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Lean Inception
MVP: how to build the Minimum Viable Product
MVP is an abbreviation of Minimal Viable Product, a simple yet powerful concept that quickly...
Lean Inception Agenda Template
In this comprehensive guide, seasoned Lean Inception facilitator Paulo Caroli shares invaluable insights and practical strategies for successful Lean Inception workshop planning and execution. Discover two distinct agenda templates tailored to specific needs, enabling facilitators to optimize feature brainstorming based on business goals or user journeys. The Lean Inception agenda template has sessions such as the Kick-Off, Product Vision, Personas, User’s Journeys, Brainstorming, Sequencer, MVP Canvas and Showcase. Three distinct scheduling styles are outlined, comparing benefits and drawbacks. The checklist ensures meticulous preparation, making this guide an essential companion for anyone orchestrating a Lean Inception workshop.
All begins with a Lean Inception
No matter the size or area of the company, they all face questions and obstacles when launching a new product: How to start? Where and by whom will the product be used? What is really useful for the user? Which of these features are feasible? These are examples of...
Lean Inception, User Research and AB tests
The choice between User Research and AB test for new features is a common dilemma. In Lean Inception, for new products, User Research is crucial. However, for evolving products, deciding between building features outright and AB testing is key. This decision is clarified through the MVP plan, a product of Lean Inception workshops, which aligns teams and guides product development. A Lean Inception workshop ensures a clear direction, making it essential for resolving the User Research versus AB testing dilemma.
MVP-Checklist
You can use the “MVP-checklist” questions to do a quick assessment of your MVP plan. Is your MVP proposal clear and direct? ( ) Yes ( ) No Do you know the expected results for your MVP? ( ) Yes ( ) No Do you know the metrics to be used to validate your MVP hypothesis?...
Can you build the right MVP?
Whether you think you can, or you can’t; either way you are right. Chances are you won’t get it right. You won’t build an MVP and provide your customer with all they need to fulfill their needs. But you’ll get started. And you’ll learn. Then you’ll add more to it....
Is lean inception a sort of Agile Cascade?
Another great and important question about Lean Inception, Scrum and Agile cascade., by Guino Henostroza Question: Many Scrum people criticize things like inceptions or sprint 0 because they say that it is kind of or a lag from waterfall times. They say that all work...







