A comprehensive step-by-step guide for getting your app idea through the complex process of validating, nurturing, creating MVP (minimal viable product), further developing, and getting it out at the market.
Uniting product development, business strategy, and agile software practices.
Covers thinking about product development wholistically from a customer-first perspective. Suggests good principles for established companies and boostrappers.
MVP: Minimum Viable Product vs. Maximum Value ProductLiquid Reality
Start-ups and product reboots are all thinking the same thing - how quickly can we get to market? The app market is break-kneck, and being first-to-market, or soon-to-market can be important, but, not at the expense of quality. In this talk we'll explore the motivations for being first, and argue the values of being "better"
From experience, we'll focus on how to convince clients and stakeholders to buy-in to quality over "fast" - as a philosophy, as a differentiator, and as a process to making it happen.
Anyone can make an app - just look at any of the app stores, but only the ones that focus on the customer, on quality, and on the entire experience as a whole will succeed.
This talk will give you a roadmap to create better products, get and keep clients on-board with your direction, and deliver outstanding products to the market.
MVP: Minimum Viable Product vs. Maximum Value Product with Adam SmithFITC
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OVERVIEW
The talk will be primarily focussed on the native (mobile & tablet) apps market, split evenly between net-new products and substantial relaunches, however the philosophies, practices and processes are equally valuable on any interactive project, across any medium, where dealing with clients and external pressures.
The unique pressures placed on new product launches in a market with unprecedented competition, constant new entrants, low discoverability, and speed of replication/ emergence of copy-cats such as the Apps Market has a tendency to make stakeholders and decision makers squirmy in the 10th & 11th hours, persuading them to opt for the shortest road to release, resulting in incomplete, lower quality, or simply half-assed products.
This talk will arm you with the tools to be the advocate for quality, experience, and feature-completeness in the face of pushback from up top – whether that be a client, or your boss
How To Build A Mobile App - From Ideation to LaunchCarlos S. Aquino
This presentation is meant to be a 40k-Foot view of the mobile application development process. Overall this guide does not meant delve into the iOS or Android programming language instead it is a guide on how to take an idea and develop it into a mobile app.
The experience is the product (for Mind The Product 2016)Peter Merholz
The field of user experience emerged to compensate for poor product management. When we recognize that "the experience is the product," it becomes clear that these two fields are closely aligned.
Uniting product development, business strategy, and agile software practices.
Covers thinking about product development wholistically from a customer-first perspective. Suggests good principles for established companies and boostrappers.
MVP: Minimum Viable Product vs. Maximum Value ProductLiquid Reality
Start-ups and product reboots are all thinking the same thing - how quickly can we get to market? The app market is break-kneck, and being first-to-market, or soon-to-market can be important, but, not at the expense of quality. In this talk we'll explore the motivations for being first, and argue the values of being "better"
From experience, we'll focus on how to convince clients and stakeholders to buy-in to quality over "fast" - as a philosophy, as a differentiator, and as a process to making it happen.
Anyone can make an app - just look at any of the app stores, but only the ones that focus on the customer, on quality, and on the entire experience as a whole will succeed.
This talk will give you a roadmap to create better products, get and keep clients on-board with your direction, and deliver outstanding products to the market.
MVP: Minimum Viable Product vs. Maximum Value Product with Adam SmithFITC
Save 10% off ANY FITC event with discount code 'slideshare'
See our upcoming events at www.fitc.ca
OVERVIEW
The talk will be primarily focussed on the native (mobile & tablet) apps market, split evenly between net-new products and substantial relaunches, however the philosophies, practices and processes are equally valuable on any interactive project, across any medium, where dealing with clients and external pressures.
The unique pressures placed on new product launches in a market with unprecedented competition, constant new entrants, low discoverability, and speed of replication/ emergence of copy-cats such as the Apps Market has a tendency to make stakeholders and decision makers squirmy in the 10th & 11th hours, persuading them to opt for the shortest road to release, resulting in incomplete, lower quality, or simply half-assed products.
This talk will arm you with the tools to be the advocate for quality, experience, and feature-completeness in the face of pushback from up top – whether that be a client, or your boss
How To Build A Mobile App - From Ideation to LaunchCarlos S. Aquino
This presentation is meant to be a 40k-Foot view of the mobile application development process. Overall this guide does not meant delve into the iOS or Android programming language instead it is a guide on how to take an idea and develop it into a mobile app.
The experience is the product (for Mind The Product 2016)Peter Merholz
The field of user experience emerged to compensate for poor product management. When we recognize that "the experience is the product," it becomes clear that these two fields are closely aligned.
[DevDay2019] Why you'll lose without UX Design - By Szilard Toth, CTO at e·pi...DevDay.org
UX Design is on a radical rise. The most successful companies like Google or Uber know that great UX is no longer a nice-to-have but a key business driver. Szilard Toth (CTO e·pilot) and Nicolas Python (Head of Design KLARA) talk about their own experience of UX Design in modern engineering environments. Whether you're a business leader or an engineer, learn why you'll lose without UX Design.
Ten "quick" tips and questions to answer and always take into consideration when designing for the users. While we might personally like the user experience and interaction design, it does not generally mean that the users will like it. Always remember, "you are not the user!"
A regular talk I give across the globe for both corporate innovation and startup ideation. I took a great group of Hubbers through the process of finding product market fit with their ideas, startups and products
[DevDay2019] Lean UX - By Bryant Castro, Bryant Castro at WizelineDevDay.org
Lean UX helps teams build the minimal product necessary to validate risky assumptions and minimize the time to market with the right product. On this lecture, Lean UX principles and its value to the product cycle will be introduced. Also, the methods and tools that will help you get feedback from users and learn rapidly will be discussed. This session is geared towards those who are interested in UX but have no much experience, those looking for new methods to improve their current product processes, and anyone interested in design, business, and user centered design.
