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CORE BELIEF
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to heaven, we were all going direct the other way - in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.
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It was our best project of 2009. It was our worst project of 2009.
We invested all our effort in the least valuable part of the experience and none in the most valuable.
Things we focused on
Making it cool Making it pretty Stability Perfecting an object The customer The experience Building it
Products and experiences reveal new opportunities for usage after they're built.
Thats just one of the ways they differ from communications.
Average percentage of developed functionality actually used when a traditional, linear approach to requirements definition is taken on a "launched" information technology project:
Always
Often
13
Sometimes
16
Rarely
19
Never
45
Source: Chaos Report v3. Standish Group. Copyright 2005-2006 Scott W. Ambler
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Projects should and will change during execution. We manage the change to improve the project.
(2003-2008). Agile Project Management. Retrieved February 9, 2010 , from CC Pace Web site: http://www.ccpace.com/Resources/documents/AgileProjectManagement.pdf
It limits up-front planning to a minimum based on an assumption of unpredictability, and instead stresses adaptability to changing conditions.
One that reacts to new opportunities as they become available and uses them to solve business and marketing problems.
We started by asking ourselves what can be done? Rather than asking what could be done?
The things people do with products are more interesting and more descriptive than the products themselves.
Strategy emerged from design.
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Production as strategy.
We made it in 3 weeks, so we only built the things that were quick and easy to build.
Things we focused on
Making it cheaply Making it fast Flexibility The output The data Perfecting a process Building upon it
Things we didnt
Making it cool Making it pretty Stability The experience The customer Perfecting an object Building it
Execution became a strategic conversation which made it less subjective and less arbitrary.
Develop strategic processes, not strategic plans, whose minimum outcomes will meet your objectives.
But which also have the potential to deliver far more.
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Connect strategy has been driven by user need and user observation.
Traditional strategy
Theoretical Mental models Prediction Testing backwards Monolithic Results oriented Reductionist
Modern strategy
Practical Tangible products Observation Testing forwards Iterative Guided by a vision Expansionist
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