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Agile methods: Shared management concepts
Self-managed teams are motivated to achieve a more agile and flexible organization, with the ability to respond quickly and, above all, with the capacity to adapt to changing contexts. This makes it easier to respond to customer changes or planning. Shared management helps to gather the different knowledge and points of view of all team members to make the best decisions and to create the most appropriate solutions. It eliminates bottlenecks in team management, empowering the team to make decisions, and finally, it increases the involvement, motivation and growth/learning of team members by giving them responsibility and keeping them in direct contact with the customer.
Prototyping: Practical tools
There are various practical tools available for prototyping, each with its features and capabilities. This nugget presents two practical tools to prototype and some recommendations.
Lean start up: Different purposes of Business Model canvas
Business models helps entrepreneurs, managers, and strategists to analyze, design, and innovate business models effectively. The business model canvas provedes a structured approach to examining how different elements come together to create value, generate revenue, and sustain a competitive advantage within a specific context or industry. Practical applications of the business model canvas based on the nine building blocks include its use as a tool for corporate communication, benchmarking and innovation, in this case combined with other tools such as ideation and prototyping, among others.
Lean start up: Customer interviews
One of the elements of the lean start up methodology is the Customer Development method (created by Steve Blank). The objective is to test those hypotheses in front of customers. Interviews are the cornerstone in the process. This nugget describes the types of interviews and provide guidelines to organise interviews.
How to Prepare for Investors?
This nugget delves into the world of investors, elucidating their characteristics, constraints, and core principles, particularly focusing on institutional venture capital (VC) investors. Learners are guided on essential steps to take before engaging with investors, emphasizing the importance of preparation, clear communication, and maintaining a confident and coachable demeanor during interactions.
Business Incubators. Concepts and How do they Work?
Business incubators are relevant because they offer a holistic support system for startups, addressing various challenges they face in their early stages. From resources and mentorship to funding and networking, incubators play a pivotal role in accelerating the growth of innovative businesses.
Different Types of Teams
This topic will examine self-managed teams, what makes them unique, and how they work. The expectations should be calibrated to the level of acquiring the status of "informed customer" or/and "curious researcher". The topic is covered with three nuggets, of which the current introductory one sheds light on different types of teams.
Agile organisations: Context
This nuggets explains how agile self-managed teams are more suitable for the actual context where changes of conditions are more frequent. These teams are better prepared to deliver value to customers in these changing contexts.