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Explaining MVPs, MVFs, MMFs via the Lean/Agile Requirements Dinosaur
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Explaining MVPs, MVFs, MMFs via the Lean/Agile Requirements Dinosaur

Agile, Lean Startup, Product Ownership

Explaining MVPs, MVFs, MMFs via the Lean/Agile Requirements Dinosaur

By Yuval Yeret|2012-12-30T21:53:46-05:00December 30, 2012|Agile, Lean Startup, Product Ownership|

In the last few weeks I've been using a new visualization that people find useful for understanding the relationship between the various Lean/Agile requirement containers. Some people call the full model a dinosaur. Others are reminded of the snake who ate an elephant from "The Little Prince". (I'm sure there is a good connection to elephant carpaccio somewhere in here ...) The first step is to understand that for a new product there is a unique value proposition [...]

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Impressions from Lean Systems and Software Conference 2012 Boston

By Yuval Yeret|2012-05-17T16:42:21-04:00May 17, 2012|Blog, Events, kanban, Lean Startup|

As I prepare to check out from the Boston Seaport Hotel which was the venue of this year's LSSC conference (and did a magnificent job hosting us!), here are my highlights/impressions of the conference. The buzzword of the conference seems to have been "Lean Startup". It permeated into many talks (including mine) in two main aspects - One was the classic product/customer-focused Lean Startup as an alternative narrative to Lean/Agile. The other was taking the ideas of fast cycles of [...]

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Where is the “Customer Development” aspect of the Lean Startup for Change approach?

By Yuval Yeret|2012-04-11T22:39:32-04:00April 11, 2012|Change Management, kanban, Lean Startup|

I recently wrote about finding the Minimum Viable Change and have been thinking about it some more, especially while working on my presentation for upcoming Scrum Gathering Atlanta and Lean Systems and Software Conference in Boston. While trying to think what I'm going to say about Minimum Viable Change (MVC) I began to think about how to map the MVC to Minimum Viable Product, finding Product Market Fit and the Customer Development Process. In my mind so far, as well as [...]

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Kanban Method – Finding the Minimally Viable Change
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Kanban Method – Finding the Minimally Viable Change

Change Management, kanban, Lean Startup

Kanban Method – Finding the Minimally Viable Change

By Yuval Yeret|2012-03-09T07:50:06-05:00March 9, 2012|Change Management, kanban, Lean Startup|

A perfect storm is brewing: Jeff Anderson has been talking about the connection between Kanban and LeanStartup A discussion about Kanban Training Materials with Mike Burrows has nudged me to give more emphasis to the foundational principles and core practices. I've been pitching a lot of Lean Startup stuff myself to Product Owners and clients in general I've been thinking about how to use Lean Startup Change Measure Learn cycles in our approach to change at AgileSparks (and started to [...]

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