Lean Product Development 101 by Mark Geene, Cloud Elements CEO

1. Mark Geene
CEO & Co-Founder
Cloud Elements
@mgeene @cloudelements

2. LEAN
PRODUCT
DEVELOPMENT 101
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3. WHAT IS LEAN?
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4. MAXIMUM VALUE,
FEWEST RESOURCES.
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5. 5 PRINCIPLES 1. Quick, fast experiments lead to answers
2. Determine Problem/Solution Fit with MVP
3. Iterate your way to a Product/Market Fit
4. Measure Results ... Adjust
5. Only put more $ at what works
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6. @mgeene

7. GETTING STARTED
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8. Is this a
problem worth
solving?
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9. WORTH SOLVING IF:
1. MUST-HAVE
2.
3.
is it something customers need?
VIABLE
Will they pay for it?
FEASIBLE
Can it be solved with available
resources?
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10. THE M.V.P.
MINIMAL VIABLE PRODUCT
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11. 5 STEP PROCESS TO
CREATE AN MVP
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12. @mgeene

13. STEP 1
DEFINE THE PROBLEM
Help people who live in a noisy
area, sleep better.
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14. STEP 2
DEVELOP HYPOTHESIS
Customers would rather use their iPhone than
dedicated sleep machine or alarm clocks.

15. STEP 3
DEFINE/BUILD AN MVP
FEATURES
➔ 90+ sounds
➔ Mix your own tracks
➔ Beautiful digital clock
➔ Alarm with fav songs
➔ Captures sleep data & analytics
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16. STEP 3
DEFINE/BUILD AN MVP
FEATURES
➔ 90+ sounds
➔ Mix your own tracks
➔ Beautiful digital clock
➔ Alarm with fav songs
➔ Captures sleep data & analytics
SUPPORT
HYPOTHESIS?
MUST-HAVE?
FIT IN 2-MONTH
TIMEFRAME?
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17. STEP 3
DEFINE/BUILD AN MVP
FEATURES
➔ One White Noise
➔ 90+ sounds
➔ Mix your own tracks
➔ Beautiful digital clock
➔ Alarm with fav songs
➔ Captures sleep data & analytics
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18. STEP 4
MEASURE RESULTS
Did people sleep just as well with iPhone
white noise as alternative? Y/N
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19. STEP 5
CAPTURE LEARNINGS
What else will they need or want to buy?
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20. HOW WE DID IT
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21. STEP 1 DEFINE A PROBLEM
Developers spend too much time integrating cloud services into their apps.
500+ hours per application
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70 hrs
per integration

22. STEP 2
DEVELOP HYPOTHESIS
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Developers would prefer to go to one
place to select and integrate all the
APIs they need.

23. STEP 3
DEFINE/BUILD AN MVP
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Goal: 3X faster to integrate cloud services

24. STEP 4
RESULTS & LEARNINGS
RESULTS:
→ MINIMAL TIME SAVED INTEGRATING SINGLE SERVICE
→ 2X FASTER TO INTEGRATE MULTIPLE
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LEARNINGS:
→ DISCOVERED “EXTERNAL” INTEGRATION USE CASE
→ INTEGRATING MANY SERVICES/CATEGORY
→ 3+ DOCUMENT SERVICES ROUTINELY INTEGRATED

25. STEP 5
ITERATE OR PIVOT
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26. WEBINAR
CONFERENCE APP
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27. @mgeene
STEP 5
ITERATE OR PIVOT

28. MEASUREMENTS
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29. STARTUP
METRICS
for pirates* - AARRR
*David McClure - 500 Startups @mgeene

30. STARTUP METRIC #1
CUSTOMER ACQUISITION
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31. STARTUP METRIC #2
CUSTOMER ACTIVATION
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32. STARTUP METRIC #3
CUSTOMER
RETENTION
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33. STARTUP METRIC #4
CUSTOMER
REFERRALS
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34. STARTUP METRIC #5
REVENUE
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35. AGILE
MVP PLANNING
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36. AGILE MVP PLANNING
5. Define User Stories
4. Prioritize Epics
3. Establish MVP
Hypothesis
2. Identify
Epics
1. Define
Personas

37. 10. Iterate or Pivot AGILE MVP PLANNING
9. Sprint Review/Demo
8. Two-Week Sprints
7. Estimate
Points
6. MVP
Test

38. AGILE MVP PLANNING
REPEAT
RELEASE GET FEEDBACK
Confidential &
Proprietary

39. 5 TAKEWAYS
1. Recognize you don’t have the answers
2. Find the quickest path to “Experience”
3. Don’t over-engineer; get to MVP in 2
months of less
4. Don’t get lost in features/stories -
Prioritize at the Epic level
5. Your priorities and plan WILL change…
Embrace it.
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40. FINAL THOUGHT ...
Small Mistakes are Experiments,
Big Mistakes are Failures
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41. THANKS!
SLIDES AVAILABLE AT WWW.CLOUD-ELEMENTS.COM/RESOURCES
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42. QUESTIONS?
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