Minimum Viable Product (Mon Sep 15, lecture 4)

Homework due for today

  1. Read: “Lean Startup Chapter 6”. Prepare class discussion!
  2. Each Pilot team [all members] brainstorm for at least 1.5 hour outside class. Capture hypotheses for PTPTours. Team Deliverable: Create a Trello project for your team. Create and continue adding cards to it with your hypotheses.
  3. Read: MVP Guide. Prepare class discussion!
  4. Term Project: Select from brainstorming so far, or from your own discussions, at least one project that you MIGHT want to propose as your Term Project proposal. I have a list of ideas too that we can use to prime the pump for the master list of very brief product or service ideas. Deliverable: Write your idea and add it to the list. Also +1 any ideas of others that you like.

Discussion

  • Discussion: on readings

Hypotheses

  • Types of hypotheses: Hypotheses
    • Discussion: Teams explain their hypotheses, experiments, discuss MVPs and experiments
  • Ideas on how to test them: Testing Hypotheses – Get Out of the Building!
    • Discussion: What will you do between now and next class to get out of the building?. What are some quick ways to get quick feedback?

Minimum Viable Product

Term Products

  • Discussion: Let’s talk over students’ ideas so far for term products

Review Homework for next class