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Lessons Learned: Combining agile development with customer development

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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. XP and Scrum don’t have much to say - they punt. March 16, 2009 11:18 PM William Pietri said. March 17, 2009 9:21 AM Eric said.

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Lessons Learned: The lean startup

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I would add -- think of your development and running your business like a PM/Developer uses Agile or Scrum in software development. 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.

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Lessons Learned: A new version of the Joel Test (draft)

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There are several ways to make progress evident - the Scrum team model is my current favorite. If you have a true cross-functional team, empowered (a la Scrum) to do whatever it takes to succeed its likely they will converge on the result quickly. February 14, 2009 11:12 PM Eric said. May 15, 2009 1:17 AM neocoder said.

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Lessons Learned: The product manager's lament

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Eventually, I hope to get them on a full agile diet, with TDD, scrums, sprints, pair programming, and more. Towards a new entrepreneurship ► 2009 (88) ► December (4) Continuous deployment for mission-critical applica. one more thought, where were the code reviews? Two Ways to Hold Entrepreneurs Accountable (for Ha.

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Embrace technical debt

Startup Lessons Learned

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.

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Lessons Learned: Built to learn

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, April 9, 2009 Built to learn Its been an exhilarating ride since the Web 2.0 Looks like Ill be at TiEcon 2009 in mid-may, and at an event to be announced in Austin in early June. Andy April 10, 2009 9:57 AM Eric Santos said. BR, Eric April 11, 2009 12:42 PM Jared Goralnick said.

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Sprint Like An Egyptian: A Tech Entrepreneurship Revolution in Alexandria

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English has become the lingua franca for doing business, while the technical jargon is as familiar (or cryptic) in Alexandria as in Mountain View: Scrum, sprints, Git, Cassandra, Hadoop. Giza was just a one-day side trip on my main mission: Visiting a tech startup tucked away in Alexandria, a bustling seaside metropolis of 5 million.