Lean startup
An insight into lean product teams and what makes them incredibly efficient.
What is it
- One team, one product
- Completely autonomous, self-organising
- Shared responsibilities, combined focus
- Growing customer segments, evolving problems
vs. project mindset
- No end date
- assumes near future stagnation - why bother?
- No strict budget
- assumes no growth - why start?
- No fixed scope
- assumes things don't change - why risk it?
- No team changes
- assumes no focus on vision - why solve?
Making it work
- Extreme collaboration
- Ultra transparency
- Minimise waste
- Start with customer
- Test everything
- Rituals > Meetings
- Shared knowledge != shared understanding
- Build the right thing, build the thing right
- No egos
Folk
- Product Owner
- Full-stack Designers (1-2)
- Full-stack Developers (2-4)
FRIENDS
- Data Scientists
- Growth, marketing & commercialisation
- Evangelists
SCALE?
- Squads - own slice of functionality in product
- Tribes - multiple squads, same goal or product
- Guilds - passion and expertise based collaborations
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Product Teams
By Matt Rowles
Product Teams
An insight into lean product teams and what makes them incredibly efficient.
