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Lean Mobile App Development

By : Mike van Drongelen, Aravind Krishnaswamy
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Lean Mobile App Development

By: Mike van Drongelen, Aravind Krishnaswamy

Overview of this book

Lean is the ultimate methodology for creating a startup that succeeds. Sounds great from a theoretical point of view, but what does that mean for you as an a technical co-founder or mobile developer? By applying the Lean Start-up methodology to your mobile App development, it will become so much easier to build apps that take Google Play or the App Store by storm. This book shows you how to bring together smarter business processes with technical know-how. It makes no sense to develop a brilliant app for six months or longer only to find out later that nobody is interested in it. Build a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) first. Validate your hypotheses early and often. Discover effective product development strategies that let you put Facebook's famous axiom "move fast and break things" into practice. A great app without visibility and marketing clout is nothing, so use this book to market your app, making use of effective metrics that help you track and iterate all aspects of project performance.
Table of Contents (22 chapters)

Example BMC - mobile marketplace app

Here is a BMC for a mobile marketplace app that connects music students and music teachers:

This graphic is just one example of how you can use the BMC to develop a business plan. Many more are available online.

Summary of the BMC

A business plan is an excellent way to clarify your ideas, present these ideas to potential investors or stakeholders, and establish business guidelines to help you on your journey.

However, some people have a polarized reaction to the BMC. They either love it and find it to be a vastly simpler version of a business plan, or they hate it and think of it as a complex theoretical abstraction that makes for a great workshop exercise, but not a practical tool.

It...