Lean Startup Analytics and MVP – Lecture and Workshop at Zeppelin UniversitySebastian Fittko
This lecture and workshop was held at E-Entrepreneurship Summer School at Zeppelin University, Friedrichshafen.
The first part explains the differences and challenges between of a new idea driven startup and proof of concept startup (aka copycat).
The first Workshop part is on the key assumptions and hypothesis of the business ideas in the course.
The second part of the lecture is about the validation of the problem/solution fit using interview techniques.
The third part is on the Minimum Viable Product concept and 6 different MVP cases.
The second workshop is on developing a MVP concept for each of the business ideas in the course.
Finally some fundamental quantitative analytics (split testing, cohort analysis) are explained.
This deck aims at providing entrepreneurs, startup employees and young product managers a toolbox of actionable digital product management tools & techniques. It will help them discover, design & launch great products.
The Product Owner and the Product Manager, are they a single role? a single person?
Find out what people like Dean Leffingwell, Henrik Kniberg, Craig Larman, Bas Vodde, Roman Pichler and Marty Cagan have to say about this
Mobile landscape in Bucharest & Mobile Academy courses Bülent Duagi
1. Overview of the Mobile landscape in Bucharest:
* Demand increase YoY
* Companies with mobile developers
* Salaries of junior, mid and senior mobile devs
* Market trends
* Mobile development courses
2. Mobile Academy courses:
* iOS Essentials
* Android Essentials
* Mobile UI Design Fundamentals
* Future courses
Google's Official Note to Product Management CandidatesLewis Lin 🦊
Google's official note to product management candidates
Updated October 2016
Uploader's Note
Google's Text Borrows Heavily from my Google PM prep blog post from 2013: http://www.impactinterview.com/2013/09/google-product-manager-interview/
Lean UX for Startups and Enterprise: Ten Secrets to SuccessJohn Whalen
We have consulted with startups and large enterprises seeking to produce the right product (e.g., mobile app, web application) faster. We will reveal the remarkable similarities between startups and large organizations seeking to be as nimble as startups.
In a majority of cases the challenges were the same: - they were not sure how to speed development - they had difficulty balancing user and business needs - they typically had strong development teams with established methodologies that had blended agile and waterfall methodologies - they typically had little user experience expertise or input in the existing designs - designs / development builds were underway but the results of the designs were unsatisfying to users
We have done LeanUX design projects with a number of clients continuously testing and honed our process by testing various techniques: - rapid iterative design and improvement (design thinking) - brain storming sessions (design thinking) - design studios (traditional art school critiquing process) - rapid prototyping, usability testing and revision
We also want to share the pitfalls as you start to get involved in lean startup including having: - The “genius designer” mentality within the UX team - The "stay in the building until the product is ready" mentality - Different internal groups (design, development) that work against each other - Executives that swoop down and influence (aka hijack) the process - Too little contact between the designers and other team members - Too many chefs leading to poor focus - The anti-cheerleader who always says “No!”
Through a series of case studies we will describe the processes and flow that worked best for both large enterprises small startups: - Conducting a strategy workshop to align the team on business and user needs - Rapidly developing personas and scenarios as a team with all stakeholders - Conducting a design studio with all stakeholders to agree on the design directions to explore - Rapidly iterated prototype and guerilla testing - Creating non-technical, but partially functional prototypes through available tools (e.g., Axure, Proto IO, iRise)
Nearly every group we worked asked: - Does this work for a company like mine (Startup, Enterprise, Healthcare, Government, etc.)? - What was the composition of the most successful LeanUX teams? Number of team members? Types of expertise? - How did the process differ between Startups and Large Enterprises?
The Minimum Loveable Product: Go Beyond the Minimum Viable ProductDialexa
Minimum Viable Products (MVP) rarely make "good" products. We discuss an alternative: the Minimum Loveable Product. In the world of platform engineering, coordinating your software (and perhaps hardware teams) to deliver a valuable product that your target audience will use is critical to success.
http://by.dialexa.com/beyond-the-minimum-viable-product-why-you-should-build-a-minimum-loveable-product
30-Day Facebook PM Interview Study GuideLewis Lin 🦊
Excerpt from Lewis C. Lin's The Product Manager Interview https://interviewsteps.com/products/the-product-manager-interview-167-actual-questions-and-answers
An overview of how to reach Minimum Sellable Product (MSP) for early stage startups and Labs. Class offered via NY Fashion Technology Accelerator at AlleyNYC, course contributed by Koombea.
Koombea is a product development agency specializing in mobile apps and technology.
More information at koombea.com/MVP
Design Studio: The User Experience Practitioner’s Secret WeaponBrilliant Experience
We all want the best , but often other priorities get in the way: “Bob from Marketing wants it to…”, “The developers don’t like that approach...”, “That feature is a ‘nice to have’”.
This slide deck will walk you through a design studio and how it can be a great tool to align product owners, developers and UX teams on an approach that balances user and business needs.
[DevDay2019] Why you'll lose without UX Design - By Szilard Toth, CTO at e·pi...DevDay.org
UX Design is on a radical rise. The most successful companies like Google or Uber know that great UX is no longer a nice-to-have but a key business driver. Szilard Toth (CTO e·pilot) and Nicolas Python (Head of Design KLARA) talk about their own experience of UX Design in modern engineering environments. Whether you're a business leader or an engineer, learn why you'll lose without UX Design.
