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Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, June 15, 2009 Why ContinuousDeployment? Of all the tactics I have advocated as part of the lean startup , none has provoked as many extreme reactions as continuousdeployment , a process that allows companies to release software in minutes instead of days, weeks, or months.
Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, February 10, 2009Continuousdeployment and continuous learning At long last, some of the actual implementers of the advanced systems we built at IMVU for rapid deployment and rapid response are starting to write about it. Continuous learning -> Continuous feedback!
Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, January 18, 2010 Case Study: Continuousdeployment makes releases non-events The following is a case study of one entrepreneurs transition from a traditional development cycle to continuousdeployment. ContinuousDeployment is Continuous Flow applied to software.
Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, December 28, 2009Continuousdeployment for mission-critical applications Having evangelized the concept of continuousdeployment for the past few years, Ive come into contact with almost every conceivable question, objection, or concern that people have about it.
Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Wednesday, December 23, 2009 Why vanity metrics are dangerous In a previous post, I defined two kinds of metrics: vanity metrics and actionable metrics. In this post, Id like to talk about the perils of vanity metrics. My personal favorite vanity metrics is "hits."
Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, February 16, 2009Continuousdeployment with downloads One of my goals in writing posts about topics like continuousdeployment is the hope that people will take those ideas and apply them to new situations - and then share what they learn with the rest of us.
Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, August 3, 2009 Minimum Viable Product: a guide One of the most important lean startup techniques is called the minimum viable product. In a lot of cases, this requires a lot of energy invested in talking to customers or metrics and analytics. August 3, 2009 10:52 AM Chris Hopf said.
Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, February 20, 2009 Work in small batches Software should be designed, written, and deployed in small batches. Its had tremendous impact in many areas: continuousdeployment , just-in-time scalability , and even search engine marketing , to name a few. February 21, 2009 7:39 AM Rocky1138 said.
Master of 500 Hats: Startup Metrics for Pirates (SeedCamp 2008, London) This presentation should be required reading for anyone creating a startup with an online service component. He also has a discussion of how your choice of business model determines which of these metric areas you want to focus on. Choose one.
April 27, 2009 8:59 AM Anonymoussaid. July 15, 2009 11:18 PM markmontgomery said. Mark Montgomery Founder Kyield Initium VC September 12, 2009 4:21 AM Mark Montgomery said. Case Study: Continuousdeployment makes releases n. First timers have insecurities and fears that prevent them from Focusing.
Because five whys kept turning up a few key metrics that were hard to set static thresholds for, we even had a dynamic prediction algorithm that would make forecasts based on past data, and fire alerts if the metric ever went out of its normal bounds. February 11, 2009 8:05 AM Anonymoussaid.
Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, May 7, 2009 Fear is the mind-killer Fear is an emotion that slows teams down. I spent some time with his company before the conference and discussed ways to get started with continuousdeployment , including my experience introducing it at IMVU. It makes us more cautious.
In 2007, BusinessWeek named Ries one of the Best Young Entrepreneurs of Tech and in 2009 he was honored with a TechFellow award in the category of Engineering Leadership. January 2, 2009 8:54 AM mancjew said. January 2, 2009 8:57 AM Abbas said. Abbas February 22, 2009 3:33 PM cwillu said. Would love to get in touch.
Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, June 22, 2009 Pivot, dont jump to a new vision In a lean startup , instead of being organized around traditional functional departments, we use a cross-functional problem team and solution team. Leading up to a pivot, each cycle, despite our best efforts, the metrics werent good enough.
February 7, 2009 5:40 AM Major_Grooves said. May 6, 2009 3:03 PM Ivan Acosta-Rubio said. June 22, 2009 6:30 AM Anonymoussaid. June 28, 2009 2:51 PM beorn said. Case Study: Continuousdeployment makes releases n. Otherwise they just canceled the orders with some excuse. Great post - I think Ill try this.
Focus on the output metrics of that part of the product, and you make the problem a lot more clear. To promote this metrics discipline, we would present the full funnel to our board (and advisers) at the end of every development cycle. Max Levchin of Slide and Paypal has noted that 10% of Slides headcount is devoted to metrics only.
