My recent class at General Assembly. Hope you enjoy.

1. INTRO TO LEAN
PRODUCT
MANAGEMENT
Dominique Aubry, Chief Operating Officer 2020Shift

2. AGENDAAGENDA
‣Definition & History of Lean
‣Build-Measure-Learn Model
‣Lean in the business unit
‣Lean techniques
‣Lean Mindsets

3. LEAN DEFINITION

4. Eliminating waste and non-value-added activity
(NVA) through continuous improvement
What is Lean?

5. BUILD-MEASURE-
LEARN

6. Build- Measure- Learn (BML)

7. Build- Measure- Learn (BML)
What is the Minimum Viable
Product ( MVP) ?

8. Build- Measure- Learn (BML)
What is the Minimum Viable
Product ( MVP) ?
What variable am I isolating ?

9. Build- Measure- Learn (BML)
What is the Minimum Viable
Product ( MVP) ?
What variable am I isolating ?
What metric(s) matter/s?

10. Learn- Measure- Build (LMB)

11. Learn- Measure- Build (LMB)
What do I want to
determine is true or false?

12. Learn- Measure- Build (LMB)
What do I want to
determine is true or false?
What test will help me
determine the answer?

13. Learn- Measure- Build (LMB)
What do I want to
determine is true or false?
What test will help me
determine the answer?
What do I need to
create the test ?

14. THE FLITZ
Who is my core customer?

15. Learn- Measure- Build (LMB)
What do I want to
determine is true or false?
What test will help me
determine the answer?
What do I need to
create the test ?

16. Build- Measure- Learn (BML)
What is the Minimum Viable
Product ( MVP) ?
What variable am I isolating ?
What metric(s) matter/s?

17. LEAN IN THE
BUSINESS UNIT

20. Traditional PM Lean PM
Determines new features Works toward goals
Gathers business requirements Explores problems
Get’s Stakeholder buy-in Shows stakeholders data
Writes out spec’s for user story Writes user problem
Manages product roadmap Manages “problem” roadmap
The Role of the Lean PM

27. LEAN TECHNIQUES

28. Hypotheses
A/B Testing
Customer Interviews
Funnel Analysis
LEAN TOOLS

29. AGILE TOOLS
Sprints
Boards
User Stories
Acceptance Tests

30. LEAN QUESTION TECHNIQUE
1) 1) What are your qualifying questions?
1) A question that identifies if the source is valid
2) 2) What factors are truly rigid?
3) 3) What is required for us to feel confident moving forward?

31. LEAN MINDSETS

32. 1. 1.Velocity
2. Adaptability
3. Flexibility
4. Recoup-ability
5. Agility