AGR3.003 (The Technology of Business) WHAT DOES AN AGILEAN STARTUP LOOK LIKE? - WILLIAM EASTMAN

An Agliean startup - what does that mean?

OBJECTIVE
Understand the process of blending agile and lean into a simple process.

WHAT DO YOU NEED TO KNOW

• AGR3.001 THE AGILEAN SERIES FOR STARTUPRAD.IO - WILLIAM EASTMAN
• AGR3.002 WHAT IS AGILE, WHAT IS LEAN, WHAT IS AGILEAN - WILLIAM EASTMAN
• ​EPISODE E6.005 TRAINING ON AGILE PROJECTS
• EPISODE B2.002: THE AGILE STARTUP - OPERATIONS

Let's Summarize the Other Shows
Agile = Building of Your What and Embedding Speed & Momentum into the Business

• Focus on a Narrow Objective - agile allows for scope creep because you don't have all of the answers at the start, but you cannot let the objective expand - just the details;
• Act with Urgency - you don't have much time between concept and selling, get your business open in the least amount of time possible without comprising due diligence;
• Keep everything Small - number of people on a team, duration of that team, what you are trying to accomplish at each step.

Lean = Building of Your How and Embedding Simplicity & Adaptive

• Having a Process - create a product development process first;
• Working Smarter - the critical question is not "can this product/service be built at the required price point?", rather (1) "should it be built at all?" and (2) "can we build a sustainable business around it?";
• Develop the Minimal Product (Service) Possible - identify the customer problem that needs solving and then build the minimal product (service) possible, get it into customers hands and learn the upgrades from usage;

Combined Agilean Process - PDBTIR

WHAT YOU NEED TO DO

1. Plan
   1. Storyboard
   2. Identify & Schedule the Steps
   3. Identify Team Members & Roles
   4. Identify Tools
2. Design - Alignment Meetings
   
   1. Create Teams, Specify Roles, Train on Tools
      
   2. Define Value - QFD (Quality Function Deployment)
      
   3. Determine Number of Projects - Lean or Agile
      
   4. Sequence SPRINTS
3. Build - Calibration Huddles
   1. Execute the SPRINTS
   2. Test during the SPRINT, during the build
4. Test - Retrospective Meetings
   
   1. Soft Launch Test - real people under controlled conditions
      
   2. Hard Launch - real people under normal conditions
5. Improve
   1. Does the Deliverable meet Performance Expectations?
   2. Is the Deliverable Intuitive and User Friendly?
   3. How does the Total Experience compare to the competition?
   4. Finalize Improvements & Generalize
6. Release

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