Posts Tagged leanstartup
The Evolution of Done
Posted by David Bland in agile, lean, scrum on March 11, 2010
Many of you are probably familiar with the concept of done as it relates to iterative software development. It comes in many flavors, from working lines of code to acceptance criteria, and can change from tasks to features to releases. While I agree as a community we should continually grow the definition of done, only [...]
Known Problem, Unknown Solution
Posted by David Bland in agile, lean on October 14, 2009
I found myself quoting Eric Ries today. It occurred when a VP asked me to compare Waterfall vs. Agile, and to explain when it was appropriate to apply each methodology. In under 10 seconds, I was able to get my point across thanks to the following slide deck: Eric Ries Lean Startup Schematic View Of [...]
Technical Debt vs. Releasing Early
Posted by David Bland in agile, lean, startups on July 23, 2009
Technical Debt is a phase coined by Ward Cunningham to help illustrate the pros / cons of releasing software in a quick & dirty fashion vs a long term, cleaner solution. In a nutshell, technical debt is much like financial debt, as it incurs interest in the way of level of effort over time. Financial [...]
Eric Ries #LeanStartup on Youtube
Posted by David Bland in lean on May 11, 2009
I highly recommend the recent Eric Ries Webinar on Lean Startups. They’ve uploaded it to YouTube, and Eric is now accepting registrations for his Lean Startup Tutorials. (Almost Sold Out!)