Ten "quick" tips and questions to answer and always take into consideration when designing for the users. While we might personally like the user experience and interaction design, it does not generally mean that the users will like it. Always remember, "you are not the user!"
A regular talk I give across the globe for both corporate innovation and startup ideation. I took a great group of Hubbers through the process of finding product market fit with their ideas, startups and products
[DevDay2019] Lean UX - By Bryant Castro, Bryant Castro at WizelineDevDay.org
Lean UX helps teams build the minimal product necessary to validate risky assumptions and minimize the time to market with the right product. On this lecture, Lean UX principles and its value to the product cycle will be introduced. Also, the methods and tools that will help you get feedback from users and learn rapidly will be discussed. This session is geared towards those who are interested in UX but have no much experience, those looking for new methods to improve their current product processes, and anyone interested in design, business, and user centered design.
Lean Startup Analytics and MVP – Lecture and Workshop at Zeppelin UniversitySebastian Fittko
This lecture and workshop was held at E-Entrepreneurship Summer School at Zeppelin University, Friedrichshafen.
The first part explains the differences and challenges between of a new idea driven startup and proof of concept startup (aka copycat).
The first Workshop part is on the key assumptions and hypothesis of the business ideas in the course.
The second part of the lecture is about the validation of the problem/solution fit using interview techniques.
The third part is on the Minimum Viable Product concept and 6 different MVP cases.
The second workshop is on developing a MVP concept for each of the business ideas in the course.
Finally some fundamental quantitative analytics (split testing, cohort analysis) are explained.
This deck aims at providing entrepreneurs, startup employees and young product managers a toolbox of actionable digital product management tools & techniques. It will help them discover, design & launch great products.
The Product Owner and the Product Manager, are they a single role? a single person?
Find out what people like Dean Leffingwell, Henrik Kniberg, Craig Larman, Bas Vodde, Roman Pichler and Marty Cagan have to say about this
Mobile landscape in Bucharest & Mobile Academy courses Bülent Duagi
1. Overview of the Mobile landscape in Bucharest:
* Demand increase YoY
* Companies with mobile developers
* Salaries of junior, mid and senior mobile devs
* Market trends
* Mobile development courses
2. Mobile Academy courses:
* iOS Essentials
* Android Essentials
* Mobile UI Design Fundamentals
* Future courses
Google's Official Note to Product Management CandidatesLewis Lin 🦊
Google's official note to product management candidates
Updated October 2016
Uploader's Note
Google's Text Borrows Heavily from my Google PM prep blog post from 2013: http://www.impactinterview.com/2013/09/google-product-manager-interview/
Lean UX for Startups and Enterprise: Ten Secrets to SuccessJohn Whalen
We have consulted with startups and large enterprises seeking to produce the right product (e.g., mobile app, web application) faster. We will reveal the remarkable similarities between startups and large organizations seeking to be as nimble as startups.
In a majority of cases the challenges were the same: - they were not sure how to speed development - they had difficulty balancing user and business needs - they typically had strong development teams with established methodologies that had blended agile and waterfall methodologies - they typically had little user experience expertise or input in the existing designs - designs / development builds were underway but the results of the designs were unsatisfying to users
We have done LeanUX design projects with a number of clients continuously testing and honed our process by testing various techniques: - rapid iterative design and improvement (design thinking) - brain storming sessions (design thinking) - design studios (traditional art school critiquing process) - rapid prototyping, usability testing and revision
We also want to share the pitfalls as you start to get involved in lean startup including having: - The “genius designer” mentality within the UX team - The "stay in the building until the product is ready" mentality - Different internal groups (design, development) that work against each other - Executives that swoop down and influence (aka hijack) the process - Too little contact between the designers and other team members - Too many chefs leading to poor focus - The anti-cheerleader who always says “No!”
Through a series of case studies we will describe the processes and flow that worked best for both large enterprises small startups: - Conducting a strategy workshop to align the team on business and user needs - Rapidly developing personas and scenarios as a team with all stakeholders - Conducting a design studio with all stakeholders to agree on the design directions to explore - Rapidly iterated prototype and guerilla testing - Creating non-technical, but partially functional prototypes through available tools (e.g., Axure, Proto IO, iRise)
Nearly every group we worked asked: - Does this work for a company like mine (Startup, Enterprise, Healthcare, Government, etc.)? - What was the composition of the most successful LeanUX teams? Number of team members? Types of expertise? - How did the process differ between Startups and Large Enterprises?
The Minimum Loveable Product: Go Beyond the Minimum Viable ProductDialexa
Minimum Viable Products (MVP) rarely make "good" products. We discuss an alternative: the Minimum Loveable Product. In the world of platform engineering, coordinating your software (and perhaps hardware teams) to deliver a valuable product that your target audience will use is critical to success.
http://by.dialexa.com/beyond-the-minimum-viable-product-why-you-should-build-a-minimum-loveable-product
30-Day Facebook PM Interview Study GuideLewis Lin 🦊
Excerpt from Lewis C. Lin's The Product Manager Interview https://interviewsteps.com/products/the-product-manager-interview-167-actual-questions-and-answers
An overview of how to reach Minimum Sellable Product (MSP) for early stage startups and Labs. Class offered via NY Fashion Technology Accelerator at AlleyNYC, course contributed by Koombea.
Koombea is a product development agency specializing in mobile apps and technology.
More information at koombea.com/MVP
Design Studio: The User Experience Practitioner’s Secret WeaponBrilliant Experience
We all want the best , but often other priorities get in the way: “Bob from Marketing wants it to…”, “The developers don’t like that approach...”, “That feature is a ‘nice to have’”.
