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Page 1: Don’t plan, experiment · 2020-02-15 · We’ve been designing for more than 15,000,000 users with telco, bank, insurance, startups, etc. ... MVP • Conduct rapid experiments

Donrsquot plan experimenta guide to lean product creation

Albert Fourage

About the authorI help globally impactful organizations design human centric products and services

When I am not working on projects I am also interested in entrepreneurship and building a more sustainable web 127793

AlbertFourage

inalbertfourage

fouragelbstudiosk

About the company

lbstudiosk127760

lbstudio

We help companies to grow and achieve positive impact through human-centered design

Wersquove been designing for more than 15000000 users with telco bank insurance startups etc

More than optimizing existing websites and bringing new idea to life we also improve processes and empower our clients teams

This presentation has been built out of an article I wrote in 2019 called Donrsquot Plan Experiment A Guide To Lean Product Creation

We spent 2 years building a product nobody wanted

3 key learnings

Most of your ideas wonrsquot work1

Itrsquos usually easy to find a problem worth solving

Itrsquos much harder to find a significantly better solution to solve this problem

2 Stop building MVPs

Who already created an

MVP

bull The scope is far from minimal bull Stakeholders keep adding ldquokey featurerdquo bull The delivery date is delayed bull Management is embarrassed to release an unfinished product

bull Developers feel that the product isnt reliable bull User are not as excited about the product but there is no room for any major change

Can you recognize these symptoms

should never be an actual product

MVP

bull Conduct rapid experiments to validate a solution

bull Work on assumptions bull What should we do bull Rapid experimentation bull Assess viability amp feasibility bull Lean

Minimum Viable

Discovery

Product

Delivery

bull Conduct rapid experiments to validate a solution

bull Work on validated ideas bull How do we make it big bull Focus on quality bull Assess usability and customer

feedback bull Agile

3 Stop planning Start learning

The slower you iterate the more likely you

will be to fail

1 Get concept out

2 Evaluate business model

3 Assess competition

Direct competitors

Indirect competitors

4 Run quick customer discovery

Customer discovery progress board

Does my solution reflect customer pains

5 Extract amp prioritize hypothesis

What could kill our idea

Bars are willing to give us a

discount

People are willing to buy it

We can find suppliers for a

reasonable price

People are going to play the

drinking games

People are interested by the product

People want to buy it online

Tourists would buy the card game even though they are here for 2 ndash 3 days

6 Design test backlog

7 Build measure learn

34 people clicked on the link

25 clicked on the CTA

5 left their email

8 Learn amp decide whatrsquos next

Budget 0euro4 monthsLimited time

Why canrsquot you

Graphics by

Peter Škrovan Blanka Votavovaacute

Thank youwwwlbstudiosk

inalbertfourage

Page 2: Don’t plan, experiment · 2020-02-15 · We’ve been designing for more than 15,000,000 users with telco, bank, insurance, startups, etc. ... MVP • Conduct rapid experiments

About the authorI help globally impactful organizations design human centric products and services

When I am not working on projects I am also interested in entrepreneurship and building a more sustainable web 127793

AlbertFourage

inalbertfourage

fouragelbstudiosk

About the company

lbstudiosk127760

lbstudio

We help companies to grow and achieve positive impact through human-centered design

Wersquove been designing for more than 15000000 users with telco bank insurance startups etc

More than optimizing existing websites and bringing new idea to life we also improve processes and empower our clients teams

This presentation has been built out of an article I wrote in 2019 called Donrsquot Plan Experiment A Guide To Lean Product Creation

We spent 2 years building a product nobody wanted

3 key learnings

Most of your ideas wonrsquot work1

Itrsquos usually easy to find a problem worth solving

Itrsquos much harder to find a significantly better solution to solve this problem

2 Stop building MVPs

Who already created an

MVP

bull The scope is far from minimal bull Stakeholders keep adding ldquokey featurerdquo bull The delivery date is delayed bull Management is embarrassed to release an unfinished product

bull Developers feel that the product isnt reliable bull User are not as excited about the product but there is no room for any major change

Can you recognize these symptoms

should never be an actual product

MVP

bull Conduct rapid experiments to validate a solution

bull Work on assumptions bull What should we do bull Rapid experimentation bull Assess viability amp feasibility bull Lean

Minimum Viable

Discovery

Product

Delivery

bull Conduct rapid experiments to validate a solution

bull Work on validated ideas bull How do we make it big bull Focus on quality bull Assess usability and customer

feedback bull Agile

3 Stop planning Start learning

The slower you iterate the more likely you

will be to fail

1 Get concept out

2 Evaluate business model

3 Assess competition

Direct competitors

Indirect competitors

4 Run quick customer discovery

Customer discovery progress board

Does my solution reflect customer pains

5 Extract amp prioritize hypothesis

What could kill our idea

Bars are willing to give us a

discount

People are willing to buy it

We can find suppliers for a

reasonable price

People are going to play the

drinking games

People are interested by the product

People want to buy it online

Tourists would buy the card game even though they are here for 2 ndash 3 days

6 Design test backlog

7 Build measure learn

34 people clicked on the link

25 clicked on the CTA

5 left their email

8 Learn amp decide whatrsquos next

Budget 0euro4 monthsLimited time

Why canrsquot you

Graphics by

Peter Škrovan Blanka Votavovaacute

Thank youwwwlbstudiosk

inalbertfourage

Page 3: Don’t plan, experiment · 2020-02-15 · We’ve been designing for more than 15,000,000 users with telco, bank, insurance, startups, etc. ... MVP • Conduct rapid experiments

