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
I wanted to share the most important lesson I learnt the last 4 years working as an engineer for the Guardian on editorial tools: how to build the right software efficiently.
Create value, not products Sébastien Cevey @theefer