Re:Unlikely Recommendations for Startups and Entrepreneurs
by tsmarsh on Monday August 05, 2013 @07:29AM
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This could have been written by my ex-boss, who hired me as a 'lean consultant', then proceeded to ignore everything I said, and do this instead. We're about to find out which of us was right; I suspect she was.
But getting to an 'Exceptional Viable Product' was tough. Constantly moving release deadlines. No idea who was 'right' in the team when it came to UX. No idea if a feature was valuable or necessary so 'done' was a constantly moving target. We ended up with a beautiful, if not bulky EVP (homerlearning.com).
Re:Unlikely Recommendations for Startups and Entrepreneurs
by rhizome on Monday August 05, 2013 @01:02PM
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Well, the initialism "EVP" says it all: "exceptional" is not measurable, so it's going to come down to the most powerful person asserting their sense of when the VP becomes E.
But getting to an 'Exceptional Viable Product' was tough. Constantly moving release deadlines. No idea who was 'right' in the team when it came to UX. No idea if a feature was valuable or necessary so 'done' was a constantly moving target. We ended up with a beautiful, if not bulky EVP (homerlearning.com).