Lean Startup PrinciplesAn Engineer’s perspective

Who am I

I am Saurabh Minni

I work as a Senior Software Engineer at Intuit

For past two years I have worked on a product which was run as a lean startup experiment

Previously I have worked at Tata Elxsi and Adobe India

Have been part of Barcamp Bangalore planning since BCB5

I am online at http://100rabh.com http://the100rabh.blogspot.com and one twitter as @the100rabh

Sumo wrestler

Strong

Once direction is decided it can literally destroy anything

High stamina

Master of its field of action

Can’t move fast

Difficult to change direction

Slow to respond to changes

Kung Fu Fighter

Strong

Agile

Can respond to changes fast

Vulnerable at times

So why this lean startup

Technology is easy, people are hard

Most startups fail not because of technology but they fail to find customers

The initial idea is not always the best one, iterations always bring out the best.

So what does Lean Startup base itself off

Ideas are worthless until tested

Rapid iteration is the key to success

Properties of Lean Startup

Iteration speed can make or break you

Collecting data is a need

Learning are the torch which show u the path to success.

Idea

TestingInference

Whats changes for engineers

Agility is the key

Be prepared to change, failing to change is to fail

Waterfall model doesn’t work anymore

Your current processes may not work any more

If you cant make it, Fake it

How can you cope up with all this

Designing for Lean

From Eric Ries