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Welcome!
Please make tables of 4–6 people
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Experiment
Driven Design
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Lew Cirne, CEO New Relic
Life’s too short for
bad software.
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Output vs Outcomes
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Delivery vs Discovery
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Feasibility
DesirabilityViability
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Feasibility
DesirabilityViability
(Engineering)
(Design)(Business)
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Feasibility
Desirability
Viability
(Engineering)
(Design)
(Business)
Lean Startup
Design Thinking
Agile Delivery
What have we tried?
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Dual-Track / Staggered Sprints
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Design Sprints
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Lean UX
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LET’S TALK ABOUT IT:
What are your challenges
with continuous discovery
and design?
Experiment 

Driven Design
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HYPOTHESIS
OPPORTUNITYTEST
IDEATE
MAKE
UNDERSTAND
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VetVet™
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3 MINUTES
Discuss what it would take to
fully implement this feature.
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1 MINUTE
What will it cost?
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1 2 3 4 5
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1 MINUTE
How much are you willing to
bet that this will succeed?
1 2 3 4 5
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1 MINUTE
Compare the level of effort to
what you’re willing to bet.
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Debrief
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UNDERSTAND
Discuss what you know
about the story and what you
wish you knew.
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Debrief
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OPPORTUNITY
UNDERSTAND
How do we get that info?
Contextual inquiry
User interviews
Diary studies
Card sorting
Focus groups
Analytics
A/B testing
Eye tracking
Secondary research
Surveys
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Rich Picture
(Context)
User Persona
(People)
Process Map
(Activities)
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OPPORTUNITY
How might you reframe the
story as a user problem or
business opportunity?
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Debrief
OPPORTUNITY
RSTAND
____________________
needs a way to
____________________

because/but
___________________.
«Persona»
«Goal»
«Insight»
PROBLEM STATEMENT
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IDEATE (DIVERGE)
Brainstorm some possible
ways to solve the problem or
achieve the goal.
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Debrief
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ESIS
IDEATE
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Creative Play
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Crazy-eights
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IDEATE (CONVERGE)
Decide on the best one.
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HYPOTHESIS
Articulate what you will build
and how you will know
whether it was successful.
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Debrief
HYPOTHESIS
IDEATE
MAKE
We believe that
_________________ needs
______________________.
We accept this as true if
______________________.
«Persona»
«Proposed Solution»
«Evaluation Criteria»
HYPOTHESIS STATEMENT
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Different types of MVPs
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• Pitch MVP
• Concierge MVP
• Design Prototype
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MAKE
Do or make something!
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HYPOTHESIS
OPPORTUNITYTEST
IDEATE
MAKE
@SKOTCARRUTH
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PRINCIPLE
Simplicity—the art of
maximizing the amount of
work not done—is essential.
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Run the test by going out and
finding your customer.
TEST
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Debrief
OPPORTUNITYTEST
UNDERSTAND
We believe that
_________________ needs
______________________.
We accept this as true if
______________________.
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HYPOTHESIS STATEMENT
«Persona»
«Proposed Solution»
«Evaluation Criteria»
HYPOTHESIS
OPPORTUNITYTEST
IDEATE
MAKE
UNDERSTAND
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Some things to
consider…
It’s not a linear process; 

you can start anywhere.
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ONE
There are infinite experiments.
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TWO
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Opportunities
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Opportunities Experiments
Experiments come in vastly
different shapes and sizes.
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THREE
You can apply EDD at any scale
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• Microinteraction
• Feature
• Epic
• Product
• Organization or business model
You’re already doing it, 

whether you know it or not.
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FOUR
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What is a sprint?
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HYPOTHESIS
OPPORTUNITYTEST
IDEATE
MAKE
UNDERSTAND
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HYPOTHESIS
OPPORTUNITYTEST
IDEATE
MAKE
UNDERSTAND
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Charlie Skinner (Aaron Sorkin)
In the old days, we
did the news well.
You know how? We
just decided to.
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Thank You!
Email me: skot@philosophie.is
Tweet at me: @skotcarruth

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