About the company

lbstudiosk127760

lbstudio

We help companies to grow and achieve positive impact through human-centered design

Wersquove been designing for more than 15000000 users with telco bank insurance startups etc

More than optimizing existing websites and bringing new idea to life we also improve processes and empower our clients teams

This presentation has been built out of an article I wrote in 2019 called Donrsquot Plan Experiment A Guide To Lean Product Creation

We spent 2 years building a product nobody wanted

3 key learnings

Most of your ideas wonrsquot work1

Itrsquos usually easy to find a problem worth solving

Itrsquos much harder to find a significantly better solution to solve this problem

2 Stop building MVPs

Who already created an

MVP

bull The scope is far from minimal bull Stakeholders keep adding ldquokey featurerdquo bull The delivery date is delayed bull Management is embarrassed to release an unfinished product

bull Developers feel that the product isnt reliable bull User are not as excited about the product but there is no room for any major change

Can you recognize these symptoms

should never be an actual product

MVP

bull Conduct rapid experiments to validate a solution

bull Work on assumptions bull What should we do bull Rapid experimentation bull Assess viability amp feasibility bull Lean

Minimum Viable

Discovery

Product

Delivery

bull Conduct rapid experiments to validate a solution

bull Work on validated ideas bull How do we make it big bull Focus on quality bull Assess usability and customer

feedback bull Agile

3 Stop planning Start learning

The slower you iterate the more likely you

will be to fail

1 Get concept out

2 Evaluate business model

3 Assess competition

Direct competitors

Indirect competitors

4 Run quick customer discovery

Customer discovery progress board

Does my solution reflect customer pains

5 Extract amp prioritize hypothesis

What could kill our idea

Bars are willing to give us a

discount

People are willing to buy it

We can find suppliers for a

reasonable price

People are going to play the

drinking games

People are interested by the product

People want to buy it online

Tourists would buy the card game even though they are here for 2 ndash 3 days

6 Design test backlog

7 Build measure learn

34 people clicked on the link

25 clicked on the CTA

5 left their email

8 Learn amp decide whatrsquos next

Budget 0euro4 monthsLimited time

Why canrsquot you

Graphics by

Peter Škrovan Blanka Votavovaacute

Thank youwwwlbstudiosk

inalbertfourage

Page 4: Don’t plan, experiment · 2020-02-15 · We’ve been designing for more than 15,000,000 users with telco, bank, insurance, startups, etc. ... MVP • Conduct rapid experiments

This presentation has been built out of an article I wrote in 2019 called Donrsquot Plan Experiment A Guide To Lean Product Creation

We spent 2 years building a product nobody wanted

3 key learnings

Most of your ideas wonrsquot work1

Itrsquos usually easy to find a problem worth solving

Itrsquos much harder to find a significantly better solution to solve this problem

2 Stop building MVPs

Who already created an

MVP

bull The scope is far from minimal bull Stakeholders keep adding ldquokey featurerdquo bull The delivery date is delayed bull Management is embarrassed to release an unfinished product

bull Developers feel that the product isnt reliable bull User are not as excited about the product but there is no room for any major change

Can you recognize these symptoms

should never be an actual product

MVP

bull Conduct rapid experiments to validate a solution

bull Work on assumptions bull What should we do bull Rapid experimentation bull Assess viability amp feasibility bull Lean

Minimum Viable

Discovery

Product

Delivery

bull Conduct rapid experiments to validate a solution

bull Work on validated ideas bull How do we make it big bull Focus on quality bull Assess usability and customer

feedback bull Agile

3 Stop planning Start learning

The slower you iterate the more likely you

will be to fail

1 Get concept out

2 Evaluate business model

3 Assess competition

Direct competitors

Indirect competitors

4 Run quick customer discovery

Customer discovery progress board

Does my solution reflect customer pains

5 Extract amp prioritize hypothesis

What could kill our idea

Bars are willing to give us a

discount

People are willing to buy it

We can find suppliers for a

reasonable price

People are going to play the

drinking games

People are interested by the product

People want to buy it online

Tourists would buy the card game even though they are here for 2 ndash 3 days

6 Design test backlog

7 Build measure learn

34 people clicked on the link

25 clicked on the CTA

5 left their email

8 Learn amp decide whatrsquos next

Budget 0euro4 monthsLimited time

Why canrsquot you

Graphics by

Peter Škrovan Blanka Votavovaacute

Thank youwwwlbstudiosk

inalbertfourage

Page 5: Don’t plan, experiment · 2020-02-15 · We’ve been designing for more than 15,000,000 users with telco, bank, insurance, startups, etc. ... MVP • Conduct rapid experiments

