Chapter 18: Lean Product Development and Lean Startup

Until now, we have only focused on how you should build and deliver software and not on what you should build or how you can determine whether you are building the right thing. But lean product development practices have a great positive impact on software delivery performance, organizational performance, and organizational culture (Forsgren N., Humble J., & Kim G., (2018), p. 129). Therefore, many DevOps transformations start by analyzing the value streams and try to optimize product management alongside the engineering practices. But, in my opinion, this results in too many moving pieces, and it is also a chicken and egg problem. If you are not able to deliver frequently in small batch sizes, it is hard to apply lean product management practices.

In this chapter, we'll have a look into how you can apply lean product development and lean startup practices to build products that delight your end users. This chapter covers...