Lean startup la recette des startups à succès. Business Model Canvas for Puppies (part I) by. As some of you may know, TaskRabbit launched a new business model on April 1st, 2012: Puppies-as-a-Service Although they chose not to continue down that path, I think it’s a fabulous idea and it’ll make a great example to use with our new Business Model Canvas.
(Note: For those not familiar with US traditions, April 1st is also known as April Fools’ Day and it generally involves a lot of silliness.) (UPDATE: Truth is stranger than fiction and there are no new ideas, Suzanne McElwee points out there there is a pet rental service in New York.) Puppies-as-a-Service In her post, Leah Busque, founder and CEO of TaskRabbit, laid out an impressive vision to change the world: Puppies are highly social and adorable animals, a leading source of uncontrollable joy and delight, with a cuddle presence on all seven continents.
I couldn’t agree more. But how can I make this vision come true? Find a Wall First thing I need to do is prep my workspace. Customer A few things to note: First, Zeek has a name! Channel. Lean Startup FR. Lean as the solution to scale agile methodologies. Agile Methodologies have already proven how efficient they are when applied on small teams to deliver software with great quality, predictability while nurturing team spirit and fostering people engagement.
There are tons of literature on that very subject out there and, in 2010, Gartner predicted that by 2012 80% of software development project will be carried out using Agile methodologies. As these methodologies have proven their value and became industry standards for small projects (PMI added the PMI Agile Certified Practictioner as a new certification which says a lot about how well this methodological toolbox has been integrated into corporatica), the detractor voices became less and less audible but for one point : scalability.
The official anti-agile persona (usually not comfortable with the change of culture related to the implementation of Agile methodologies) know they have a point here : how to scale agile on large projects with many teams ? The scalability conundrum. Lean software development. Lean software development (LSD) is a translation of lean manufacturing and lean IT principles and practices to the software development domain.
Adapted from the Toyota Production System,[1] a pro-lean subculture is emerging from within the Agile community. Origin[edit] The term lean software development originated in a book by the same name, written by Mary Poppendieck and Tom Poppendieck.[2] The book presents the traditional lean principles in a modified form, as well as a set of 22 tools and compares the tools to agile practices.
The Poppendiecks' involvement in the Agile software development community, including talks at several Agile conferences [3] has resulted in such concepts being more widely accepted within the Agile community. Lean principles[edit] Lean development can be summarized by seven principles, very close in concept to lean manufacturing principles: Eliminate waste[edit] In order to eliminate waste, one should be able to recognize it.
Amplify learning[edit] See also[edit]