Developing an unknown product - Startup Camp 2012, Gothenburg

Presented at Chalmers Innovation's Startup Spring Camp 2012

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1. Developing an unkown product torsdag den 10 maj 2012
2. Jakob Mattsson @jakobmattsson MSc Software Engineering Developing people, software and companies CURRENT VP of Engineering - Burt Advisor - Half a dozen companies/projects PAST CEO - Chalmers Teknologkonsulter Gun for hire - DD, Architecture, Implementation torsdag den 10 maj 2012
3. Working with startups torsdag den 10 maj 2012
4. A startup is the temporary organization used to search for a scalable business model under conditions of great uncertainty. The purpose is not to remain a startup. Failure = failure to transition. torsdag den 10 maj 2012
5. Serve an unknown customer with an unknown product. torsdag den 10 maj 2012
6. So how to build an unknown product? torsdag den 10 maj 2012
7. It could be a constant chase without any possibility of reaching the goal. torsdag den 10 maj 2012
8. - Minimum Viable Process - The (in)famous scrum - The balanced development diet - Tools of the trade I’ll present something else torsdag den 10 maj 2012
9. MVP torsdag den 10 maj 2012
10. You’ve got your goal torsdag den 10 maj 2012
11. Then you work as follows: 1) Tasks appear 2) You declare one of the tasks more than the rest 3) You work on that task and that task only! 4) You finish the task and go back to (2) torsdag den 10 maj 2012
12. Works great if: - The goal is simple - The dev team is (very) small - The dev team only consists of top performers - There are few or no disturbances torsdag den 10 maj 2012
13. Some take it too far... torsdag den 10 maj 2012
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15. Another way to put it: Weeks of coding can save you hours of planning torsdag den 10 maj 2012
16. The danger with all processes (including the lack of process) is fanaticism. There is no silver bullet. Know yourself and know your goal. torsdag den 10 maj 2012
17. ”If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles.” ”If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat.” ”If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.” - The Art of War torsdag den 10 maj 2012
18. Scrum torsdag den 10 maj 2012
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21. Basically scrum is a way to create an oasis of control within the chaos and the unknown. torsdag den 10 maj 2012
22. How we do it torsdag den 10 maj 2012
23. ALL CHARACTERS AND EVENTS IN THIS SHOW-- EVENT THOSE BASED ON REAL PEOPLE--ARE ENTIRELY FICTIONAL. ALL CELEBERTY VOICES ARE IMPERSONATED.....POORLY. THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM CONTAINS COARSE LANGUAGE AND DUE TO ITS CONTENT IT SHOULD NOT BE VIEWED BE ANYONE torsdag den 10 maj 2012
24. 3-8 team members 1 product owner 1 scrum master The team torsdag den 10 maj 2012
25. About 4 hours Set your goal Goals => Tasks => Definition of Done Estimate tasks The plan torsdag den 10 maj 2012
26. 2-3 weeks Execute tasks No interruptions! Think of it as a contract The sprint torsdag den 10 maj 2012
27. Once daily Mandatory Past - Present - Problems Short! The standup torsdag den 10 maj 2012
28. Visualization of progress Simple but powerful The burndown torsdag den 10 maj 2012
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30. Accessible Increases interaction Dynamic The board torsdag den 10 maj 2012
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32. Involve everyone Evalute the sprint Good - Bad - Improvements Interactive The retrospective torsdag den 10 maj 2012
33. Pitfalls torsdag den 10 maj 2012
34. - Polish - Exploration - Maintenance - Buy in - Unclarity - Forgetting celebration torsdag den 10 maj 2012
35. How to choose tasks torsdag den 10 maj 2012
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37. The balanced development diet torsdag den 10 maj 2012
38. Split testing Simplify features Remove features Feature help Optimizing features torsdag den 10 maj 2012
39. Customer development Split testing Define interfaces New features torsdag den 10 maj 2012
40. Customer development Choosing technologies Finding partners New products torsdag den 10 maj 2012
41. Orthogonality Decoupling Testing Documentation Code improvement torsdag den 10 maj 2012
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43. Automating Simplifying Tracking Internal processes torsdag den 10 maj 2012
44. The balanced development diet: 1) Optimizing features 2) New features 3) New products 4) Code improvement 5) Internal processes Don’t forget any of them! torsdag den 10 maj 2012
45. How? torsdag den 10 maj 2012
46. - Keep these five in mind when planning. - Tag your tasks. See what happens over time. - Follow up. What are you good/bad at? torsdag den 10 maj 2012
47. Tools torsdag den 10 maj 2012
48. Revision control Task backlog Bug tracking KISS! torsdag den 10 maj 2012
49. Git manner - Always branch before coding - No commit may (intentionally) break the code - Every commit must be complete in some sense - Commits should be as small as possible. I MEAN IT! - Use interactive rebasing to clean up your history - Let some else merge your branch when finished - Never ever change history of what has been pushed torsdag den 10 maj 2012
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51. MUST READ! torsdag den 10 maj 2012
52. SEVERAL TIMES! MUST READ! torsdag den 10 maj 2012
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59. Use whatever tool suits your needs. Just don’t reinvent the wheel. torsdag den 10 maj 2012
60. MOST IMPORTANT STEP FOR BUILD PRODUCT IS BUILD PRODUCT - @fakegrimlock torsdag den 10 maj 2012
61. Business has to give people enriching, rewarding lives... or it’s simply not worth doing! - Richard Branson torsdag den 10 maj 2012
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63. Thank you! @jakobmattsson torsdag den 10 maj 2012
64. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlymNLAAzUM http://www.paulgraham.com/makersschedule.html http://programming-motherfucker.com http://pragprog.com/the-pragmatic-programmer http://progit.org http://trello.com http://github.com http://pivotaltracker.com torsdag den 10 maj 2012