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Lean Software Development For Startups

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Here’s what I will be talking about at the Lean & Kanban 2009 conference in Miami this year.

Lean Software Development For Startups

(Or Why Agile Isnʼt Enough And How To Do More With Less)

Abstract:

If youʼre in a startup, then you know that statistically, the odds are heavily against you. Pretty much the only inherent characteristic of a startup that can be counted upon to help, is that of its small size. If the company can be nimble and agile, then it can hope to
gain some traction against its larger rivals.

In such an environment, using an Agile methodology is a given. Without some form of a hyper-iterative software process, it is impossible for a startup to create a successful product. Or even to determine what that product is!

In todayʼs climate, exacerbated as it is due to competition, lower capital requirements for software companies, the compression of Internet time, and the recessionary economic conditions, it is no longer enough to just use an Agile method. To stay
competitive, indeed to just survive, something more is required.

Lean Thinking provides just such an advantage.

A startup needs to ground its philosophy in Lean Thinking, Theory of Constraints, Critical Chain, Queueing Theory, Systems Thinking, and the like. It will obviously gain from the long-term focus, throughput-based accounting, and value-based constructs that these provide.

This presentation is about how Lean ideas when applied to standard Agile processes can make an organization super-productive even in the extreme short-term. Specifically, it draws on my experiences from having run multiple projects using this philosophy during my consulting career at ThoughtWorks, and more recently as a founding member of an Internet startup called Cinch.

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So, that’s what the talk will be about. I have a 45 minute slot – so I’m looking to finish speaking in about 20-25 minutes and the rest could be for a discussion. Hope to see you there!


Tagged: agile, conference, organizational, process, project management, speaking, startup

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