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This post contains some of the most insightful and impactful quotes from Lean UX by Jeff Gothelf and Josh Seiden, a book that provides valuable guidance for entrepreneurs and startup owners aiming to enhance their product development processes.
The foundations of Lean UX include principles from Agile development, design thinking, and lean startup methodologies.
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To measure outcomes, we actually need to put that thing in the world and observe how (or if) it changes people’s behaviors.
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Saying with authority that a specific combination of code, copy, and design will achieve a desired business outcome is challenging in today’s fast-changing software market.
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Assumptions are the new requirements. We must identify and declare our assumptions, and then design experiments to test them.
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For Lean UX to be successful, teams must be given problems to solve, not solutions to build.
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Business problem statements reframe the work in a way that explicitly demands that product discovery work take place.
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Providing clear measures of success expressed as key performance indicators of the business helps the team understand what success looks like and how it will be measured.
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By focusing on the business problem, teams can avoid jumping to solutions too quickly and instead work collaboratively to understand the problem and explore multiple potential solutions.
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If we can get customers to try the product, the next challenge is to get them to continue using it on a regular basis.
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Outcome-to-Impact Mapping is crucial to link user actions to business metrics and validate assumptions.
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Understanding what outcomes you’re trying to achieve for your business, organization, or clients is critical to aligning efforts and ensuring success.
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What value was it intended to deliver? Ensuring that the product delivers on its promises to users is essential for success.
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Provide clear measures of success expressed as key performance indicators that reflect user satisfaction and business objectives, helping teams stay focused and measure progress effectively.
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Collaborative design is still a designer-led activity. It’s the designer’s responsibility to not only call collaborative design meetings but facilitate them as well.
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The most effective way we’ve found to rally a team around a design direction is through collaboration.
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By focusing on these high-risk assumptions, teams can ensure that they are learning the most important things first.
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Once the most important thing to learn has been identified, the team can design experiments to test the assumptions and gather data.
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What Is an MVP Anyway? It is a version of a new product that allows a team to collect the maximum amount of validated learning with the least effort.
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Creating an MVP to Understand Value helps in validating whether users find the product valuable and if it meets their needs effectively.
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So stop thinking in terms of research studies and research phases, and instead think of research as a continuous part of your team’s operating rhythm.
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These quotes offer just a glimpse into the wealth of knowledge and practical advice contained within its pages. We highly encourage you to read the book in its entirety to fully grasp the transformative potential of Lean UX and how it can revolutionize your approach to product development and teamwork. Happy reading!
Citation: Gothelf, J., & Seiden, J. (2021). Lean UX: Designing Great Products with Agile Teams
(3rd ed.). O’Reilly Media.
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