We spent 2 years building a product nobody wanted

3 key learnings

Most of your ideas wonrsquot work1

Itrsquos usually easy to find a problem worth solving

Itrsquos much harder to find a significantly better solution to solve this problem

2 Stop building MVPs

Who already created an

MVP

bull The scope is far from minimal bull Stakeholders keep adding ldquokey featurerdquo bull The delivery date is delayed bull Management is embarrassed to release an unfinished product

bull Developers feel that the product isnt reliable bull User are not as excited about the product but there is no room for any major change

Can you recognize these symptoms

should never be an actual product

MVP

bull Conduct rapid experiments to validate a solution

bull Work on assumptions bull What should we do bull Rapid experimentation bull Assess viability amp feasibility bull Lean

Minimum Viable

Discovery

Product

Delivery

bull Conduct rapid experiments to validate a solution

bull Work on validated ideas bull How do we make it big bull Focus on quality bull Assess usability and customer

feedback bull Agile

3 Stop planning Start learning

The slower you iterate the more likely you

will be to fail

1 Get concept out

2 Evaluate business model

3 Assess competition

Direct competitors

Indirect competitors

4 Run quick customer discovery

Customer discovery progress board

Does my solution reflect customer pains

5 Extract amp prioritize hypothesis

What could kill our idea

Bars are willing to give us a

discount

People are willing to buy it

We can find suppliers for a

reasonable price

People are going to play the

drinking games

People are interested by the product

People want to buy it online

Tourists would buy the card game even though they are here for 2 ndash 3 days

6 Design test backlog

7 Build measure learn

34 people clicked on the link

25 clicked on the CTA

5 left their email

8 Learn amp decide whatrsquos next

Budget 0euro4 monthsLimited time

Why canrsquot you

Graphics by

Peter Škrovan Blanka Votavovaacute

Thank youwwwlbstudiosk

inalbertfourage

Page 6: Don’t plan, experiment · 2020-02-15 · We’ve been designing for more than 15,000,000 users with telco, bank, insurance, startups, etc. ... MVP • Conduct rapid experiments

3 key learnings

Most of your ideas wonrsquot work1

Itrsquos usually easy to find a problem worth solving

Itrsquos much harder to find a significantly better solution to solve this problem

2 Stop building MVPs

Who already created an

MVP

bull The scope is far from minimal bull Stakeholders keep adding ldquokey featurerdquo bull The delivery date is delayed bull Management is embarrassed to release an unfinished product

bull Developers feel that the product isnt reliable bull User are not as excited about the product but there is no room for any major change

Can you recognize these symptoms

should never be an actual product

MVP

bull Conduct rapid experiments to validate a solution

bull Work on assumptions bull What should we do bull Rapid experimentation bull Assess viability amp feasibility bull Lean

Minimum Viable

Discovery

Product

Delivery

bull Conduct rapid experiments to validate a solution

bull Work on validated ideas bull How do we make it big bull Focus on quality bull Assess usability and customer

feedback bull Agile

3 Stop planning Start learning

The slower you iterate the more likely you

will be to fail

1 Get concept out

2 Evaluate business model

3 Assess competition

Direct competitors

Indirect competitors

4 Run quick customer discovery

Customer discovery progress board

Does my solution reflect customer pains

5 Extract amp prioritize hypothesis

What could kill our idea

Bars are willing to give us a

discount

People are willing to buy it

We can find suppliers for a

reasonable price

People are going to play the

drinking games

People are interested by the product

People want to buy it online

Tourists would buy the card game even though they are here for 2 ndash 3 days

6 Design test backlog

7 Build measure learn

34 people clicked on the link

25 clicked on the CTA

5 left their email

8 Learn amp decide whatrsquos next

Budget 0euro4 monthsLimited time

Why canrsquot you

Graphics by

Peter Škrovan Blanka Votavovaacute

Thank youwwwlbstudiosk

inalbertfourage

Page 7: Don’t plan, experiment · 2020-02-15 · We’ve been designing for more than 15,000,000 users with telco, bank, insurance, startups, etc. ... MVP • Conduct rapid experiments

Most of your ideas wonrsquot work1

Itrsquos usually easy to find a problem worth solving

Itrsquos much harder to find a significantly better solution to solve this problem

2 Stop building MVPs

Who already created an

MVP

bull The scope is far from minimal bull Stakeholders keep adding ldquokey featurerdquo bull The delivery date is delayed bull Management is embarrassed to release an unfinished product

bull Developers feel that the product isnt reliable bull User are not as excited about the product but there is no room for any major change

Can you recognize these symptoms

should never be an actual product

MVP

bull Conduct rapid experiments to validate a solution

bull Work on assumptions bull What should we do bull Rapid experimentation bull Assess viability amp feasibility bull Lean

