PRACTICAL GUIDE ON
HOW TO APPLY THE
LEAN METHODOLOGY
FOR PD
Hello!
I am Billy
I am a Product
Manager at a game
technology startup.
You can find me at:
@BilyanaVacheva
https://productmanageronth
ego.wordpress.com/
WHAT IS LEAN
PRODUCT
DEVELOPMENT?
IDEA
BUILD
CODEDATA
MEASURE
LEARN
Minimize time
Assume nothing! Test everything and apply
what you have learned to create a product
your target market needs.
➜ Investing time and resources in a
“wrong product / feature”
➜ Failing to identify a prospective market
segment
➜ Communicating a weak message to
prospective clients
➜Underprice / Overprice your product
WRONG ASSUMPTIONS LEAD TO :
➜Design a hypothesis
➜Come up with an experiment which will
help you prove/ disprove the hypothesis
➜Choose a metric for success
➜Conduct the experiment
➜Make conclusions
➜Change your product or business model
HOW TO TEST YOUR ASSUMPTIONS?
EXAMPLE
Based on my experience as a
PM
Problem
I want to learn what the needs and problems of teams
working on mobile game UI are.
How could I talk to them?
Hypothesis
Hypothesis 1
I believe that if I reach
mobile game
developers via
Linkedin, they will
provide me with
feedback.
Hypothesis 2
I believe that if I reach
mobile game
developers via Email
they will provide me
with feedback.
Experiments
Experiment 1
Get in touch with 10
people via Linkedin
and ask them to share
their experience.
Experiment 2
Get in touch with 10
people via Email and
ask them to share
their experience.
50%
Response rate via email
DESIGN A
MEANINGFUL
HYPOTHESIS AND
A MEASURABLE
EXPERIMENT
“I believe that target group X will do Y, within a
specific time range”
FOCUS ON VALIDATING HYPOTHESIS
CRUCIAL FOR YOUR PRODUCT OR
BUSINESS!
CHOOSE A MEASURE FOR
SUCCESS
Thanks!
Any questions?
Get in touch:
@BilyanaVacheva
https://productmanageronthego.wo
rdpress.com/

Lean methodology for product development