This slide deck will walk you through a design studio and how it can be a great tool to align product owners, developers and UX teams on an approach that balances user and business needs.
новые технологии при разработке нативного I os приложения в рамках проекта ст...Provectus
Сегодня в рамках направления «Knowlage Sharing» у нас состоялся интересный доклад. Андрей Бойко Senior iOS Developer, стажеры Дима Куликов и Вика Мацкевич рассказали о стэке технологий, которые они использовали для реализации нативного iOS клиента «PROVENG» в рамках проекта стажировки Provectus.
Мы поговорили о Swift 2.x/3.x vs Objective-C, Alamofire, Object Mapper, Realm, Eureka, Fabric.
Ребята рассказали о достоинствах и недостатках вышеперечисленных технологий, о тех проблемах с которыми они столкнулись.
Your Mobile App & The User Persona You Should Have.pdfAnadea3
This concise, information-packed e-book will walk you through the essential steps to craft detailed, insightful user personas that will ultimately elevate your business, using the real case from Anadea's practice.
Creating an app seems to be a challenging task. But in reality, it doesn’t have to be that difficult. Take a deep breath if you find yourself getting stressed out by all the information you need to know to design an app. Cloudester will help you understand not only the advantages of having an app to grow your business but also how to create an app.
We all are aware that without marketing no product can sustain the tough competitive market, unless you have an exceptional product that doesn’t require marketing, which is quite rare. Even big brands can’t escape the necessity of marketing.
App stores, in such a short time, have grown beyond imagination. Today, there are more than 1.6 millions of apps, which mean you need to have a strong app marketing strategy to ensure that you app gets desired visibility in app stores
Read More: http://mobisoftinfotech.com/resources/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/App-Merketing-Pitfalls.pdf
ProductTank Amsterdam - IceMobile Karlijn van den Bergicemobile
Product management means different things in different environments, but there is always some common ground. ProductTank Amsterdam organised a session to hear from 3 PMs in different types of companies, to understand their responsibilities, daily tasks and daily struggles.
IceMobile's Experience Director Karlijn van den Berg focussed on the similarities and differences between product management in agencies and companies.
What comes to your mind when you hear about the accomplishments and success stories of Uber, Airbnb and more? The best thing about success is the fact that it is directly influenced by you.
Every entrepreneur wants to be an exception, but do you know what it takes to become a multi-million dollar company?
App marketing is crucial since it will help you increase your app visibility and improves downloads. Thus, avoid these 5 marketing pitfalls - mobisoftinfotech.com
App market has gone tremendously in the recent past. This young market has flourished beyond imagination and is expanding at a much faster rate. In such a market, it is necessary that you have right marketing strategy in whose absence sustaining would be close to impossible.
This is why today every app owner demands a well experienced app marketing expert who could help them market their app on different app stores. Though, one rely completely on the app marketing expert, there are certain pointers that can be missed easily.
For instance, content. For an app owner, content may not play vital role in app marketing whereas it could be used wisely to generate traffic and make your app visible on app stores. One can write blogs, publish social media posts, and can use App Store Optimization technique to get the attention of their potential users.
Likewise, the loading speed of your app would play a vital role in helping you get desired attention. You need to ensure that your app should load fast, within seconds; otherwise your potential users won’t show any interest on your app, and thus the chances of moving out of the app store increases. So, if you want to stay up in the market, avoiding these app marketing pitfalls are important
Want to know what you can do to prepare for app development and cut cost in the process! This slide deck will list the questions you should be answering and give you valuable information to minimize the cost associated with app development.
Mistakes while hiring mobile app developersValueCoders
Mobile app development is a complex process. It needs the designer, developer, tester and the client to come on a common platform and be sure of what everyone is looking for.
Top 10 Mistakes That Teach Right Way To Hire Dedicated Development TeamKaty Slemon
Learn the most common mistakes you are likely to make when you hire dedicated development team and how to avoid these mistakes to find a qualified team.
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Highest quality code in your SaaS project. Why should you care about it as a ...The Codest
We are launching a SaaS report dedicated to the whole SaaS market.
It is a useful pill of knowledge for the non-technical founders who are struggling with many challenges, especially the technological ones. In the report, we cover the specific problems/dilemmas such as:
- Is it worth making SaaS start-up if you are a non-technical founder?
- What are the biggest challenges to a non-technical founder?
- MVP as the most popular way to deliver product time to market
- Useful tips on how to build a SaaS product in 6 simple steps
Check out the report and make sure to eliminate common mistakes that can hurt your business. Are you a non-technical founder? Don’t worry!
In the short tutorial, you will learn how to successfully build a SaaS product with no programming skills.
Looking to make your document processing operations more effective and cost-efficient with AI/ML? Learn from the experts of Provectus and Amazon Web Services (AWS) how to choose the right solution for your company! We will look into the management and engineering perspectives of AI document processing, from industry use cases and the solution map to our unique methodology for assessing available document processing solutions to Provectus IDP. Whether you are looking for a ready-made solution or you plan to build a custom solution of your own, this webinar will help you find the best option for your business.
Agenda
- Introductions
- Industry use cases
- Intelligent Document Processing (IDP) overview
- IDP Solutions map
- AWS IDP Solution
- Provectus IDP Platform
- Q&A
Intended Audience
Technology executives and decision makers, including such roles as CIO, CCO, COO, and CDO; digital transformation managers; data and ML engineers.