Minimum Viable

Discovery

Product

Delivery

bull Conduct rapid experiments to validate a solution

bull Work on validated ideas bull How do we make it big bull Focus on quality bull Assess usability and customer

feedback bull Agile

3 Stop planning Start learning

The slower you iterate the more likely you

will be to fail

1 Get concept out

2 Evaluate business model

3 Assess competition

Direct competitors

Indirect competitors

4 Run quick customer discovery

Customer discovery progress board

Does my solution reflect customer pains

5 Extract amp prioritize hypothesis

What could kill our idea

Bars are willing to give us a

discount

People are willing to buy it

We can find suppliers for a

reasonable price

People are going to play the

drinking games

People are interested by the product

People want to buy it online

Tourists would buy the card game even though they are here for 2 ndash 3 days

6 Design test backlog

7 Build measure learn

34 people clicked on the link

25 clicked on the CTA

5 left their email

8 Learn amp decide whatrsquos next

Budget 0euro4 monthsLimited time

Why canrsquot you

Graphics by

Peter Škrovan Blanka Votavovaacute

Thank youwwwlbstudiosk

inalbertfourage

Page 8: Don’t plan, experiment · 2020-02-15 · We’ve been designing for more than 15,000,000 users with telco, bank, insurance, startups, etc. ... MVP • Conduct rapid experiments

Itrsquos usually easy to find a problem worth solving

Itrsquos much harder to find a significantly better solution to solve this problem

2 Stop building MVPs

Who already created an

MVP

bull The scope is far from minimal bull Stakeholders keep adding ldquokey featurerdquo bull The delivery date is delayed bull Management is embarrassed to release an unfinished product

bull Developers feel that the product isnt reliable bull User are not as excited about the product but there is no room for any major change

Can you recognize these symptoms

should never be an actual product

MVP

bull Conduct rapid experiments to validate a solution

bull Work on assumptions bull What should we do bull Rapid experimentation bull Assess viability amp feasibility bull Lean

Minimum Viable

Discovery

Product

Delivery

bull Conduct rapid experiments to validate a solution

bull Work on validated ideas bull How do we make it big bull Focus on quality bull Assess usability and customer

feedback bull Agile

3 Stop planning Start learning

The slower you iterate the more likely you

will be to fail

1 Get concept out

2 Evaluate business model

3 Assess competition

Direct competitors

Indirect competitors

4 Run quick customer discovery

Customer discovery progress board

Does my solution reflect customer pains

5 Extract amp prioritize hypothesis

What could kill our idea

Bars are willing to give us a

discount

People are willing to buy it

We can find suppliers for a

reasonable price

People are going to play the

drinking games

People are interested by the product

People want to buy it online

Tourists would buy the card game even though they are here for 2 ndash 3 days

6 Design test backlog

7 Build measure learn

34 people clicked on the link

25 clicked on the CTA

5 left their email

8 Learn amp decide whatrsquos next

Budget 0euro4 monthsLimited time

Why canrsquot you

Graphics by

Peter Škrovan Blanka Votavovaacute

Thank youwwwlbstudiosk

inalbertfourage

Page 9: Don’t plan, experiment · 2020-02-15 · We’ve been designing for more than 15,000,000 users with telco, bank, insurance, startups, etc. ... MVP • Conduct rapid experiments

Itrsquos much harder to find a significantly better solution to solve this problem

2 Stop building MVPs

Who already created an

MVP

bull The scope is far from minimal bull Stakeholders keep adding ldquokey featurerdquo bull The delivery date is delayed bull Management is embarrassed to release an unfinished product

bull Developers feel that the product isnt reliable bull User are not as excited about the product but there is no room for any major change

Can you recognize these symptoms

should never be an actual product

MVP

bull Conduct rapid experiments to validate a solution

bull Work on assumptions bull What should we do bull Rapid experimentation bull Assess viability amp feasibility bull Lean

Minimum Viable

Discovery

Product

Delivery

bull Conduct rapid experiments to validate a solution

bull Work on validated ideas bull How do we make it big bull Focus on quality bull Assess usability and customer

feedback bull Agile

3 Stop planning Start learning

The slower you iterate the more likely you

will be to fail

1 Get concept out

2 Evaluate business model

3 Assess competition

Direct competitors

Indirect competitors

4 Run quick customer discovery

Customer discovery progress board

Does my solution reflect customer pains

5 Extract amp prioritize hypothesis

What could kill our idea

Bars are willing to give us a

discount

People are willing to buy it

We can find suppliers for a

reasonable price

People are going to play the

drinking games

People are interested by the product

People want to buy it online

Tourists would buy the card game even though they are here for 2 ndash 3 days

6 Design test backlog

7 Build measure learn

34 people clicked on the link

25 clicked on the CTA

5 left their email

8 Learn amp decide whatrsquos next

Budget 0euro4 monthsLimited time

Why canrsquot you

Graphics by

Peter Škrovan Blanka Votavovaacute

Thank youwwwlbstudiosk

inalbertfourage

Page 10: Don’t plan, experiment · 2020-02-15 · We’ve been designing for more than 15,000,000 users with telco, bank, insurance, startups, etc. ... MVP • Conduct rapid experiments

