See also http://www.balancedteam.org/balconf-2011-resources/ Josh will describe a prompt that he uses to frame team members’ assumptions about their product, and then describe how to use it to derive measurable goals that are useful to all members of a Balanced Team.

1. TEST-DRIVEN DESIGN
Balanced Team Conference
September 25, 2011
Josh Seiden, @jseiden
Monday, September 26, 2011

2. Blog it!
Josh Seiden @jseiden #leanUX
www.luxr.co @luxrco #leanStartup
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3. 9 Lean UX Principles
1. Design + biz + development + ... = 1 product team.
2. Externalize!
3. Goal-driven and outcome-focused.
4. Repeatable and routinized.
5. Flow: think, make, check.
6. Focus on solving the right problem.
7. Generate many options & decide quickly what to pursue
8. Recognize hypotheses & validate them
9. Rapid cycles: think/make/check Research with users is
the best source of information
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4. 9 Lean UX Principles
1. Design + biz + development + ... = 1 product team.
2. Externalize!
3. Goal-driven and outcome-focused.
4. Repeatable and routinized.
5. Flow: think, make, check.
6. Focus on solving the right problem.
7. Generate many options & decide quickly what to pursue
8. Recognize hypotheses & validate them
9. Rapid cycles: think/make/check Research with users is
the best source of information
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5. 9 Lean UX Principles
1. Design + biz + development + ... = 1 product team.
2. Externalize!
3. Goal-driven and outcome-focused.
4. Repeatable and routinized.
5. Flow: think, make, check.
6. Focus on solving the right problem.
7. Generate many options & decide quickly what to pursue
8. Recognize hypotheses & validate them
9. Rapid cycles: think/make/check Research with users is
the best source of information
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6. Principle #8 Declare your assumptions...
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7. Principle #8 Declare your assumptions...
A way to re-frame requirements
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8. Principle #8 Declare your assumptions...
A way to re-frame requirements
 Every decision you make about your offering is a
design decision.
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9. Principle #8 Declare your assumptions...
A way to re-frame requirements
 Every decision you make about your offering is a
design decision.
 Every design decision is an hypothesis.
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10. Principle #8 Declare your assumptions...
A way to re-frame requirements
 Every decision you make about your offering is a
design decision.
 Every design decision is an hypothesis.
 Declare your assumptions and test them.
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16. Internet Mouse…
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19. Method: Declare your assumptions
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20. Method: Declare your assumptions
What assumptions do you have?
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21. Method: Declare your assumptions
What assumptions do you have?
…about your customers?
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22. Method: Declare your assumptions
What assumptions do you have?
…about your customers?
…that if proven false, will cause you to fail?
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23. What assumptions are we making?
 Who is the user? Who is the customer?
 Where does our product fit in their work or life?
 What problems does our product solve?
 When and how is our product used?
 What features are important?
 How should our product look and behave?
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24. Method: Write the test first
We believe that person type has trouble/need/desire doing
problem/oppty. [that can be addressed by our offering.]
We will know we have succeeded when qualitative and
quantitative outcome. This will improve KPI.
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25. Method: Minimum Viable Product
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26. Method: Minimum Viable Product
What is the smallest thing we can make to test
our hypothesis?
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27. Method: Minimum Viable Product
What is the smallest thing we can make to test
our hypothesis?
The answer to this question is your MVP.
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28. Method: Get out of the building
 Identify who do you want to talk to and what you
want to learn
In other words, what assumptions will you test?
Stay tuned for Lane’s talk...
 Plan your interview themes as a team
 Collect artifacts, debrief and share
 Use your visits for multiple purposes
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29. Want to attend a workshop? Tweet #LUXiNYC to @LUXrCo
THANK YOU!
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