Presenters
Almir Davletov, IDP Subject Matter Expert, Provectus
Yaroslav Tarasyuk, Business Development, Provectus
Sonali Sahu, Sr. Solutions Architect, AWS
Interested? Learn more about Provectus Intelligent Document Processing Solution: https://provectus.com/document-processing-solution/
Intelligent Document Processing in Healthcare. Choosing the Right Solutions.Provectus
Healthcare organizations generate piles of documents and forms in different formats, making it difficult to achieve operational excellence and streamline business processes. Manual entry and OCR are no longer viable, and healthcare entities are looking for new solutions to handle documents.
In this presentation you can learn about:
- Healthcare document types and use cases
- IDP framework: building blocks for document processing solutions
- The document processing market landscape
- Methodology for solution evaluation: comparing apples to apples
Whether you are looking for a ready-made solution or plan to build a custom solution of your own, this webinar will help you find the best fit for your healthcare use cases.
Choosing the Right Document Processing Solution for Healthcare OrganizationsProvectus
Looking to automate document processing in your healthcare organization? Learn from Provectus & AWS experts how to make data capture, conversion, and analytics more efficient. Process and manage documents faster and on a larger scale with AI & Machine Learning.
In this presentation, we offer management and engineering perspectives on document processing with AI, to help you explore available options. Whether you are looking for a ready-made solution or plan to build a custom solution of your own, this webinar will help you find the best fit for your healthcare use cases.
MLOps and Data Quality: Deploying Reliable ML Models in ProductionProvectus
Looking to build a robust machine learning infrastructure to streamline MLOps? Learn from Provectus experts how to ensure the success of your MLOps initiative by implementing Data QA components in your ML infrastructure.
For most organizations, the development of multiple machine learning models, their deployment and maintenance in production are relatively new tasks. Join Provectus as we explain how to build an end-to-end infrastructure for machine learning, with a focus on data quality and metadata management, to standardize and streamline machine learning life cycle management (MLOps).
Agenda
- Data Quality and why it matters
- Challenges and solutions of Data Testing
- Challenges and solutions of Model Testing
- MLOps pipelines and why they matter
- How to expand validation pipelines for Data Quality
AI Stack on AWS: Amazon SageMaker and BeyondProvectus
Looking to learn more about AWS AI stack? Join experts from Provectus & AWS to find out how to use Amazon SageMaker (with combination with other tools and services) to enable enterprise-wide AI.
Companies are looking to scale and become more productive when it comes to AI and data initiatives. They seek to launch AI projects more rapidly, which, among many other factors, requires a robust machine learning infrastructure. In this webinar, you will learn how to create a canonical SageMaker workflow, expand the SageMaker workflow to a holistic implementation, enhance and expand the implementation using best practices for feature store, data versioning, ML pipeline orchestration, and model monitoring.
Agenda
- Introductions
- Amazon SageMaker Overview
- Real-World Use Case
- Data Lake for Machine Learning
- Amazon SageMaker Experiments
- Orchestration Beyond SageMaker Experiments
- Amazon SageMaker Debugger
- Amazon SageMaker Model Monitor
- Webinar Takeaways
Intended audience
Technology executives & decision makers, manager-level tech roles, data engineers & data scientists, ML practitioners & ML engineers, and developers
Presenters
- Stepan Pushkarev, Chief Technology Officer, Provectus
- Pritpal Sahota, Technical Account Manager, Provectus
- Christopher A. Burns, Sr. AI/ML Solution Architect, AWS
Feel free to share this presentation with your colleagues and don't hesitate to reach out to us at info@provectus.com if you have any questions!
REQUEST WEBINAR: https://provectus.com/ai-stack-on-aws-sagemaker-and-beyond-mar-2020/
Feature Store as a Data Foundation for Machine LearningProvectus
Looking to design and build a centralized, scalable Feature Store for your Data Science & Machine Learning teams to take advantage of? Come and learn from experts of Provectus and Amazon Web Services (AWS) how to!
Feature Store is a key component of the ML stack and data infrastructure, which enables feature engineering and management. By having a Feature Store, organizations can save massive amounts of resources, innovate faster, and drive ML processes at scale. In this webinar, you will learn how to build a Feature Store with a data mesh pattern and see how to achieve consistency between real-time and training features, to improve reproducibility with time-traveling for data.
Agenda
- Modern Data Lakes & Modern ML Infrastructure
- Existing and Emerging Architectural Shifts
- Feature Store: Overview and Reference Architecture
- AWS Perspective on Feature Store
Intended Audience
Technology executives & decision makers, manager-level tech roles, data architects & analysts, data engineers & data scientists, ML practitioners & ML engineers, and developers
Presenters
- Stepan Pushkarev, Chief Technology Officer, Provectus
- Gandhi Raketla, Senior Solutions Architect, AWS
- German Osin, Senior Solutions Architect, Provectus
Feel free to share this presentation with your colleagues and don't hesitate to reach out to us at info@provectus.com if you have any questions!
REQUEST WEBINAR: https://provectus.com/webinar-feature-store-as-data-foundation-for-ml-nov-2020/
MLOps and Reproducible ML on AWS with Kubeflow and SageMakerProvectus
Looking to implement MLOps using AWS services and Kubeflow? Come and learn about machine learning from the experts of Provectus and Amazon Web Services (AWS)!
Businesses recognize that machine learning projects are important but go beyond just building and deploying models, which is mostly done by organizations. Successful ML projects entail a complete lifecycle involving ML, DevOps, and data engineering and are built on top of ML infrastructure.
AWS and Amazon SageMaker provide a foundation for building infrastructure for machine learning while Kubeflow is a great open source project, which is not given enough credit in the AWS community. In this webinar, we show how to design and build an end-to-end ML infrastructure on AWS.