2 Stop building MVPs

Who already created an

MVP

bull The scope is far from minimal bull Stakeholders keep adding ldquokey featurerdquo bull The delivery date is delayed bull Management is embarrassed to release an unfinished product

bull Developers feel that the product isnt reliable bull User are not as excited about the product but there is no room for any major change

Can you recognize these symptoms

should never be an actual product

MVP

bull Conduct rapid experiments to validate a solution

bull Work on assumptions bull What should we do bull Rapid experimentation bull Assess viability amp feasibility bull Lean

Minimum Viable

Discovery

Product

Delivery

bull Conduct rapid experiments to validate a solution

bull Work on validated ideas bull How do we make it big bull Focus on quality bull Assess usability and customer

feedback bull Agile

3 Stop planning Start learning

The slower you iterate the more likely you

will be to fail

1 Get concept out

2 Evaluate business model

3 Assess competition

Direct competitors

Indirect competitors

4 Run quick customer discovery

Customer discovery progress board

Does my solution reflect customer pains

5 Extract amp prioritize hypothesis

What could kill our idea

Bars are willing to give us a

discount

People are willing to buy it

We can find suppliers for a

reasonable price

People are going to play the

drinking games

People are interested by the product

People want to buy it online

Tourists would buy the card game even though they are here for 2 ndash 3 days

6 Design test backlog

7 Build measure learn

34 people clicked on the link

25 clicked on the CTA

5 left their email

8 Learn amp decide whatrsquos next

Budget 0euro4 monthsLimited time

Why canrsquot you

Graphics by

Peter Škrovan Blanka Votavovaacute

Thank youwwwlbstudiosk

inalbertfourage

Page 11: Don’t plan, experiment · 2020-02-15 · We’ve been designing for more than 15,000,000 users with telco, bank, insurance, startups, etc. ... MVP • Conduct rapid experiments

Who already created an

MVP

bull The scope is far from minimal bull Stakeholders keep adding ldquokey featurerdquo bull The delivery date is delayed bull Management is embarrassed to release an unfinished product

bull Developers feel that the product isnt reliable bull User are not as excited about the product but there is no room for any major change

Can you recognize these symptoms

should never be an actual product

MVP

bull Conduct rapid experiments to validate a solution

bull Work on assumptions bull What should we do bull Rapid experimentation bull Assess viability amp feasibility bull Lean

Minimum Viable

Discovery

Product

Delivery

bull Conduct rapid experiments to validate a solution

bull Work on validated ideas bull How do we make it big bull Focus on quality bull Assess usability and customer

feedback bull Agile

3 Stop planning Start learning

The slower you iterate the more likely you

will be to fail

1 Get concept out

2 Evaluate business model

3 Assess competition

Direct competitors

Indirect competitors

4 Run quick customer discovery

Customer discovery progress board

Does my solution reflect customer pains

5 Extract amp prioritize hypothesis

What could kill our idea

Bars are willing to give us a

discount

People are willing to buy it

We can find suppliers for a

reasonable price

People are going to play the

drinking games

People are interested by the product

People want to buy it online

Tourists would buy the card game even though they are here for 2 ndash 3 days

6 Design test backlog

7 Build measure learn

34 people clicked on the link

25 clicked on the CTA

5 left their email

8 Learn amp decide whatrsquos next

Budget 0euro4 monthsLimited time

Why canrsquot you

Graphics by

Peter Škrovan Blanka Votavovaacute

Thank youwwwlbstudiosk

inalbertfourage

Page 12: Don’t plan, experiment · 2020-02-15 · We’ve been designing for more than 15,000,000 users with telco, bank, insurance, startups, etc. ... MVP • Conduct rapid experiments

bull The scope is far from minimal bull Stakeholders keep adding ldquokey featurerdquo bull The delivery date is delayed bull Management is embarrassed to release an unfinished product

bull Developers feel that the product isnt reliable bull User are not as excited about the product but there is no room for any major change

Can you recognize these symptoms

should never be an actual product

MVP

bull Conduct rapid experiments to validate a solution

bull Work on assumptions bull What should we do bull Rapid experimentation bull Assess viability amp feasibility bull Lean

