Use Lean Startup Techniques on a Remote Team by William Donnell - The Lean Startup Conference 12/10/14
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A lot of distributed companies use Lean Startup techniques for product development. But it's challenging to successfully run customer development and cross-functional experiments with remote colleagues. William Donnell, lead design and UX specialist at Sodium Halogen, teaches the creative techniques his team uses for very effective Lean Startup approaches on a virtual team.
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Use Lean Startup Techniques on a Remote Team by William Donnell - The Lean Startup Conference 12/10/14
- 1. USE LEAN STARTUP TECHNIQUES on a Remote Team William Donnell @sodiumhalogen #leanremote
- 2. I had a PROBLEM
- 3. Lots of design thinking sketches, post-its, sharpies, whiteboards - 2D stuff
- 4. How could we make Lean work for remote teams?
- 5. 7 people : 4 time zones KY TN CA ID
- 6. We do UX, UI and branding for clients all over US * *Austrailia & Brazil too
- 7. THINGS WE BELIEVE 1. Ideas come from everywhere (accounting, HR – cross-disciplinary teams) 2. Don’t have to be in same room to create those ideas (collaborate, share ideas, create awesome products and experiences)
- 8. How could we make Lean work for our remote team?
- 9. You can make LEAN work with REMOTE TEAMS, but you have to be INTENTIONAL.
- 10. TOOLS, METHODS & CULTURE
- 12. We use lots of tools to collaborate
- 13. VIDEO CHAT is best way to collaborate remotely
- 14. With DISTRIBUTED TEAMS, it’s not just about COMMUNICATION, but COMMUNITY.
- 15. Perceived Distance Theory remove senses – increase perceived distance
- 16. Perceived Distance Theory remove senses – increase perceived distance Email Chat Phone Video
- 17. Perceived Distance Theory remove senses – increase perceived distance Email Chat Phone Video
- 18. Perceived Distance Theory remove senses – increase perceived distance Email Chat Phone Video
- 19. Perceived Distance Theory remove senses – increase perceived distance Email Chat Phone Video
- 20. Perceived Distance Theory remove senses – increase perceived distance Email Chat Phone Video sweetspot!
- 21. Perceived Distance Theory remove senses – increase perceived distance Conference Call Email Chat Phone Video tear!
- 22. #IRL
- 23. #IRL
- 24. not just COMMUNICATION, but COMMUNITY.
- 25. VIDEO is the sweet spot! * *Awesome!
- 26. The BEST TOOLS for video chat are the ones you ALREADY HAVE.
- 27. The basic setup + Two laptops and video software
- 28. How can we make it BETTER?
- 29. Bring the camera to the wall
- 30. Advanced setup + add a second camera
- 31. Two camera Hangout hack one camera for faces. one for ideas.
- 32. Two camera Hangout hack one camera for faces. one for ideas. iPhone on tripod laptop cam
- 33. Two camera Hangout hack iPhone on tripod experiment hangout
- 34. Two camera Hangout hack experiment hangout
- 35. Set up TWO CAMERAS at EACH location + +
- 36. Set up TWO CAMERAS at EACH location + + +
- 37. Set up TWO CAMERAS at EACH location + + + + +
- 38. We tried VIRTUAL tools, but came back to PEN & PAPER google docs screenshot virtual stickies screenshot
- 39. Improvise
- 42. CHAT APPS
- 43. WHERE ARE WE?
- 44. PROJECT HUBS
- 45. PROJECT HUBS
- 48. Daily Standup
- 49. Daily Standup
- 50. Virtual Lunch
- 53. Hold your sketch up to the camera or share a phone pic
- 54. How can we SHARE sketches faster? live sketching
- 55. a BETTER second camera meet iPevo
- 56. a BETTER second camera get the ideas out of your head and on to paper
- 57. live sketching
- 58. How can we SHARE whiteboard work faster?
- 59. STREAMING WHITEBOARD iPhone streams online rocketboard.it
- 60. How can we SHARE user testing and user feedback?
- 61. USER TESTING iPhone screencast
- 62. How can we REDUCE LAG in the feedback loop?
- 63. Explain your ideas with screencasts
- 64. Screencasts for teams in VERY different timezones.
- 65. How can we build TRUST and team CAMARADERIE?
- 66. in CA in TN in DC CAMP POPVOX
- 68. CULTURE is what holds a team TOGETHER, & allows them to CREATE something AWESOME.
- 69. CONSIDER OTHERS truly care about your team members
- 70. We all admire SELFLESSNESS.
- 72. HUMOR
- 73. tell stories, laugh, be humans
- 74. HUMOR ‘stache
- 75. meow HUMOR
- 76. HUMOR yup, a puppet april fool’s day
- 79. HUMOR
- 80. onboarding?
- 81. I’m in the wrong hangout.
- 82. A PROBLEM solved being solved
- 83. You can make LEAN work with REMOTE TEAMS, but you have to be INTENTIONAL.
- 84. Make LEAN work with your REMOTE TEAM. these tips & more: SodiumHalogen.com/leanremote WILLIAM DONNELL wm@sodiumhalogen.com @sodiumhalogen #leanremote