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A good metric is understandable. If people can’t remember it and discuss it, it’s much harder to turn a change in the data into a change in the culture.

Lean Analytics

Alistair Croll, Benjamin Yoskovitz

At Pearson, the life cycle has six phases instead of three, but the fundamental concepts are similar. Early-stage ideas are funded with small investments and are expected to return learning rather than financial results. In other words, teams are asked to validate their business ideas and not to return a profit. Once an idea has been validated, the product council will invest additional funds and will expect more-traditional returns.

Sense and Respond

Jeff Gothelf, Josh Seiden

Anytime you’re building a new system, regardless of how technically complex it might be, testing the value of the idea is the best place to start. If no one wants it, it doesn’t matter how hard or easy it is to build it.

How I Break Down Hypotheses to Make Them Easier to Test

Jeff Gothelf

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