Minimum Viable

Discovery

Product

Delivery

bull Conduct rapid experiments to validate a solution

bull Work on validated ideas bull How do we make it big bull Focus on quality bull Assess usability and customer

feedback bull Agile

3 Stop planning Start learning

The slower you iterate the more likely you

will be to fail

1 Get concept out

2 Evaluate business model

3 Assess competition

Direct competitors

Indirect competitors

4 Run quick customer discovery

Customer discovery progress board

Does my solution reflect customer pains

5 Extract amp prioritize hypothesis

What could kill our idea

Bars are willing to give us a

discount

People are willing to buy it

We can find suppliers for a

reasonable price

People are going to play the

drinking games

People are interested by the product

People want to buy it online

Tourists would buy the card game even though they are here for 2 ndash 3 days

6 Design test backlog

7 Build measure learn

34 people clicked on the link

25 clicked on the CTA

5 left their email

8 Learn amp decide whatrsquos next

Budget 0euro4 monthsLimited time

Why canrsquot you

Graphics by

Peter Škrovan Blanka Votavovaacute

Thank youwwwlbstudiosk

inalbertfourage

Page 13: Don’t plan, experiment · 2020-02-15 · We’ve been designing for more than 15,000,000 users with telco, bank, insurance, startups, etc. ... MVP • Conduct rapid experiments

should never be an actual product

MVP

bull Conduct rapid experiments to validate a solution

bull Work on assumptions bull What should we do bull Rapid experimentation bull Assess viability amp feasibility bull Lean

Minimum Viable

Discovery

Product

Delivery

bull Conduct rapid experiments to validate a solution

bull Work on validated ideas bull How do we make it big bull Focus on quality bull Assess usability and customer

feedback bull Agile

3 Stop planning Start learning

The slower you iterate the more likely you

will be to fail

1 Get concept out

2 Evaluate business model

3 Assess competition

Direct competitors

Indirect competitors

4 Run quick customer discovery

Customer discovery progress board

Does my solution reflect customer pains

5 Extract amp prioritize hypothesis

What could kill our idea

Bars are willing to give us a

discount

People are willing to buy it

We can find suppliers for a

reasonable price

People are going to play the

drinking games

People are interested by the product

People want to buy it online

Tourists would buy the card game even though they are here for 2 ndash 3 days

6 Design test backlog

7 Build measure learn

34 people clicked on the link

25 clicked on the CTA

5 left their email

8 Learn amp decide whatrsquos next

Budget 0euro4 monthsLimited time

Why canrsquot you

Graphics by

Peter Škrovan Blanka Votavovaacute

Thank youwwwlbstudiosk

inalbertfourage

Page 14: Don’t plan, experiment · 2020-02-15 · We’ve been designing for more than 15,000,000 users with telco, bank, insurance, startups, etc. ... MVP • Conduct rapid experiments

bull Conduct rapid experiments to validate a solution

bull Work on assumptions bull What should we do bull Rapid experimentation bull Assess viability amp feasibility bull Lean

Minimum Viable

Discovery

Product

Delivery

bull Conduct rapid experiments to validate a solution

bull Work on validated ideas bull How do we make it big bull Focus on quality bull Assess usability and customer

feedback bull Agile

3 Stop planning Start learning

The slower you iterate the more likely you

will be to fail

1 Get concept out

2 Evaluate business model

3 Assess competition

Direct competitors

Indirect competitors

4 Run quick customer discovery

Customer discovery progress board

Does my solution reflect customer pains

5 Extract amp prioritize hypothesis

What could kill our idea

Bars are willing to give us a

discount

People are willing to buy it

We can find suppliers for a

reasonable price

People are going to play the

drinking games

People are interested by the product

People want to buy it online

Tourists would buy the card game even though they are here for 2 ndash 3 days

6 Design test backlog

7 Build measure learn

34 people clicked on the link

25 clicked on the CTA

5 left their email

8 Learn amp decide whatrsquos next

Budget 0euro4 monthsLimited time

Why canrsquot you

Graphics by

Peter Škrovan Blanka Votavovaacute

Thank youwwwlbstudiosk

inalbertfourage

Page 15: Don’t plan, experiment · 2020-02-15 · We’ve been designing for more than 15,000,000 users with telco, bank, insurance, startups, etc. ... MVP • Conduct rapid experiments

3 Stop planning Start learning

The slower you iterate the more likely you

will be to fail

1 Get concept out

2 Evaluate business model

3 Assess competition

Direct competitors

Indirect competitors

4 Run quick customer discovery

Customer discovery progress board

Does my solution reflect customer pains

5 Extract amp prioritize hypothesis

What could kill our idea

Bars are willing to give us a

discount

People are willing to buy it

We can find suppliers for a

reasonable price

People are going to play the

drinking games

People are interested by the product

People want to buy it online

Tourists would buy the card game even though they are here for 2 ndash 3 days

6 Design test backlog

7 Build measure learn

34 people clicked on the link

25 clicked on the CTA

5 left their email

8 Learn amp decide whatrsquos next

Budget 0euro4 monthsLimited time

Why canrsquot you

Graphics by

Peter Škrovan Blanka Votavovaacute

Thank youwwwlbstudiosk

inalbertfourage

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The slower you iterate the more likely you

