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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)

Iterate and evolve - from viable to lovable

Now that we have successfully launched our initial MVP into the market, and gathered some validated learning, what's next? How does it scale? Is it just more of the same? No, absolutely not. This whole process is all about evolving and maturing your product, your users, and your revenue. The goal has become about taking your product from viable to lovable, introducing Minimum Loveable Product (MLP).

MLP is defined as the version of the product that brings back the maximum amount of love from its users with the least amount of effort. We all recognize products in our lives that we love and can't live without: cars, smartphones created by remarkable brands such as Apple, Audi, Samsung, and G-Star. We love these products because they evoke a positive emotional connection within us. In simple terms, they make us smile.

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