Sprint | Book Series

Overview:

The book “Sprint: Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days” is written by the author Jake Knapp, and his co-authors John Zeratsky and Braden Kowitz. The book offers a unique transformative formula for testing ideas that works whether you’re running a startup or a large organization. It gives you a confidence to move from your current prototype to a decision, saving you and your team’s countless hours and dollars.

The authors of this book are the three partners at Google Ventures, highlighting a five-day process to solve tough problems, proven to be successful at more than 100 companies. Nowadays the Entrepreneurs face a big question: What is more important to focus, and how to start? How an idea works in real-life? How many meetings and discussions it takes before you binges upon the right solutions?

This book has a surefire way to answer these important questions. The author Jake Knapp, who is also the designer created the five-day process at Google, where sprints were used on everything from Google Search to Google X. Lateron Braden Kowitz and John Zeratsky joined Jake at Google Ventures, and together they have completed more than one hundred sprints with companies in mobile, e-commerce, healthcare, finance, and more.

Sprint is a practical guide, which answers all the critical business questions, recommended for teams of any size, from small Startups to Fortune 100s, from teachers to nonprofits. It’s for anyone with a big opportunity, problem, or idea who needs to get answers today.

Authors:

Jake Knapp, John Zeratsky, Braden Kowitz

Published In:

2016

Lean vs. Agile vs. Design Thinking: What You Really Need to Know to Build High-Performing Digital Product Teams | Book Series

Overview:

As the technology is evolving, companies are defining their success element by adopting, integrating and leveraging a quality software product to customers. This short, tactical book synthesizes the relation between Lean Startup, Design Thinking, and Agile Software Development by giving importance to values that underpin all these three methods, rather than the rituals and practices. The author of this book is Jeff Gothelf, who has also authored an award-winning book ‘Lean UX and Sense & Respond’. The tactics and strategies in this book, draws on Jeff’s years of experience as a Team Lead and Coach in companies ranging from small to large enterprises.

Lean vs. Agile vs. Design Thinking is refreshingly brief practical guide leaders and practitioners who are struggling to implement new methodologies like Lean, Design Thinking and Agile. If you’re a product manager, software engineer, or a designer, the practical tools and tips are immediately applicable to your team’s goals.

Author:

Jeff Gothelf

Published In:

2017