January 18, 2009 8:22 AM Dan Khan said. Cheers, -Dan January 18, 2009 9:04 PM Ivo said. January 20, 2009 1:12 PM Anonymoussaid. April 12, 2009 12:28 AM kenshin said. April 21, 2009 4:51 PM Geethan said. April 26, 2009 8:40 PM RubyFocus Groups said. September 27, 2009 3:31 PM codercofounder said.
If you havent seen it, Pascals recent presentation on continuousdeployment is a must-see; slides are here. the version that would facilitate the investment of real money) was planned for late-2009. If you havent seen it, Pascals recent presentation on continuousdeployment is a must-see; slides are here.
But if you want to practice rapid deployment, you need to be able to deploy that build in one step as well. If you want to do continuousdeployment, youd better be able to certify that build too, which brings us to. For more on continuousdeployment, see Just-in-time Scalability. May 15, 2009 1:17 AM neocoder said.
Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, August 1, 2009 The Steve Jobs method Image via CrunchBase Its been a long time since I did a post that was primarily a link to another blog with commentary, but I came across something today that I really want to share. August 1, 2009 7:39 AM Ravi Mohan said. August 1, 2009 8:11 AM Michael said.
Labels: agile , continuousdeployment , customer development , events , listening to customers , slides 3comments: Sean Murphy said. Startup Visa update ► February (5) Kiwi lean startup + Australia next Why diversity matters (the meritocracy business) Beware of Vanity Metrics (for Harvard Business Rev.
If the team is continually falling behind, it would seem that these teams were no fully aware of their expectations to begin with. Startup Visa update ► February (5) Kiwi lean startup + Australia next Why diversity matters (the meritocracy business) Beware of Vanity Metrics (for Harvard Business Rev.
Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, July 13, 2009 The Principles of Product Development Flow If youve ever wondered why agile or lean development techniques work, The Principles of Product Development Flow: Second Generation Lean Product Development by Donald G. July 13, 2009 7:38 AM George said. July 13, 2009 10:32 AM Anonymoussaid.
Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, March 3, 2009 Employees should be masters of their own time Every startup should have a culture of learning. In order to give people the data they need to apply the strategy, we were very open with our company metrics, making all reports generally available and easy to run. Dont even go there.
Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, July 2, 2009 How to conduct a Five Whys root cause analysis In the lean startup workshops , we’ve spent a lot of time discussing the technique of Five Whys. "Problems are caused by insufficiently robust symptoms" symptoms => systems July 3, 2009 12:29 AM Daniel Tenner said.
Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Wednesday, July 29, 2009 Embrace technical debt Financial debt plays an important and positive role in our economy under normal conditions. Very much appreciate the suggested solutions (Five Why's, split testing etc) July 29, 2009 6:24 AM Kevin Gadd said. July 29, 2009 6:57 AM Heiner Wolf said.
Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, February 22, 2009 Please teach kids programming, Mr. President Of course, what I really mean is: let them teach themselves. February 22, 2009 5:54 PM CapnCleaver said. February 22, 2009 10:14 PM Aleks said. February 23, 2009 2:22 AM Clement said. February 23, 2009 9:23 AM Clement said.
March 14, 2009 8:34 AM Can Sar said. April 11, 2009 1:22 AM CeeTee said. Thanks I get a copy for myself for xmas December 10, 2009 7:28 PM Jamie Flinchbaugh said. December 11, 2009 6:54 PM James Abley said. Case Study: Continuousdeployment makes releases n. Very well written article. Great post.
Startup Visa update ► February (5) Kiwi lean startup + Australia next Why diversity matters (the meritocracy business) Beware of Vanity Metrics (for Harvard Business Rev. Case Study: Continuousdeployment makes releases n. Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0,
Thank yo u January 3, 2009 4:07 PM BillSeitz said. May 8, 2009 2:27 PM Eric said. May 8, 2009 2:39 PM VictusFate said. Startup Visa update ► February (5) Kiwi lean startup + Australia next Why diversity matters (the meritocracy business) Beware of Vanity Metrics (for Harvard Business Rev.
