Create value,
not products
Sébastien Cevey
@theefer
Where we’re going
we don’t need SCRUM
“Blimey that's sooner than I hoped! Many thanks”
Steven B
Create value,
not products
processes
features
profit
best tech
purest code
perfect user experience
best product
absence of debt
etc
Not the
“Which of our efforts are value-creating and which are wasteful?”
Eric Ries, The Lean Startup
Vision
A universal and fast experience accessing media that is organised and using it in an affordable way to produce high-quality content
Strategy
Universal
Central repository for all media
Accessible internationally
Shareable URLs
Easy integration (APIs)
Strategy
Organised
Automate grunt work
Manual editorial curation
Powerful searching & browsing
Enhance production visibility
Collaboration through visibility, not rules
KPIs
Maximise value, minimise effort
Problem
Solution
Feasibility
Problem
Solution
Opportunity
Value > Correctness
現地現物
Rely on experts
Tighten the feedback loop
Low latency
No JS compilation
1 min CI build
4 min deploy
Fast PR reviews
Isolation
Full-stack
Pro-active
Leap toward your vision
Tech debt
Data debt
Moving too fast
Working with slower teams
Personal relationships
Create value,
not products
“Success is not delivering a feature; success is learning how to solve the customer's problem.”
Mark Cook, VP of Product at Kodak Gallery
Eric Ries
Eric Schmidt & Jonathan Rosenberg
Don’t create a sense of urgency, foster a sense of purpose
Kimber Lockhart
Thank you
and the Grid team, Mateusz & users!
Sébastien Cevey
@theefer
Create value, not products
By Sébastien Cevey
Create value, not products
Lessons learnt from my 4 years working at the Guardian, on how the Grid team focused on quickly delivering concrete value over all else, working closely with users and domain experts, and trimming down the development process to its leanest form.
