Experimentation

Perform early stage customer testing from day one, not day 90

Fail fast and often is easier said than done, probably because such narrative isn’t actionable. In order to validate, one must know how to produce deliverables that actually confirm needs while being easy to dispose of. Steve Glaveski shares prototypes, in addition to supporting development tools, that you can oftentimes build in under an hour and for little to no cost - and that can effectively test if assumptions are true or false.

Focusing on opportunities to learn and improve instead of disappointment

Though studies and cases, Meghan Wenzel dispels myths around failure, including the common focus on successes, the quick drive to give up after one or two attempts, and the view that viable products are liked and used right away. Achievement is not a result of innate talent and foresight, but a product of hard work, iterative refinement and persistent motivation.

The mistakes to avoid when building your MVP

Why it’s critical to involve design thinking into the process of making a first impression before actually going out in the market.

Even if that means starting again, they reach the finish line quickly and iterate successfully.

In this article a parallel is drawn between the agile mindset in adults and in children. Maxime Castera, both a software engineer and a kids' robotics teacher, argues that the drive towards agile "transformation" or "transition" is nothing more that an attempt to get back what we have lost from childhood - the ability to learn from activities, drop them once the learning is over, and re-engage into another activity from which to learn from.