Startup Visa update ► February (5) Kiwi lean startup + Australia next Why diversity matters (the meritocracy business) Beware of Vanity Metrics (for Harvard Business Rev. Case Study: Continuousdeployment makes releases n. Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0,
Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Wednesday, December 16, 2009 What is Lean about the Lean Startup? Those who are interested in work-in-process might want to take a look at Work in small batches and Continuousdeployment - Eric) Some specific TPS practices appear in Lean Startups. Case Study: Continuousdeployment makes releases n.
Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, February 28, 2009 Throwing away working code Lean startups work by systematically eradicating waste. I used to think that investments in metrics were a form of waste. Customers dont care if you have good metrics, only if you have a good product. March 2, 2009 1:58 PM programiTV said.
Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, March 16, 2009 Combining agile development with customer development Today I read an excellent blog post that I just had to share. March 16, 2009 11:18 PM William Pietri said. March 17, 2009 9:21 AM Eric said. March 17, 2009 9:39 AM Mike Tobias said. Just a thought.
Labels: agile , continuousdeployment 1 comments: timothyfitz said. Startup Visa update ► February (5) Kiwi lean startup + Australia next Why diversity matters (the meritocracy business) Beware of Vanity Metrics (for Harvard Business Rev. Case Study: Continuousdeployment makes releases n.
Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, April 9, 2009 Built to learn Its been an exhilarating ride since the Web 2.0 dalelarson : "Metrics are people, too." leanstartup ericnsantos : #w2e #leanstartup Metrics should be Actionable, Accessible and Auditable. Metrics are a key questions startups face. Expo last week.
Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, April 14, 2009 Validated learning about customers Would you rather have $30,000 or $1 million in revenues for your startup? Every board meeting, the metrics of success change. Time-to-complete-a-sale is not a bad metric for validated learning at this stage. April 15, 2009 4:06 PM Eric said.
Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, March 24, 2009 The metrics and levers of engagement, presentation on Engagement Loops for Facebook Developer Garage SF Ill be presenting a talk at the Facebook Developer Garage SF Wednesday evening. Unfortunately, its easy to lose track of positioning effects when optimizing for a single metric.
Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Wednesday, August 26, 2009 Building a new startup hub Last week, I had a unique opportunity to spend some time in Boulder at the behest of TechStars. Inspiring ideas: real-time biz metrics; safe continuousdeployment; A/B split testing. August 28, 2009 1:15 PM Derek Scruggs said.
Two Ways to Hold Entrepreneurs Accountable Beware of Vanity Metrics For Startups, How Much Process Is Too Much? Two Ways to Hold Entrepreneurs Accountable Beware of Vanity Metrics For Startups, How Much Process Is Too Much? Case Study: Continuousdeployment makes releases n. Take a look and let me know what you think.
Were trying to put some of these "its the system, stupid" ideas into practice on NileGuide (www.nileguide.com) April 28, 2009 9:19 PM Jake Faris said. September 3, 2009 12:25 PM Omar Ead said. Case Study: Continuousdeployment makes releases n. Great points Eric. Another OODA loop fan!
Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, March 13, 2009 Dont launch Heres a common question I get from startups, especially in the early stages: when should we launch? Know what the success metrics are for the launch. March 13, 2009 1:50 PM dan simard said. March 13, 2009 2:14 PM Alan Pinstein said. Great article.
Two Ways to Hold Entrepreneurs Accountable Beware of Vanity Metrics For Startups, How Much Process Is Too Much? Labels: five whys root cause analysis The Five Whys for Startups (for Harvard Business Review) I continue my series for Harvard Business Review with the Lean Startup technique called Five Whys. Speed up or slow down?
Crosby made this argument in his book "Quality Is Free: The Art of Making Quality Certain" (Mentor, 1980) April 2, 2009 6:24 AM The Caretaker said. krasicki April 3, 2009 7:19 AM control valves said. May 28, 2009 8:54 PM Anonymoussaid. June 15, 2009 8:40 PM Anonymoussaid. June 15, 2009 8:43 PM jackcrews said.
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