will be to fail

1 Get concept out

2 Evaluate business model

3 Assess competition

Direct competitors

Indirect competitors

4 Run quick customer discovery

Customer discovery progress board

Does my solution reflect customer pains

5 Extract amp prioritize hypothesis

What could kill our idea

Bars are willing to give us a

discount

People are willing to buy it

We can find suppliers for a

reasonable price

People are going to play the

drinking games

People are interested by the product

People want to buy it online

Tourists would buy the card game even though they are here for 2 ndash 3 days

6 Design test backlog

7 Build measure learn

34 people clicked on the link

25 clicked on the CTA

5 left their email

8 Learn amp decide whatrsquos next

Budget 0euro4 monthsLimited time

Why canrsquot you

Graphics by

Peter Škrovan Blanka Votavovaacute

Thank youwwwlbstudiosk

inalbertfourage

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1 Get concept out

2 Evaluate business model

3 Assess competition

Direct competitors

Indirect competitors

4 Run quick customer discovery

Customer discovery progress board

Does my solution reflect customer pains

5 Extract amp prioritize hypothesis

What could kill our idea

Bars are willing to give us a

discount

People are willing to buy it

We can find suppliers for a

reasonable price

People are going to play the

drinking games

People are interested by the product

People want to buy it online

Tourists would buy the card game even though they are here for 2 ndash 3 days

6 Design test backlog

7 Build measure learn

34 people clicked on the link

25 clicked on the CTA

5 left their email

8 Learn amp decide whatrsquos next

Budget 0euro4 monthsLimited time

Why canrsquot you

Graphics by

Peter Škrovan Blanka Votavovaacute

Thank youwwwlbstudiosk

inalbertfourage

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2 Evaluate business model

3 Assess competition

Direct competitors

Indirect competitors

4 Run quick customer discovery

Customer discovery progress board

Does my solution reflect customer pains

5 Extract amp prioritize hypothesis

What could kill our idea

Bars are willing to give us a

discount

People are willing to buy it

We can find suppliers for a

reasonable price

People are going to play the

drinking games

People are interested by the product

People want to buy it online

Tourists would buy the card game even though they are here for 2 ndash 3 days

6 Design test backlog

7 Build measure learn

34 people clicked on the link

25 clicked on the CTA

5 left their email

8 Learn amp decide whatrsquos next

Budget 0euro4 monthsLimited time

Why canrsquot you

Graphics by

Peter Škrovan Blanka Votavovaacute

Thank youwwwlbstudiosk

inalbertfourage

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3 Assess competition

Direct competitors

Indirect competitors

4 Run quick customer discovery

Customer discovery progress board

Does my solution reflect customer pains

5 Extract amp prioritize hypothesis

What could kill our idea

Bars are willing to give us a

discount

People are willing to buy it

We can find suppliers for a

reasonable price

People are going to play the

drinking games

People are interested by the product

People want to buy it online

Tourists would buy the card game even though they are here for 2 ndash 3 days

6 Design test backlog

7 Build measure learn

34 people clicked on the link

25 clicked on the CTA

5 left their email

8 Learn amp decide whatrsquos next

Budget 0euro4 monthsLimited time

Why canrsquot you

Graphics by

Peter Škrovan Blanka Votavovaacute

Thank youwwwlbstudiosk

inalbertfourage

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Direct competitors

Indirect competitors

4 Run quick customer discovery

Customer discovery progress board

Does my solution reflect customer pains

5 Extract amp prioritize hypothesis

What could kill our idea

Bars are willing to give us a

discount

People are willing to buy it

We can find suppliers for a

reasonable price

People are going to play the

drinking games

People are interested by the product

People want to buy it online

Tourists would buy the card game even though they are here for 2 ndash 3 days

6 Design test backlog

7 Build measure learn

34 people clicked on the link

25 clicked on the CTA

5 left their email

8 Learn amp decide whatrsquos next

Budget 0euro4 monthsLimited time

Why canrsquot you

Graphics by

Peter Škrovan Blanka Votavovaacute

Thank youwwwlbstudiosk

inalbertfourage

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Indirect competitors

4 Run quick customer discovery

Customer discovery progress board

Does my solution reflect customer pains

5 Extract amp prioritize hypothesis

What could kill our idea

Bars are willing to give us a

discount

People are willing to buy it

We can find suppliers for a

reasonable price

People are going to play the

drinking games

People are interested by the product

People want to buy it online

Tourists would buy the card game even though they are here for 2 ndash 3 days

6 Design test backlog

7 Build measure learn

34 people clicked on the link

25 clicked on the CTA

5 left their email

8 Learn amp decide whatrsquos next

Budget 0euro4 monthsLimited time

Why canrsquot you

Graphics by

Peter Škrovan Blanka Votavovaacute

Thank youwwwlbstudiosk

inalbertfourage

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4 Run quick customer discovery

Customer discovery progress board

Does my solution reflect customer pains

5 Extract amp prioritize hypothesis

What could kill our idea

Bars are willing to give us a

discount

People are willing to buy it

We can find suppliers for a

reasonable price

People are going to play the

drinking games

People are interested by the product

People want to buy it online

Tourists would buy the card game even though they are here for 2 ndash 3 days

6 Design test backlog

7 Build measure learn

34 people clicked on the link

25 clicked on the CTA

5 left their email

8 Learn amp decide whatrsquos next

Budget 0euro4 monthsLimited time

Why canrsquot you

Graphics by

Peter Škrovan Blanka Votavovaacute

Thank youwwwlbstudiosk

inalbertfourage

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Customer discovery progress board