Agenda
- Introductions
- Case Study: GoCheck Kids
- Overview of AWS Infrastructure for Machine Learning
- Provectus ML Infrastructure on AWS
- Experimentation
- MLOps
- Feature Store
Intended Audience
Technology executives & decision makers, manager-level tech roles, data engineers & data scientists, ML practitioners & ML engineers, and developers
Presenters
- Stepan Pushkarev, Chief Technology Officer, Provectus
- Qingwei Li, ML Specialist Solutions Architect, AWS
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Intended audience
Technology executives & decision makers, manager-level tech roles, data engineers & data scientists, and developers
Presenters
- Stepan Pushkarev, Chief Technology Officer, Provectus
- Pritpal Sahota, Technical Account Manager, Provectus
- Nirav Shah, Senior Solutions Architect, AWS
- Perry Peterson, Business Development Manager, AWS
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AWS Dev Day Kyiv 2019
Track: Analytics & Machine Learning
Session: "Building a Modern Data platform in the Cloud"
Speaker: Alex Casalboni, AWS Technical Evangelist
Level: 300
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AWS Dev Day Kyiv 2019
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Session: "How to build a global serverless service"
Speaker: Alex Casalboni, AWS Technical Evangelist
Level: 400
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AWS Dev Day Kyiv 2019
Track: Backend & Architecture
Session: "Automating AWS Infrastructure with PowerShell"
Speaker: Martin Beeby, AWS Principle Evangelist
Level: 300
AWS Dev Day is a free, full-day technical event where new developers will learn about some of the hottest topics in cloud computing, and experienced developers can dive deep on newer AWS services.
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"Analyzing your web and application logs", Javier Ramirez, AWS Dev Day Kyiv 2...Provectus
AWS Dev Day Kyiv 2019
Track: Analytics & Machine Learning
Session: "Analyzing your web and application logs"
Speaker: Javier Ramirez, AWS Technical Evangelist
Level: 300
AWS Dev Day is a free, full-day technical event where new developers will learn about some of the hottest topics in cloud computing, and experienced developers can dive deep on newer AWS services.
Provectus has organized AWS Dev Day Kyiv in close collaboration with Amazon Web Services: 800+ participants, 18 sessions, 3 tracks, a really AWSome Day!
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"Resiliency and Availability Design Patterns for the Cloud", Sebastien Storma...Provectus
AWS Dev Day Kyiv 2019
Track: Backend & Architecture
Session: "Resiliency and Availability Design Patterns for the Cloud"
Speaker: Sebastien Stormacq, AWS Technical Evangelist
Level: 400
AWS Dev Day is a free, full-day technical event where new developers will learn about some of the hottest topics in cloud computing, and experienced developers can dive deep on newer AWS services.
Provectus has organized AWS Dev Day Kyiv in close collaboration with Amazon Web Services: 800+ participants, 18 sessions, 3 tracks, a really AWSome Day!
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"Architecting SaaS solutions on AWS", Oleksandr Mykhalchuk, AWS Dev Day Kyiv ...Provectus
AWS Dev Day Kyiv 2019
Track: Backend & Architecture
Session: ""Architecting SaaS solutions on AWS""
Speaker: Oleksandr Mykhalchuk, Director of DevOps & Cloud Services at Softserve
Level: 300
Video: https://youtu.be/3lKoe-ts8Qs
AWS Dev Day is a free, full-day technical event where new developers will learn about some of the hottest topics in cloud computing, and experienced developers can dive deep on newer AWS services.
Provectus has organized AWS Dev Day Kyiv in close collaboration with Amazon Web Services: 800+ participants, 18 sessions, 3 tracks, a really AWSome Day!
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"Developing with .NET Core on AWS", Martin Beeby, AWS Dev Day Kyiv 2019Provectus
AWS Dev Day Kyiv 2019
Track: Modern Application Development
Session: "Developing with .NET Core on AWS"
Speaker: Martin Beeby, AWS Principle Evangelist
Level: 300
AWS Dev Day is a free, full-day technical event where new developers will learn about some of the hottest topics in cloud computing, and experienced developers can dive deep on newer AWS services.
Provectus has organized AWS Dev Day Kyiv in close collaboration with Amazon Web Services: 800+ participants, 18 sessions, 3 tracks, a really AWSome Day!
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"How to build real-time backends", Martin Beeby, AWS Dev Day Kyiv 2019Provectus
AWS Dev Day Kyiv 2019
Track: Backend & Architecture
Session: "How to build real-time backends"
Speaker: Martin Beeby, AWS Principle Evangelist
Level: 300
AWS Dev Day is a free, full-day technical event where new developers will learn about some of the hottest topics in cloud computing, and experienced developers can dive deep on newer AWS services.
Provectus has organized AWS Dev Day Kyiv in close collaboration with Amazon Web Services: 800+ participants, 18 sessions, 3 tracks, a really AWSome Day!
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"Integrate your front end apps with serverless backend in the cloud", Sebasti...Provectus
AWS Dev Day Kyiv 2019
Track: Modern Application Development
Session: "Integrate your front end apps with serverless backend in the cloud"
Speaker: Sebastien Stormacq, AWS Technical Evangelist
Level: 200
AWS Dev Day is a free, full-day technical event where new developers will learn about some of the hottest topics in cloud computing, and experienced developers can dive deep on newer AWS services.
Provectus has organized AWS Dev Day Kyiv in close collaboration with Amazon Web Services: 800+ participants, 18 sessions, 3 tracks, a really AWSome Day!
