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Lean Thinking. Week 2. Agenda. 5:30 – Team Stand Up 5: 40 – Lean Thinking 6 :00 – Activity : Brainstorming 6:45 – Activity: Market Research 7:25 – Review. Objectives. Introduce Lean Thinking Model Exposure to Market Research Techniques. Review Stand Up.
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Lean Thinking Week 2
Agenda • 5:30 – Team Stand Up • 5:40 – Lean Thinking • 6:00 – Activity: Brainstorming • 6:45 – Activity: Market Research • 7:25 – Review
Objectives • Introduce Lean Thinking Model • Exposure to Market Research Techniques
Review Stand Up • Called Stand Up because you stand up during the meeting - everyone! • A Stand Up starts every session with teams (in person or virtual) • Timeboxed meeting (ends on time)
Lean Thinking • Speaker Name: • Title • Credentials
Why do Startups Fail? “The vast majority of startups fail NOT because they could not build a great product or technology, but because no one wanted the product!” — Steve Blank
What is Lean Thinking? A combination of the Lean Startup Model and Design Thinking, two strategies of approaching product design and development.
Lean “Lean”refers to a set of methodologies that expose the relationship between what you think about a product and what is true about that product
Why Lean? Why is it important to apply Lean Thinking to this program?
Lean Doing • Testing our assumptions about everything: the user/customer, the problems, the needs • Speaking to real customers as much as possible(moms and friends don't count – unless they are your customer) • Learning as much as we can about our market and our business quickly • Making consistent, incremental steps toward “launching” our business with an iterative approach Courtesy: Launchbit - Launch your Startup
Applying Lean Thinking • Brainstorm Science Education problem • Hypothesize a solution to the problem • Test what you think is true about the problem and solution by talking to potential users • Validate every aspect - problem, solution, product, market • Find and validate a viable business model • Build a minimum viable product (your app)
Test the Assumptions about User – Problem – Solution • Who is the user/customer? • What is their problem or unmet need? • What is solution?
Activity: Brainstorming • Set a clear goal • Timebox session • Appoint a person to record ideas - Scribe • Rules of Engagement: • Write down main ideas • Piggy-back ideas • NO criticism of any idea • DO NOT evaluate an idea
Brainstorming Find the Brainstorming tab in your team’s Technovation Workspace on Google Docs
Get Ready to Research • Group the ideas by subject/topics • Write a problem statement • Brainstorm possible solutions to the problem statement (record in Workspace)
Problem / Solution Find the Problem/Solution tab in your team’s Technovation Workspace on Google Docs
Market Research Think of: • People who might have this problem • Online communities that would be interested in a solution to the problem • Other solutions designed to solve the problem (may or may not be software) • Companies that sell other stuff to prospects
Market Research Find the Market Research tab in your team’s Technovation Workspace on Google Docs
Reminder:Weekly Reflections • What did your team like about this week? • What challenges did your team have this week? • Anything else your team would like to share?
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Ongoing Offsite Activities • Learn App Inventor • Continue to do market research