Does my solution reflect customer pains

5 Extract amp prioritize hypothesis

What could kill our idea

Bars are willing to give us a

discount

People are willing to buy it

We can find suppliers for a

reasonable price

People are going to play the

drinking games

People are interested by the product

People want to buy it online

Tourists would buy the card game even though they are here for 2 ndash 3 days

6 Design test backlog

7 Build measure learn

34 people clicked on the link

25 clicked on the CTA

5 left their email

8 Learn amp decide whatrsquos next

Budget 0euro4 monthsLimited time

Why canrsquot you

Graphics by

Peter Škrovan Blanka Votavovaacute

Thank youwwwlbstudiosk

inalbertfourage

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Does my solution reflect customer pains

5 Extract amp prioritize hypothesis

What could kill our idea

Bars are willing to give us a

discount

People are willing to buy it

We can find suppliers for a

reasonable price

People are going to play the

drinking games

People are interested by the product

People want to buy it online

Tourists would buy the card game even though they are here for 2 ndash 3 days

6 Design test backlog

7 Build measure learn

34 people clicked on the link

25 clicked on the CTA

5 left their email

8 Learn amp decide whatrsquos next

Budget 0euro4 monthsLimited time

Why canrsquot you

Graphics by

Peter Škrovan Blanka Votavovaacute

Thank youwwwlbstudiosk

inalbertfourage

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5 Extract amp prioritize hypothesis

What could kill our idea

Bars are willing to give us a

discount

People are willing to buy it

We can find suppliers for a

reasonable price

People are going to play the

drinking games

People are interested by the product

People want to buy it online

Tourists would buy the card game even though they are here for 2 ndash 3 days

6 Design test backlog

7 Build measure learn

34 people clicked on the link

25 clicked on the CTA

5 left their email

8 Learn amp decide whatrsquos next

Budget 0euro4 monthsLimited time

Why canrsquot you

Graphics by

Peter Škrovan Blanka Votavovaacute

Thank youwwwlbstudiosk

inalbertfourage

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What could kill our idea

Bars are willing to give us a

discount

People are willing to buy it

We can find suppliers for a

reasonable price

People are going to play the

drinking games

People are interested by the product

People want to buy it online

Tourists would buy the card game even though they are here for 2 ndash 3 days

6 Design test backlog

7 Build measure learn

34 people clicked on the link

25 clicked on the CTA

5 left their email

8 Learn amp decide whatrsquos next

Budget 0euro4 monthsLimited time

Why canrsquot you

Graphics by

Peter Škrovan Blanka Votavovaacute

Thank youwwwlbstudiosk

inalbertfourage

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Bars are willing to give us a

discount

People are willing to buy it

We can find suppliers for a

reasonable price

People are going to play the

drinking games

People are interested by the product

People want to buy it online

Tourists would buy the card game even though they are here for 2 ndash 3 days

6 Design test backlog

7 Build measure learn

34 people clicked on the link

25 clicked on the CTA

5 left their email

8 Learn amp decide whatrsquos next

Budget 0euro4 monthsLimited time

Why canrsquot you

Graphics by

Peter Škrovan Blanka Votavovaacute

Thank youwwwlbstudiosk

inalbertfourage

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6 Design test backlog

7 Build measure learn

34 people clicked on the link

25 clicked on the CTA

5 left their email

8 Learn amp decide whatrsquos next

Budget 0euro4 monthsLimited time

Why canrsquot you

Graphics by

Peter Škrovan Blanka Votavovaacute

Thank youwwwlbstudiosk

inalbertfourage

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7 Build measure learn

34 people clicked on the link

25 clicked on the CTA

5 left their email

8 Learn amp decide whatrsquos next

Budget 0euro4 monthsLimited time

Why canrsquot you

Graphics by

Peter Škrovan Blanka Votavovaacute

Thank youwwwlbstudiosk

inalbertfourage

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34 people clicked on the link

25 clicked on the CTA

5 left their email

8 Learn amp decide whatrsquos next

Budget 0euro4 monthsLimited time

Why canrsquot you

Graphics by

Peter Škrovan Blanka Votavovaacute

Thank youwwwlbstudiosk

inalbertfourage

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8 Learn amp decide whatrsquos next

Budget 0euro4 monthsLimited time

Why canrsquot you

Graphics by

Peter Škrovan Blanka Votavovaacute

Thank youwwwlbstudiosk

inalbertfourage

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Budget 0euro4 monthsLimited time

Why canrsquot you

Graphics by

Peter Škrovan Blanka Votavovaacute

Thank youwwwlbstudiosk

inalbertfourage

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Graphics by

Peter Škrovan Blanka Votavovaacute

Thank youwwwlbstudiosk

inalbertfourage

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Thank youwwwlbstudiosk

inalbertfourage