrapped

• http://www.producthunt.com/

• http://betalist.com/

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Inspire by Failure & Feedback

• http://autopsy.io/

• https://collapsed.co/

• Amazon 2 ** reviews

User Stories

As a user

I want a button

So that I can log in

User Stories

As a user

I want a button

So that I can log in

WTF!?!

User Stories

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# Job Stories

http://popcornflow.com/

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Elevator PitchWe're giving (people) (this benefit) so that they can (do this)

For (ppl) who () [product is a ----- that---- unlike ---(competitor/product)

Our [Product] is Uber for (service)

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# Working Backwards• Start with the Press Release

• ½ pager

http://www.allthingsdistributed.com/2006/11/working_backwards.html

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Product Backlogfilled with

● Stories ● Features● Epics● Bugs

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# HDDReplace “req” with hypotheses

Right product?

Riskiest assumption 1st

http://www.hackerchick.com/2012/04/hypothesis-driven-development.html

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# HDD• Hypothesis Driven Development

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How many experiments do you run?

How often do you deploy to Production?

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How many experiments do you run?

How often do you deploy to Production?

From Thoughtworks

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# MDD• Metrics Driven Development

http://blog.librato.com/posts/2014/7/16/metrics-driven-development

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# MDD• What system hypothesis are you testing

• Bugs? -> Effect on metrics

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# of purchase / minAvg basket $$$

# of new signups

https://youtu.be/TMyhhuQPEow

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Experiments

&

Data

Arguments

&

Opinions

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More more more

# Via NegativaAdding to Your Life By Removing

# Via NegativaNew Year's resolution for next year

What are you stopping to do?

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Six Thinking Hats

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# God mode design thinking

“What would god do?”

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How close can you come?

Ideal design

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Pair Programming

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# Mob Programming• Whole team

• Work on same thing

• Same time

• Same space

• Same computer

http://mobprogramming.org/

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# Mob Programming

http://mobprogramming.org/

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Long Sprints

1 Month Sprints?30 or 31 days Sprint?

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# Cut the Sprint in halfFrom 4 weeks to 2 weeks

From 2 weeks to 1 week

From 1 week to 2 days

Kent Beck: Effects of Acceleration

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIkUWG5ACFY

10 things to try in your Scrum project

http://gfader.tumblr.com/post/28690978260/10-things-to-try-out-in-your-scrum-project-via

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Self organizing Teams

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# Core protocolsTeam commitments

• “Ask for Help”

• “Perfection Game”

• “Check In”

• “Click”http://www.mccarthyshow.com/online/

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Definition of Done

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# Definition of Awesome“What would Awesome look like for your Team? Product feature?”

“What would take you 1 step closer

to Awesome?”

Toyota Katahttp://blog.crisp.se/2012/08/23/henrikkniberg/problem-solving-template

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“Learn from failure”

Fail fast

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Celebrate Failure – with a bow

http://tedxtalks.ted.com/video/The-Failure-Bow-Matt-Smith-at-T

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Failure bow as an observer

Benjamin Zander on mindset and teaching… https://vimeo.com/18625943

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Retrospectives

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# Personal Retrospectives

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Theater

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# Improv TheaterImprovisational Theater

• live theatre

• plot, characters and dialogue

are made up in the moment

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# Improv TheaterWhat is it not• !being funny

• !natural performer

• !hard to learn

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# Improv Theater• Turn off conscious brain

• Idea creation

• Commit to whatever happens

• Improvisation is everywhere

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# Improv Theatermy lessons

1. Try something crazy hard… makes normal easy

2. Doing > reading

3. “Yes And” attitude“Move forward” attitude

4. “You are not alone” mindset

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DoneHow we work?

# God mode design thinking

# Mob Programming

# Cut the Sprint

Team

# Core Protocols

# Definition of Awesome

# Failure Bow

# Personal Retrospectives

# Improv Theater

Users & Value

# MVE

# MVA

# Job Stories

Approach work

# Working Backwards

# MDD

# HDD

# Via Negativa

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Thank you!Peter Gfader

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