Now, together with Zeo Alliance, we're building and nurturing AWS User Group Ukraine — join us on Facebook to stay updated about cloud technologies and AWS services: https://www.facebook.com/groups/AWSUserGroupUkraine
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6z43H11qoU8&t=1s
"Scaling ML from 0 to millions of users", Julien Simon, AWS Dev Day Kyiv 2019Provectus
AWS Dev Day Kyiv 2019
Track: Analytics & Machine Learning
Session: ""Scaling ML from 0 to millions of users""
Speaker: Julien Simon, Global AI & Machine Learning Evangelist at AWS
Level: 300
AWS Dev Day is a free, full-day technical event where new developers will learn about some of the hottest topics in cloud computing, and experienced developers can dive deep on newer AWS services.
Provectus has organized AWS Dev Day Kyiv in close collaboration with Amazon Web Services: 800+ participants, 18 sessions, 3 tracks, a really AWSome Day!
Now, together with Zeo Alliance, we're building and nurturing AWS User Group Ukraine — join us on Facebook to stay updated about cloud technologies and AWS services: https://www.facebook.com/groups/AWSUserGroupUkraine
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N73u1mx9DqY
How to implement authorization in your backend with AWS IAMProvectus
AWS Dev Day Kyiv 2019
Track: Backend & Architecture
Session: ""How to implement authorization in your backend with AWS IAM""
Speaker: Stas Ivaschenko, AWS solutions architect at Provectus
Level: 400
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Jje_WJ4V7Q
AWS Dev Day is a free, full-day technical event where new developers will learn about some of the hottest topics in cloud computing, and experienced developers can dive deep on newer AWS services.
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2. Let’s start from two harsh truths here:
HARSH TRUTH #1: IDEAS ARE NOTHING.
The modern tech advances have reduced the value of ideas to dust, trivialized it,
neglected it. Everyone has ideas, some good, some bad. In fact, no one even cares
whether your idea is good or bad – both can work equally well or not work at all. Did
you know Twitter started as a podcasting company?
3. HARSH TRUTH #2: EXECUTION IS EVERYTHING.
After the adrenaline wears off, will you keep at it? Think about Kelly Slater, one of
the best surfers ever. How great does it sound to surf for a living? Well
imagine surfing every, single, day, day-in and day-out, for decades. The days you’re
sick. The days it’s so cold you feel like you lost your wetsuit. The days your bones
won’t stop aching. That’s what executing on an idea is. Ready for that? Then proudly
read on this comprehensive step-by-step guide to making your app something real.
As Gary Vaynerchuk said: “Execution is sexy”.
4. Step 0: Realize the competition
If you’ve missed the last guide on How to choose the right software development
company, we strongly recommend reading that guide to have an idea of costs and
geography, as that will have an impact on the decisions you have to take here.
According to Statista, the number of apps in Google Play and Apple App
Store stood at 1,6 and 1,5 million, as of July ‘15. That’s your competition.
The worst part is, however, that all these apps are not ideas, they are
already opportunities.
Also read [SlideShare]: Competitive analysis during idea validation
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5. Step 0: Realize the competition
Nobody will stand still to wait until you’ve arrived, and give you a head on start.
Knowing that (and not letting it bring you down) is a crucial part of success.
Your competition have developed marketed, and even started generate revenue
from their products. But fret not, this step-by step guide will help you transform
your app idea into a real asset, if you’re determined enough.
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6. Step 1: Validate the idea
First thing to do when you decide to bring your app idea to life is to validate it. Only
after successful validation, you should begin thinking on hiring developers and
designers, keeping yourself busy with copyright and trademark rights, starting your
own company or hiring someone to do the job.
How to validate your app idea?
There are several options, each with advantages and disadvantages. You can also
combine the following options for better validation.
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7. 1.1 Self-validating the idea
Analyze the target market by yourself
You can do the validation all alone if you have the proper skills. You should
supposedly know a lot about the niche you’re going to enter, and a thorough
analysis won’t be a problem.
Answer the following questions:
● Does the target audience really want my app?
● Are there any other similar apps in the niche?
● Is the competition strong (be thorough here)?
● Can I get profit if I offer unique features?
● Can I monetize the app in this niche?
● Is the niche big enough?
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8. 1.1 Self-validating the idea
In case you don’t know how to run a ‘smart’ analysis, make it simple - just approach
your potential customers and speak to them. It is a really effective way of finding
out what your target audience wants.
Remember: your app must solve a problem you target audience has; so having a
frank talk with it is necessary, even if your analysis is statistics-based.
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9. 1.1 Self-validating the idea
Pros:
● Your idea is safe with you;
● You save money because you do not hire anyone to do the validation;
● You know the niche, but the analysis can help you come up with even better
ideas;
Cons:
● You can fail to do the analysis properly, which will cost you in the future;
● You don’t get professional advice, which may make the difference for the whole
project;
● You lose too much precious time - someone else may utilize similar app idea and
capture the niche.
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10. 1.2 Outreach validation
Ask family and friends – even if they’re not experts in the niche, you’ll likely get
valuable insights. If you happen to have friends who are designers, developers and
marketers, you can ask for their professional advice. Find those you can trust.
Pros:
● If your friends are professionals and you trust them, their advice will make a huge
difference. Being professionals, they look in all the flaws of your idea and may
instantly figure out that there is no point in pursuing it at all;
● Your friends can help you design and develop the app. It can be easier to work
with the people you know.
Cons:
● Or the opinions can be biased;
● The whole thing may ruin your friendship.
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11. 1.3 Validate by networking
Attend industry events and talk to professionals
Events organized by Startup Weekend and Meetup are ‘converge spots’ for dozens
of IT professionals from all over the globe. Don’t be afraid and visit the next event
right away. Find your bearings and talk with people around you – even not saying
much about your app idea, you can still find a ton of valuable information to guide
you through.
