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BUILDING OPERATIONS FOR A STARTUP - SHOW 12: BUILDING YOUR PROTOTYPE - WILLIAM EASTMAN

13/3/2022

Today's show is about building your first version of the MVO (Minimally Viable Offer) for internal testing. This will require some compromises because it might not be a product or service you would use. However you need to test for 3 things: (1) Does It Work?, (2) How UX Is It?, (3) How Easy Was It To Build?.

Let's get started.

EPISODE 41: MINIMIZE THE MVO
We will start by acknowledging you cannot build the entire offer in this 1.0 or Alpha version. Given your first Matrix - The Customer / Design Requirements - what can you build that is core to the offer and can be tested internally?

Topics:

Select the core customer requirements that represent the total offer you can test
Select the design requirements that represent the total offer you must build

EPISODE 42: CHARTER THE TEAM
The team charter for the project should reflect what will actually occur when moving to the beta stage (2.0). This is a repeatable process and you need the practice to make it error proof.

Topics:

Define what success looks like
Assign roles
Determine which problem and decision making tools you will use
Gain agreement on how conflict will be resolved

EPISODE 43: ROAD MAP THE PROCESS
Now you need to build a detailed road map of each step in the process. This is also a repeatable process and time to practice. Focus on the 3 Scrum Phases.

Topics:

Exploration Scrum
Testing Scrum
Development Scrum

EPISODE 44: SCRUMS & SPRINTS
This will give you an opportunity to develop the 'muscle' memory and SOP's for not only in the prototype stage but for the entire process. Remember this is going to be your methodology for the development of every new product and service from this point forward.

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