Category: Lean

• “Unlearn” (Book Review)

  

  “Disruption does not actually apply to organisations. The truth is it applies to individuals.” states Barry O’Reilly early on in Unlearn: Let Go of Past Success to Achieve Extraordinary Results. O’Reilly goes on to explain what great leaders and their companies have in common: a capability within themselves to innovate, adapt, and anticipate the future.…

  marcabraham

  November 19, 2019

  Agile, Book Reviews, Lean, Management, Team

  Agile, lean, product management

• My Product Management Toolkit (37): Product – Market Fit Survey

  

  Since venture capitalist Marc Andreessen introduced the concept of “product – market fit” back in 2007 there have been many different interpretations of what this concept actually means. From people using sales projections to companies applying customer satisfaction to determine product / market fit, I’ve seen companies utilising different yardsticks. I therefore thought it would…

  marcabraham

  April 8, 2019

  Lean, Product Management, Startups

  lean, product management, startup, strategy

• “Sprint” [Day 5] (Book Review)

  

  The fifth and final day of the sprint is all about interviewing your (target) customers and learning from how they interact with your prototype. Interview “Five is the magic number”, is the point that Knapp, Zeratsky and Kowitz are making in Sprint with regard to the number of people to interview. The value of this…

  marcabraham

  September 11, 2016

  Agile, Design, Lean, Product Management, Startups, User Experience

  Agile, design, lean, productmanagement, strategy, UX

• “Sprint” [Day 4] (Book Review)

  

  Once you and your team have created storyboards, you’ll spend the fourth day of the sprint creating a prototype. In “Sprint”, Jake Knapp, John Zeratsky and Braden Kowitz talk about a “fake it” approach to turn a storyboard into a realistic prototype. Fake It The fourth day of your sprint is all about illusion; instead…

  marcabraham

  September 10, 2016

  Agile, Design, Lean, Product Management, Startups, User Experience

  Agile, design, lean, product management, UX

• “Sprint” [Day 3] (Book Review)

  

  Once you’ve starting to think about possible solution – during Day 2 of the sprint – the next step is to take your huge pile of solutions and decide on which solution(s) to prototype. In the morning, you’ll review and critique the different solutions and select those solutions which you feel have the best change…

  marcabraham

  September 7, 2016

  Agile, Design, Lean, Product Management, Startups, User Experience

  design, Google, lean, product management, UX