Of course, being too ‘chatty’ about your app idea may be dangerous. You never
know that friendly guy doesn’t overcome you and win the race to the Forbes’ richest
with your idea. Risk it, but be careful.
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12. Step 2: Create an MVP
Well, you’ve done the analysis, talked to friends and professionals. You’re sure that
your app idea is viable, and even professionals think so, but what about the real
market? Here’s the most difficult part begins - you should develop an MVP and test
it.
MVP, or Minimal Viable Product, is a small, functional prototype of your future app.
To make it to the market, you should hire a designer and a developer (or several
developers). The first will work on how the app looks, the second - develop basic
functionality for A/B testing. Make sure you hire professionals with experience
because you’ll rely on their expertise and advice. Also, they may be of much help in
the future when it comes to real stuff.
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13. Step 3: Finding developers
Way #1: Hiring Freelancers
Most likely you’ve hired freelance developers and designers to work on your MVP,
so it is obvious that you can do the same thing to develop the app itself. Elance.com,
oDesk.com, Freelancer.com, Staff.com, TopTal.com and other freelance resources
are abundant with professionals from the U.S., Western and Eastern Europe, India
and Pakistan, and other regions of the world. Craigslist is also a nice platform to look
for freelancers.
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14. 3.1 Hiring freelancers
Pros:
● Hourly rates may vary but are generally lower than with design agencies;
● You can hire the best professionals from all over the globe, not limiting yourself
by geography (in this case you should be ready to pay the extra buck).
Cons:
● It’s always hard to control freelance workers. You never know what this new hire
from Bangladesh is doing when you’re asleep in California, so each step should
be documented;
● You should have a very detailed plan, and for that you should have the
tech/design background, as well as the time and skill to actually manage your
freelancer(s).
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15. Note: non-disclosure agreement is a must. Be sure to make it
clear that copyright infringement is prohibited and will be
prosecuted.
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16. 3.2 Choosing development partners
Find passionate partners – be it an individual freelancer or a software development
company. Find those who care about your idea. Or find the ones you’ll love to work
with and make them care sharing your own enthusiasm.
People feel when the product or service is done with passion. Find developers,
designers, and marketers who really believe in your idea. They can be your friends
or freelancers you hired for your MVP or professionals you met at the events or just
colleagues from you previous job - give them a chance!
Note: non-disclosure agreement is a must, too.
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17. We’ve covered this topic thoroughly in the last guide, Comprehensive Guide on
Choosing the Right Software Development Company, so read it to have some
valuable insights. As for now, mind that hiring a team of seasoned reputed
professionals to work on your app idea is a smart move for so many reasons.
However, it comes at a cost.
3.3 Hiring an agency
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18. At any rate a local development service provider would be an ideal choice. Same
language, same time zone, common cultural values, but at a cost of higher prices,
especially if you live in the US, UK or Australia. The prices may vary by an order of
magnitude. If budget is not the principal decision factor – local companies may be
the one-stop decision for you.
3.3 Hiring an agency
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19. 3.3 Hiring an agency
Pros:
● You don’t overmanage – companies have processes and infrastructure set up;
● You work with professional people. Top-notch developers, designers, testers and
marketers who care about their reputation;
● You are covered from copyright and trademark standpoint;
● The team will most likely have very positive suggestions to improve your product.
Cons:
● Upfront costs are high. Your project is probably not the only one currently
ongoing with the company;
● Communication problems may occur if working with agencies overseas, because
of language and time zone differences.
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20. 3.4 Creating your own startup
This topic is so massive, that covering it is a tough task on itself. However, creating
your own company or startup is a viable option, especially if you decide on the
partnership thing. It is a much better option from the law standpoint and allows you
to work on copyright and trademark for your app. Also, you can find only one
partner – for example, it can be a person with tech background. You can make this
partner your CTO, while focusing on management and marketing.
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21. 3.4 Creating your own startup
Pros:
● It’s legal. In case of copyright infringement (by partners, in-house
employees, freelancers), you have much better chances in court;
● You are the CEO, not just a person who came up with the idea in the first
place and then found all these people to make it done.
Cons:
● You should be a real leader, motivated and ready to overcome severe
difficulties;
● You’ll have to pay taxes and salaries. A group of people working in your
garage doesn’t have to do much with IRS, but if you have a company or a
startup, you are obliged to pay taxes and salaries. Red tape included.
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22. Summing up
Bringing your app idea to life is rather difficult, even if you have the budget. You
need to validate your app idea, which is tough on its own. You need to design and
develop the MVP. You need to find ways of developing and marketing the real app
afterwards.
The easiest route is to hire a development company in the first place. Professionals
will validate your app, then design, develop and make it to the market. And then
support it. They can skip the MVP stage because their experience allows them to.
The bad news is, you need to have enough money to pay for it.
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23. Summing up
Then, you can find your own startup company. You’ve already validated the app and
attracted passionate people to work on the project. Now, you can run your MVP and
analyze the market one more time. When it’s done, develop and market the app,
and get profit. The downside is that you’ll work on equity terms. It means you’ll
have to share the profit with your co-workers.
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24. Summing up
Also, you can do quite the same thing but without having to start your company
officially. Again, you’ll have to split profit in the future (in case the whole thing
doesn’t break down or your partner runs away with your idea).
Don’t forget about the non-disclosure agreement (NDA). And the last but not the
least option is to rely on freelancers. You don’t need to split your future profit with
them. You need to strictly control them and have staunch technical background to
check their work, though. Signing non-disclosure agreements with each freelancer is
a must.
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25. That’s pretty much it. Hope, you’ll choose one that suits you best. Follow and stay
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26. How to (and should you?) turn your
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A comprehensive step-by-step guide from idea to market