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Lean Startup - Teaser

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Channel: Thoughtworks · 2012 · Science & Technology

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Startups. 4 people in a room changing the world. Fluid, optimised, responding dynamically to changes in the product based on detailed customer data to drive value and build their proposition. No bureaucracy, no waste just beauty.

Agile. 10 people in a room fighting an organisation. A system, bloated, ridged and wasteful. Challenging a business to change its perspective on product development and deliver amazing products.

While it sounds like Cinderella and the ugly sister, both have lessons to learn from one another. Principles are as important and useful in established companies as they are in the startup world. Lean Startup is not just about how we can create an amazing product - its about how we can learn from the results of our efforts to improve everything we do. Agile is an iterative and incremental approach to software development. Lean is a customer focused value creation process.

They are all ultimately searching for an answer to the question "How can we learn more quickly what works, and discard what does not to build ultimate product that our customers love?"

Barry O'Reilly, ThoughtWorks
Barry started out as a developer working for startups using Agile & Lean practices and principles. Over time his interests have shifted away from the keyboard towards consulting and product delivery. He has worked for a number of companies in the US, UK, Australia, and Ireland. Barry is now based in London with ThoughtWorks.

Ian Carroll, ThoughtWorks
Ian is a consultant, coach, and speaker on all topics related to Lean, Kanban and Agile software development. His 23 years of hands-on experience in the software industry have been a second classroom, where issues and hurdles inspired him to dive in, find solutions, and follow his passion to explore the optimal ways to apply these principles in the real-world. He now helps clients transform their organisations using Kanban and other Lean and Agile techniques to lower costs while increasing their ability to respond to changing market demands and outperform competitors. In the past 3 years Ian has trained and coached over 40 teams in Kanban techniques, and is breaking new ground by applying Kanban to benefit teams and clients outside IT, including marketing, HR, facilities management teams, and law firms. Ian founded the Manchester branch of the Limited WIP (Kanban) Society.

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