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PRODUCT

DEVELOPMENTPlanning Development Tips

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PLANNING Don’t begin until you knowwill end.

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COLLECT REQUIREMENTS

Market research, surveys

Competitive matrixFind your place

Make guesses

Move fast

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CREATE AROADMAP

List every possible feature

Prioritize into versions - alpha, beta, 1.0, 2.Pick a release date, work backwards

Guess LOE, pad 1/3 extra time

Trello

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MAKE A SPEC

Write detailed, narrative user stories Test sketches and designs

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DEVELOPMENT Plan, build, test. Repeat.

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DO IT IN CYCLES

Iterative process

MVP - minimum viable productAccept imperfections and flaws

Keep pace; missing dates is demotivating

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MAINTAIN ASCHEDULE

Release early and often

Minimize building timeTest-driven development

Plan to rewrite later

Milestones

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HIRE SLOWLYPROGRAMMER PROFILE

3-5 years real experience

Started and finished projects

Worked with both traditional and trendy technologies

College degree doesn’t matter, but no ‘coding school’

Self-motivated

Follows directions

Is local

Look for passion and experience

Ignore buzz words

Test them:

• Comprehension

• Communication

• Competency

• Portfolio

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TIPS Large serving of honesty,side of anecdote.

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OMMON MISTAKES

Outsourcing

Too many dependenciesBragging about the amount of code orthe size of the server - e.g. scalability

Waiting too long to put it in front of users

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PRACTICE THEPROCESS

Do a hackathon or similar competitionRetrace steps of competitors

Cut through the PR/BS

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FOCUS

Don't focus on product as much as business

Don't do this for personal growth, do it for successUse the path of least resistance

Simplify

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QUESTIONS? Jad Meouchy